How to build a FLAT and SAFE foundation - Valheim

[@xBeauGaming]

See the Flattening process here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGW5goNuosRpjrs

[@Random_Chiroptera]

Of all the defenses I've ever tried, this has been the most effective. I also built guard towers behind my stake walls that put me well out of range of rocks and boulders thrown by Greydwarves and Trolls respectively. Also some enemies fall into the trench and become trapped. Like shooting fish in a barrel. I finish them off with archery then just go collect all the stuff that fell in.

[@thouveninvijayan3073]

Otherwas you put rock plateforme on the surface approximately flat and you are good. Take a lot of time too but worth it

[@teufellhunden]

You have to run your trenches in north-south or east-west direction to have square walls. Non-cardinal direction trenvhes have jagged walls.

[@quintara4970]

thanks! This is the info I was missing!! Glad I looked in the comments lol.

[@PiperLynxy]

Thanks for the tip!!

[@yukothegreat6160]

was looking for this info. thanks!

[@AmyLyn333]

Thank you so much! I have just searched so many terraforming videos to find out how I was going wrong! Do you know how to check that a direction is definitely east/west?

[@dif6486]

This flatness will even make the most crazy flat earther jealous.

[@vugu]

Only difference is one is real and the other is a figment of their imagination.

[@davidmsmith268]

They need to allow the workbench to give larger build area per upgrade. It's silly to have to build a workbench every 20 feet.

[@djhiemstra2829]

I’m sure they’ll get there. This game is so fun and immersive it’s hard to remember that it was released 6 weeks ago.

[@calvinrosehart7042]

I think one of the easier ways to do this would be for each tier of workbench to extend the reach by another say ten feet, so a level four workbench would have a reach of sixty feet in radius.

[@stoissdk]

There are a lot of "flattening" videos, but one thing I miss is some ideas on "accessing" your new home i.e. crossing the moat safely, but not allowing critters in. I made a ramp (L-shift with the hoe for that smoothe gradient!) followed by a "drawbridge" made of low set stacked doors. Of course a troll will smash the bridge, but it is fairly easy to repair.

[@Ironbuket]

When choosing a location I would also factor in access to the sea if you intend to bring metals back to that base later on without cheating.

[@cd4953]

This man is out here like he's trying to show Morty true level.

[@amrakarmaMisophoniac]

I've been gaming since the mid 80's. This game is now in my top 3. So sick! My eyes hurt.

[@Calistarius79]

Not sure if you already do this or not. But when you try to raise the level of a significantly large area with stone, the best way to save as much stone as possible is by adding the new raised section just on the edge of the highest point you are at, instead of in the "center". Because that will mean that half the new raised section will raise the edge area by the normal amount, but then the other half that sticks out over the edge will raise the bottom ground all the way up to the top edge. Just stand by the edge, pull the curser towards you until the circles pop up onto the ledge you are at, and press to raise. It works for the corner edges as well. Hopefully I explained that in a way that makes sense. XD And the cost will be the same, because it does not matter if the ground is 1 meter below the top edge, or 5 meters below the top edge... the game will try and raise the bottom level all the way up the top, and it does not cost you extra stone to do so. And it does not matter if you raise the ground to high due to this either, since you can as easily dig away the excess afterwards anyway (and potentially get a little stone back as well). There is a limit to this though, where you can only raise the ground so far (think it is based on the bedrock below the surface or something)... but I don't think you would normally run into that limit unless you where trying to raise the ground into a huge tower. And of course, you only save stone if you intend to raise the ground a lot in a larger area. If all you want to do is raise the ground by one or two default level for a large section, then it is better to aim for the center of each 2x2 section. But if you intend to raise the ground level a lot in a larger area, then you will most likely save stone by aiming towards the edge and raising there instead. Sorry for the long post... always had a hard time writing short messages, no matter how much I try and sift away as much of it as possible. XD

[@PiperLynxy]

This is amazing! I just recently started playing Valheim (this week), and the biggest thing I struggle with it getting a nice flat foundation. I'll be sure to try this out!! Thanks!

[@BarokaiRein]

Digging a trench around my base was almost the first thing I did after playing for just about 4 hours.

[@comatose1818]

After my first raid I immediatly cut out all the trees and bagan a moat with stakewalls and spikes

[@blackshadow-_-c9441]

Theres a mod on Nexus that inludes a feature like this also, pretty awesome. Its called Buildshare (Advanced Building), its mainly for building any pre built house on nexus instantly and or save your own builds to use later or just paste anywhere else, but it includes a terraform feature for stuff like this, any size u want, deff recomend. Made a high island in the sea and made 1 path from mainland towards it, nothing can get to it. Works in mp aswell for anyone wondering!

[@付宽-x2q]

This, this is the next-level leveled levelness

[@Chris-zg7ty]

Not one word about how you were able to get such flat and square edges. I can't even get the ground to go flush against my stone wall without hideous jagged edges, lumps and crevices. :(

[@PiceaGlauca]

"You have to run your trenches in north-south or east-west direction to have square walls. Non-cardinal direction trenches have jagged walls."

[@Chris-zg7ty]

@@PiceaGlauca OK but I'm not making trenches. I'm just trying to bring the ground up a bit to be relatively flush with a stone wall that I made. I assume the same rule applies? If my wall isn't running north/south the ground will run into it at jagged angles and leave holes against the wall?

[@holgualoxford3871]

I agree with how perfect this is, but for me.. I just can't do it. Some people have a compulsion to make things square, flat, neat, uniform and I have something that is almost the opposite. I have to have more natural random elements or chaos to feel comfortable. Good job.. but you cant make me make a perfectly edged square.. NEVER!

[@HeartInLight]

I just picked up this game last week, and i love it. Im currently building myself a raised trenched base on the shore. Its...a ton of work. But the moat will have water in it because I chose an area that had a small river running through the area. I plan on having a separate location with a teleporter to actually get inside the base. Its going to be a fortress. With a port. Its going to be amazing when its finished, but boy is it gonna take some time. Only thing im worried about is, enemies attacking areas im not actually at, but I dont think thats going to be a problem. So its going to be amazing. The fact your trench and flattening is so so clean. Amazes me. Great video.

[@VelcroKittie]

An epic foundation with a treacherous moat...and then nothing comes to attack you that cannot be dealt with in one swipe of your sword. Valheim is the 'just in case' game of the year.

[@owa1985]

Anything worth engineering is worth overengineering. My plains farm was built this way (trench first) but with a rectangular hole in the middle so the dirt is also my outer wall. Zero deathsquito invasions since 20 days of game time and counting.

[@angelbass2975]

Lol after my second mob attack( even though my base took no damage really), I made my first trench. All 5 of my bases, stone included, no matter where, gets a trench. Ground is not destroy able by anyone but me. Learned that with my first troll encounter.

[@le-ar]

Same here

[@redigtuffing4624]

Ypu could add the versatility of the Hoe. If you "Raise Ground" 5-7 times in the same spot and then aim the hoe at the side of your new pillar almost at the top (a lottle from the top) you can very cheaply make a flat surface from just 4 stone each time you click. The hoe extends the "pillar" you just made. Easy and cheap!

[@ZazCS]

flattening as well as raising the ground makes the game go crazy on your fps, keep that in mind when building bigger stuff

[@brightstar3197]

Very Helpful Video. I tried flattening for my workbench and ended up halfway to some place. On the other side of the planet no less. =================================== This is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ video all the way !

[@Enceos]

I was really hoping for some demonstration >_

[@TheIceThorn]

So you're saying that i hoe down all the island nothing will spawn? ...intresting... :3 Welcome to me "farmaholic 9000!"

[@jordanelbers]

Would love to see how this area is turning out. Can you post an update?

[@xBeauGaming]

Will do, I had a hexagon building on there I was starting but having some issues with doing timelapse that doesn't give folks motion sickness :D

[@quinnbeasley94]

@@xBeauGaming yaaaas update plzzzzz

[@angohtv5732]

Hey man my only problem is with roofing... I admit I have issues with how to flatten the land but that's something I can solve but what I can't seem to have a gist of is the roofing... Any tips?

[@jordanelbers]

@@angohtv5732 iron or stone beams

[@xBeauGaming]

@@angohtv5732 make flat roofs or 4 outside roofs works too

[@mouse7429]

Interesting, but I was looking forward to seeing the actual process of raising that ground so evenly. When I do that, it looks like Mt. Everest

[@xBeauGaming]

Its funky, you'll get the hang of it. It's really odd how tall some parts can go then level it and it all changea

[@jaredmcclure1730]

Keep in mind that it levels out from the spot you're standing in, so if you're standing above the area you're trying to flatten, it will raise it up..

[@LordSos91]

several days later, now you can start building your home lmao

[@xBeauGaming]

You need that flat BAAASSEEEEEE

[@LordSos91]

@@xBeauGaming lol

[@liamurness302]

Its all about the base

[@sophiaj8340]

Lol. "Tear your head out"🤣 what violence is this!😂

[@heyhoojoe]

That's a great guide, my man, much appreciated! :) I do have one rather important point to add to your choice of building location: I strongly recommend building your base at, or at least close to the sea or a river that leads there! That is because ores and metals cannot be teleported, and therefore need to be transported by ship. Here's to many more months of Valheim joy - Skol! :)

[@psychkick666]

Just unload ore in another world, get the ore back after teleporting in

[@brandanmurray193]

@@psychkick666 there’s a lot of people that enjoy immersion and will refuse to do that as they consider it an exploit on unimmersive

[@psychkick666]

@@brandanmurray193 yes i agree, i kept using this cheat and game became unfun

[@jaredmcclure1730]

Or, just build a nice road from your main base to your dock and pull it by cart. :P

[@capthavic]

Do you build a bridge to get into the base or leave it bare and jump it?

[@tylerwalsh6732]

You can do both things, he did make it seem like you should only pick one. But you can cut into the mountian and use the stone to also raise

[@shaneyoung5163]

Square and safe BROOOOOOOOOO Thanks for the awesome guide!

[@raldors7499]

Did you ever build on this land? I flattened a large area like this and though not as good a job as you did, I was happy with it. Or I was... until I started building. The area became buggy, with foundations first starting to appear for some players and not others. We’d have to log out and back in to see what was real. That was annoying but somewhat manageable, but it got worse. Eventually, walls started to spontaneously crumble, and if we died in the area, our bag would sometimes disappear. We ended up having to abandon the area after all that work, which was obviously very demoralizing.

[@Fano2311]

The good old square trench method is what I like to do for portal bases, much smaller scale tho

[@ArdentSM]

Is it possible to remove the moat without spending thousands of rock? thanks.

[@zenmaestro6029]

Classic. I literally did this, THEN found your video! Haha

[@xBeauGaming]

Classic

[@pidderz3624]

Classic

[@Victis_Rage]

Square and safe! I did not know that using the cultivator would regrow grass! Thanks!

[@MerchantMonk]

Great tips, great content. Can't show to kids because of language, but I can just walk them through. Thanks

[@stoissdk]

Mobs will not spawn near workstations. It is possible this also covers other types of constructions.

[@MountainRat]

I don't think grass is the spawn trigger. I believe if you have workbench coverage through your area it will prevent spawns.

[@AbleAnderson]

I think teraforming/flattening holds this game back from being nearly perfect. I drop a whole review point for this

[@TimNorton]

Very nice man. Not sure what the fence would be for with a cool set up like that one.

[@roncroghan382]

New to the game. Thanks for the info on leveling. About to that point. Square and safer.

[@politicalpanda9679]

This is me. It drives my wife crazy. I spend so much time making those platforms. But it makes everything go up.so.much faster amd the whole building experience so much smoother. It's easier to just focus on what your doing when you already have the ground raised and level qmd trenched out. I don't know what wr are all gimma do if they update the pathing ai on this game. We will need real base defense then, not just super wide trenches.

[@alexmillerstifler6145]

Good Idea Man, i used in my base, thanks

[@intergalacticpeachpatrol]

i had a feeling me adding the grass back around my plains biome house was why the fuckin' little mosquitoes were suddenly waiting at my front door... thanks for confirming!

[@jasonrussell9322]

squared & safe bro, thnks for the info. much appr

[@Spiralblitzful]

Perfect level as all things should be

[@seanwarren9357]

Next on my list, for sure.

[@jolonghthong]

I’ve been a fan since your mount and blade epic army battle vids. You got me into m&b thnk you.

[@xBeauGaming]

Try Valheim awesome!!

[@jolonghthong]

@@xBeauGaming I will when the time is right haha.

[@jolonghthong]

@@xBeauGaming is also remember you and your woods shop livestreams. They were pretty chill

[@JiriRichter]

is Troll afraid of fire? I try to make traps in a trench around my house and wish to find out how to navigate him there... will he attack or avoid fire (or other obstacles) I am also considering the idea to hide into small hole (just digging under my legs) in front of Troll cave and wait for him... is it nonsense?

[@kiffsan]

I constructed one of these in the middle of the ocean. Took me several days and about 10k stone to raise the ground from the ocean floor. Only problem is now I don't know what to build there. 🤔

[@KonFess]

Square and Safe.

[@sighyawn6378]

i think making big alterations to the land make the game lag. as kool as it would be to build a castle on one of these you do lose the coziness of building with the environment instead of against it.

[@xBeauGaming]

Will have to test this...I have noticed the game slowing as I play it...

[@sighyawn6378]

@@xBeauGaming im also pretty sure that items you throw on the ground never despawning also contributes to it.

[@billycollins4288]

I kinda built my home on the side of a mountain and I can only dig down so some parts are unleveled.

[@pedrofuentes1063]

Square and safe. Also. Thank you.

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

That is a pro platform!

[@victoryscreech8517]

SQUARE AND SAFE BRO

[@jaytee3557]

Is it true there's a way to look at stuff that saves you stone when you are building up over long distances. I know this sounds dumb, I just got attached to an idea😑

[@7249xxl]

*rick and morty* true level shivers

[@Mazeingpower]

love the vid thanks

[@deathknight6]

Wish i saw your video before i started the moat for my fortress... gonna do this next time tho

[@danfromzr3289]

This dude just called the game Vilhelm

[@moonflare7070]

How did you get the edge so clean?? Mine is really ragged. How do i get it straight like yours

[@bjdware1071]

Grass = spawn? I Thought workbench area's negated spawns. O.O

[@chewbaspam]

square and safe, but without a roof LOL

[@iColinCDN]

Good stuff man. Thanks for sharing. #SquareAndSafe

[@davegreen2926]

Really helpful. You gave me some great ideas. Thank you for taking yhe time to post this.

[@tailwhipolaf]

If you like survival games, give Frigid demo a try

[@SubFlow22]

Reminds me of the Rick and Morty episode when Rick created perfect level.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Square and safe!

[@DakLah]

I really need a mod to give a flat foundation like 4mx4mx2m just required stone to build and snap to other foundation.

[@mikehound8315]

How do you get in and out?

[@Milin1977]

A little question: still havent found the shortcut to back to hammer after select a construction without using the build menu an click it back, sure there is a combination but still could not find it, can anyone tell me please? Thx in adv

[@MimicGaming]

Seeing the level process would help

[@xBeauGaming]

I did another video just on that

[@MimicGaming]

@@xBeauGaming Thank you 😊 I'll go check it out, great video

[@xBeauGaming]

@@MimicGaming kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGW5goNuosRpjrs here you go

[@Wordofdark]

dude thats a lot of work flat

[@roguebeans143]

very informative, did enjoy.

[@user-yc6sc4kt4v]

square and safe!

[@GPxGP]

How do you get your trench so flat? Does it have something to do with the direction you dig?

[@xBeauGaming]

the pickaxe will generally go to the same level based on the number of hits. Another way is to pick down to the level you want, get it sorta flattish and use the leveling tool.

[@TheLindaRowley]

Square and safe.

[@dumbledalfvanhoerix2561]

Anyone noticed you cant level up at some Areas ? Like you are on a small mountain or so...anyone know if theres a "total world height " value or so?

[@rappa0039]

Square and Safe brooooooooo!

[@andruha5]

what if i told you, there is a way to raise ground just as fast as you can dig it

[@liamurness302]

Please tell me if there is???

[@andruha5]

@@liamurness302 you klick on the very top edge of an already existing ground. I don't know if I'm explaining this the right way, but just try and you'll get it

[@liamurness302]

Oh wasn't too hard to figure out on my own. And i already knew, but thanks anyway for the effort.

[@dominikbade9674]

thanks for the video! A question: how did you build your "castle-bridge" so trolls/monster cant pass up it?

[@xBeauGaming]

I sprint and jump.across :)

[@FedeRama]

You dont.. You jump or just tp

[@Cazenzaku]

You can actually run+jump up a pretty much 90 degree angle in this game lol

[@justwhenyouthought6119]

I spent hours digging my GF's trench out for her, what a chore!

[@Lesser-Flame]

Ha! Simp

[@triggered9131]

SIMP

[@psychkick666]

Jackhammer the trench

[@loganpittfitt]

Thanks man!

[@xBeauGaming]

No problem!

[@twistd_toxic3135]

Where is this location

[@wakkowb]

this may cause some lag if you terraform too much.

[@quinnbeasley94]

If u play on a potato maybe

[@EgocentricEmu]

@@quinnbeasley94 not true, the game will lag a lot if you dig moats

[@quinnbeasley94]

@@EgocentricEmu I got over 100 hours never had a problem. I dig many moats

[@thisnamesbetter]

@@quinnbeasley94 my potato is struggling please advise

[@oswaldfeurst5247]

square and safe

[@cryptomacdre4132]

I'm doing this asap

[@shaundaly1134]

I dont know how you got those vertical edges so straight, Mine keep going jagged.

[@thebucketlist5061]

Run the wall in north to south. Or east to west. If you go diagonal it does that

[@tr3nt1nat0r.]

jesus this is wild lmfao

[@realpunksmurf]

I flattened a 96x192 area. It causes video stutter.

[@GunslingerGarage]

Square and safe bro

[@traymoore9470]

Square and Safe brah.. can’t build a trench to safe my life..freaking Boars cheap running me into the trenches those things are relentless

[@beedykh2235]

Just don't do it, unless you want the game's performance to go really low.

[@gaderic]

square and safe bruv

[@kathleengray106]

Square and safe, bruh

[@viniciusschadeck4992]

i think the spawn stuff is wrong... some firend of mine did a really hard work leveling a island and are all earth, but still spawn mobs on it

[@holgualoxford3871]

You need to keep workbenches covering all of the area of your "base" so making enough of those around the area to do that and it is suppose to block mobs from spawning in those radius. they can spawn just outside of it but that should also be outside of your walls. So far this has worked for me, I have about 9 workbenches and an area bigger than this and nothing has ever spawned inside the area, Its been a base like that a good 30-40 hours of gameplay since I got it to that point. I have dirt, grass, paved stone inside it and that doesnt matter.

[@viniciusschadeck4992]

@@holgualoxford3871 this make much more sense than grass stuff, i already are thinking about workbenchs blocking spawns

[@joekystman7662]

Can all the same, but in a text version? (I know very bad English)

[@hadamana]

circular and dangerous