Valheim: 5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Starter Home

Hello fellow Vikings! This video is meant for those adventurers who are looking to upgrade their building in Valheim, but don't really know how to go about it. In this video I'll be providing 5 simple techniques that will help make your structures look better.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Lets Get Started
1:09 Tip 1: Roof Overhangs
4:55 Tip 2: Window Dormers
6:44 Tip 3: Trim/Detail Roof Lines
9:02 Tip 4: Pull Out Structural Frames
13:01 Tip 5: Frame Windows/Walls

[jimbodice]

I love how the "basic" is more advanced than mine.

[lokidecat]

Original house requirements: 400 wood
Finished house: 64, 900 wood.. but looks great!

[Marastife]

I swear these survival games are creating architectural engineers. And some hella good designers.

[charismatic]

This looks amazing, only thing I don't like is you using the interior side of the wall outside and vice versa, otherwise so so beautiful man. Didn't know the building could be so intricate and good looking, thanks so much for this tutorial!

[nicholasstolarski]

Doors have 3 snap points when setting on a floor and have the 3 snap points for putting walls and beams on the sides so you can do depth trick with three perfectly snapped layers you just need to start building from the door. ❤️ (hope I explained the decently)

[straightspine]

300 hours in and I'm still looking for ways to spice my builds up. Loved the extra wood for depth! I'm going to dive back in and make my house prettier!

[Quantum-yzfc]

I really like using half roof overhangs where you offset the roof tiles from the walls by 1 meter. It doesn't feel quite so intense as just placing another roof off the side.

[tmwetter]

This is awesome! You dont just show how to put things together, but also explain why you do so, which is sooo much more helpfull, as it can be easier applied to our own builds. Thank you so much for making my Valheim experience so much more enjoyable!

[snowsongvideopix]

Making the Dormer Windows makes such a positive difference for sure! Smitty, I like how you added window sills too. I can picture in my mind a nice hot pie cooling on a window sill! Very nice!

[Perfectionado]

My friends and I completed this back when Yagruth (or whoever) was the final boss and he dropped a placeholder item. We've all withheld from the game until it fully releases for a full experience and I'm telling you I cannot... fucking wait... to play Valheim again. Even just listening to the plains music feels special. It's almost the level of Ancient Stones (Skyrim) special. Building is normally my favourite is base games but Valheim was the first game that gave me real control over the landscape and now I find myself planning the house around the garden/exterior rather than the other way around.

[chromenewt]

The sticky outie bits without roof segments above will need constant repair in rain and this doubles/triples wood required to build I *love* how these principles can be used to take an existing building and tart it up without having to plan on advance which sections to use during building to exploit interesting block sections like other games. I built what I thought was going to look like a fancy medieval building with overhangs etc and it just looked like the architecture equivalent of a body builder that constantly skips leg day. With these principles in this video I can make my base look awesome without having to start again from scratch!

Massive thank you for this video! Bookmarking for reference later!

[nealgebhard]

Hey Smitty! Awesome idea with this video, so many new players are still figuring out the basics of this amazing building system and this should really help them!

One thing to maybe mention is that, without mods, those exposed pieces on the bottom of the roof will rot to 50% and might not look as clean over time. Since a lot of new players are on Xbox, I'm not sure what mod options exist/will exist. Just a thought to help newer folks out!

[discounthero]

6:37 when you have openings like this, you don't need a chimney anymore. I like to keep my top 2m of the house more "open concept" by using roof crosses and angle beams. They count as roof parts, so no rain damage, and enough of them will maintain shelter while letting smoke out. Plus, you can make cool patterns with it.

[zachrohlfs]

With a steady pace you are becoming the Bob Ross of Valheim building. Keep it up sir. The building and how you do it is great.
Grab a snack, grab a drink, enjoy the building of enjoyment in about 30 minutes. That and hours and hours of behind the scenes magic. 😊

[Twzzy]

6:01 damn in my nearly 50h in valheim, where I built quite a bigger house than that one in this video, I never had a use case for internal corner pieces and always wondered where to use them. Great to see they actually have a good practical usage

[GamingwithKristi]

Smitty, this may be my favorite tutorial you've ever done! Such useful tips and you explained your thought process so well and showed everything very clearly. Thanks so much! Great work! 💜

[rocko]

Love it! I’m a Valheim noob and I don’t even know how many hours I’ve already pumped into this game. I’ve lost whole days just wandering around, crafting, mining, clearing dungeons. Never loved survival games so why is Valheim so addictive?

[gavinpowell]

I also enjoy building in full armour, really works up a healthy sweat I feel.

[shadowpheonix]

I like to plan out the building from the beginning with log polls, then fill in foundation, outer walls, inner walls, doors and windows, then roof. The log polls give great depth, and texture.

[andy_mir]

technique-wise I feel like I'm wathing a Grian tutorial on Minecraft builds.
you really bring that starter house to life with each step! incredible