How to Build Good Looking Starter Houses | Terraria 1.4.4

[@boatbutpink]

It's a good day when Khaios teaches me not to build a box

[@pav998]

Always

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

Khaios: “This… is a box.” Everyone: “Dear god.” Khaios: “I can make it look better.” Everyone: “No…”

[@BerriMura]

Chippy in the corner:

[@GranttheGreat_BOTTOM_TEXT]

@@BerriMurathat was from a video of Khaios evaluating his starter bases

[@tartarussauce2498]

"how 'bout i do, anyway?"

[@STaylor4513]

Im 32 and just got into these pixel games after so many years of playing modern games that were just money grabbing greedy companies and after putting over 200hrs into stardew valley I decided to try out Terraria and its so much fun and I enjoy your helpful guides!

[@chickeninabucket-b5v]

I’m glad you’re trying something new!

[@Ruthles5games]

I feel like you might like minecraft but then again it had also been purchased by microsoft and felt kind of like its gone a bit downhill policy wise

[@potattoggled]

hell yeah

[@aki-senkinn]

@@Ruthles5games minecraft is still very fun regardless, i think new new updates are very neat. all the new "policies" meant goats don't drop meat, but meanwhile we got way more fun nether, caves, blocks, it's a fair trade. and there is always mods if you are dissatisfied them anyway, my personal favorites for newer version of MC are Ice & Fire, Twilight Forest and Quark.

[@periwinkles404]

welcome to the pixels party!

[@EvacTouch]

havent played terraria in quite awhile now but this is making me wanna get back into building in terraria now

[@TheMarb]

same watching the chippy video made me start up the game again in for the first time in a while

[@hydeo_zil420]

real

[@Keegerwocky]

ikr

[@snazmon]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@ramilmanguilimotan6734]

I've quit playing terraria for 2 year's now but when I saw this video I started to play terraria again

[@kaladin_nightsong]

I’d love to see a variation on this with houses for different biomes. Especially functional ones, that fit enough npc’s for pylons (I specifically mean starter - like houses, not full playthrough unlocked every material houses)

[@syan2240]

Yeah that'd be awesome

[@papakanas6472]

Just imagine the jungle houses

[@absoulxo]

he has a series of pylon houses already

[@Altair4611]

yep

[@kaladin_nightsong]

@@absoulxo not prehardmode tho

[@RoundSeal]

I adore that little witch-hut, and would love to see your take on a swamp biome!

[@iconchilly6955]

instructions' unclear, I threw dynamite and messed it all up

[@MilaGonza]

When u throw dynamite accidentally js leave the world asap and it wont explode

[@SeñorGato4356]

not me bombing my brothers house 💀

[@416Mordo]

@@MilaGonza does this work for bombs because the same thing happened to me😅

[@Splatoonspyro]

​Grenades don't break blocks​. Neither do tnt barrels @@416Mordo

[@416Mordo]

@@Splatoonspyro yea I meant bombs idk why I typed grenades 🤣

[@tropicalravioli7955]

The commitment to waiting for the grass to grow on the last house rather than just placing grass seeds. Keeping things as legitimate as possible, I respect it!

[@91Pkay2]

I absolutely love the one in the hill, It feels super cozy! You’re builds are always Super Awesome!

[@problyNotJava]

i thought i was already subbed i wasn't now i am me and my friend are about to begin our first calamity playthrough and i wanted to make sure my skills were as sharp as they can be to make it more enjoyable for both of us, thanks for the video!

[@Pentd1]

the new calamity blocks are also really good, especially the ashen blocks to make a great scal arena!

[@LeMellow]

I really like the houses you built and how you deterred the functions of the house by possibly how far you are in the game The first build for your first few minutes in the word, The second caved build for when you need NPC housing and storage. And the witch hut purely just for decor and to fill your world, when you're ahead of the game and just wanna mess around. Would love more videos like this!!! :D Thank you khaios for all your time.

[@oT0T1o]

Lovely video! Usually I usually wait to get good materials before building nice things on my world, but these might help me make early nice looking NPC houses!

[@simi_says]

Hey, could you do a video of a bunch of small building tips? Just anything that can make a build more nuanced and detailed like yours, would be so cool. Hope you're doing well!

[@SlaaviciVodu]

I d like to see that

[@johannesbertilsson4856]

He has an older video called "how to upgrade your wooden box!" it might not be exactly what you're looking for but if you haven't watched it i'd recommend it!

[@ITried-ld8ly]

Yes thats a good idea

[@MaplePuffin]

My starter bases are always abhorrent, so I'm glad you made this! ♥

[@NickAndriadze]

I absolutely adore the underground one! Always had a love for subterranean builds that look engraved into the nature, especially a mountain or a cliff face, and this one absolutely does that style justice, especially for how easily buildable it is early on!

[@wintermath3173]

YES to a swamp build. I'd love to see your interpretation of the whole gradient from forest through swamp and marsh into a lake.

[@XYZB0RG]

i make my npc houses by bombing holes into the ground and haphazardly putting down cheap furnitute

[@jedmoraleda995]

You should also start adding trenches and barbed wire

[@austinshaw7866]

Prepare them for the biome spread apoc

[@XYZB0RG]

austinshaw7866 my world doesn't have grass

[@AdroitElk]

Even with over 480+ hours on Terraria, I always come back to this channel. Great stuff man, keep it up!

[@apljooze]

have you thought about continuing this series by making houses/bases throughout different stages of game progression? i think that would be really cool

[@paddock.corbin]

I personally just completed a rendition of the first starter house I removed the right half of the original roof for your build to add a bedroom that is the same shape as the first original room The build was done on a slightly sloped hill. So that even though the extension is 6 tiles higher than the first, the 10 block offset to the right allows the bedroom to meet the ground naturally (on the upper right side of the house) and ended up looking like a mirror of the original left side of the house where it meets the natural ground. To join the addition to the original: - There are stairs below the bedroom (with stone wall as the backdrop below the stairs) - The stairs connect to the original room The left side of the roof comes to the end of the original left half of the A-frame. Then continues that height until it meets the right side of the roof - The right side of the roof is a copy of the original A-frame. However, it is altered on the left half of the copied A-frame where the roof of the left side of the house meets it - In the middle of the two halves of the roof, I designed a roofing pattern similar to yours I made this change because, while I enjoy the look of your design, I needed to make it more practical for using it early on in my world. I plan to use this starter house not only as my spawn point, but as the place I will frequent for any purpose for dozens of hours as I progress through the game. I intend to use this starter house until I am somewhere closer to heading into hard mode. I don’t know when that will be. I imagine that I may change houses twice before hard mode (mainly because I intend to build a house in every biome to fully experience the game) I am on my first full play through of terraria. I had the game a little before this, but never did anything past some of the events and a couple of the first bosses. I intend now, to start a play through and take it all the way to the end. I want to fully experience the game once and then put the game down. I am using the drunken seed and playing on classic master mode There was also one more change to the your house design for practical purposes. I made my false foundation about thrice as deep as yours (but due to the added width from my extension, the added depth actually fits the look best) I did this so that I could add a trap door below those stairs I added. The trap door is just for looks. I intend to keep it open at all times for practicality. I fancifully designed the floor of this basement in a way inspired by you (keeping the wall backdrop and the platforms that look like supports). Then I added a false ladder like the one in your second starter house below the trap door. Lastly, I added decorative elements along with storage chests. The storage chests were the reason I extended the foundation and turned it into more of a crawl space. I wanted to have a place in the house that I could fancifully put many chests to store items. The way I designed it looks very natural in the build. If you’d like to see a picture of my design that you inspired, let me know. I don’t know how I can share a photo to you. But I’m sure we could figure it out. Regardless, I took the picture just to have for myself as it’s a great starter house that only took a little work to complete.

[@ieuanyin]

In games like terraria I often find myself constantly doubting my abilities when working with limited resources. This video is a great help with overcoming that!

[@FRIDAY-lt3ei]

Khaios I built a massive world with a mushroom base inspired by your old buildy bunch base, a massive world tree based on the one from Norse mythology, and multiple castles. Build videos are what keeps me going

[@Meowy15]

I'd love starter houses for each biome! Keep up the good work Khaios!

[@pch1370]

I can't belive it, I just started a new world literally today and even after I tried, my starter houses ended up looking terrible, then this video shows up on the exact same day. Perfect timing.

[@JoacoAV]

Great builds! ❤ Would love to see you do this with every major biome, if possible!

[@roxienatura]

Fantastic tutorial! I love that the first house is a build you can do literally on Day 1, without excessive farming.

[@coinstalker]

No WAY Thank yooooou Yo I JUST found your channel and started going through yoyr old videos tbis week WELCOME BACK

[@theleaguecrew984]

It really is insane how creative and amazing of a builder you are. This is straight up top tier art.

[@bakrobertjohnston4889]

i like boxes because nothing funnier then seeing amazing builds that look stunning and then my skyscraper built of wood and hope

[@akagaonyetorti270]

Hey Kahios love your videos! I am currently an aspiring builder and you have been a huge inspiration. Keep it up!

[@lauramae6548]

In awe of how efficiently you come up with these builds. You're a content MACHINE lol. Thanks for the video!

[@SmellyFerret146]

Nice Video! Maybe You Should Do A Building Challenge Where It Is The Opposite Of This Video, Where The Challenge Is To Make A Good Looking House With The Rareist And Most Expensive Block In The Game And NOTHING Else! Good Luck!

[@transcreatureofchaos]

As someone who's been playing this game since the old mobile versions, I really appreciate your channel. I've never been good at building, and I've recently began trying to get better, so your channel has been a huge help

[@joaogoncalves5357]

Khaios is that one terraria youtuber that just makes me want to delete all my worlds and start fresh. Love this particular style, so much more intricate, so much more creativity where everyone else will spam wooden box hotels.

[@MendozaHoracio]

Since the "upgrade ur boxes" video i gotten even better in building, now im using a large celebrationMK10 world to use as my template to do exotic and big goodlooking houses trying everything, i even started using paint which I've never done, same as activators and wirings for some other things, and is super fun to try new mixes of paints and blocks Specially brown paint on meteorite brick block, looks like soft sandstone with gold cover

[@rd_ctrlr5311]

Would LOVE a custom swamp biome build from you. I always adore your custom mini-biome builds, they're always so fun and creative

[@kwiitsoput]

I recently got back into terraria and want to try my hand at making fancy buildings, this tutorial is perfect and Im glad to have found the channel :)

[@snithnorddarthbathrobe6928]

a swamp biome would be so awesome. i tried making one way back, but couldn't get it to look like a swamp and not a jungle. i'd like to see your take on it and might give it another attempt myself

[@nap5tablook]

thank you so much for making this video, i'm always struggling with making decent looking starter houses and i now definitely have some inspiration for things to try out!

[@joanabug4479]

What an architect! Looking at these amazing builds and then hearing Khaios talk about a swamp biome I immediately thought how cool it would be to see him play DST - or rather just build a base in there, even if just in freecrafting mode. After playing it for a while I realized how much of a structured, clear mind you need to make something decent out of it haha and I see those qualities tenfold as Khaios builds.

[@mox.]

Actually, I'd love to see you make a swamp biome! I'm excited to see it if you do 😸

[@matejvojak1858]

Great video, i never thought you can make something nice out of basic materials

[@tortue_]

My beautiful castle and 2 story wizard house with its tower has you to thank to! With your videos i was able to create non box houses and i really like building them!! THX

[@MadWhiteNerd]

A build I'd like to see a modern take on is an underground bunker base, maybe with some traps and whatnot to help fight invasions. Also, some nice builds for fishing holes in different biomes/areas would also be really cool!

[@itsemmsosis]

i would absolutely love to see you do something in the everything seed. that seed's landscape is so unique im certain you'd be able to come up with something cool!

[@FishronJr]

Khaios is the type of man that can make a cardboard box look like a fancy penthouse

[@phoenixstar0755]

Can we just appreciate the quality of the builds and video? The video itself is very well organized, the builds look great, and Khaios isn’t shouty and obnoxious like many KZbinrs today. This makes each video not only entertaining to watch, but also nice to just listen to because there isn’t any deliberate yelling. I can’t wait to give some of these tips a try, and I also can’t wait to see how you take on the rest of the biomes!

[@Cyrikyty]

I like the looks of the underground house. Something I took a liking to in my most recent world are the leaf walls you can make at a living loom. They look great as shrubbery to make a forest, especially if you're building around some living wood trees, look more "dense". Give it some undergrowth. I find it nice to look at, which isn't something I usually say about my builds...

[@cyrusunderscore7315]

A custom swamp biome build would be so cool :0

[@cuddlecakes7153]

You should do more like this, with increasingly advanced building materials and items. Of course, not every single point in Terrarias progression, but major check points would be really cool to see, and extremely helpful. EDIT: People have said that you should do one for every biome and I completely agree.

[@Francinator]

Been watching since 25k, to see you so successful is heartwarming after all you've done for this community

[@spaceman6029]

i love vids like these that are based on building. thats a huge reason i play games like this, but im not very creative on my own so its nice to see you walking through cool build like this

[@paddock.corbin]

The creativity on display is insane lol

[@neekneek5465]

hey i just found your channel but i'm really impressed with your talent tbh building aspect of the game is kind of overlooked by most players but the amount AND depth of possibilities offered are insane and this only video proves it already

[@KSaran7]

That house generated on the surface level is top tier luck (or not, given the theme of the video lol ) Thanks for the vid, will definitely be using the tips on my next Terraria playthrough xoxo

[@SmellyFerret146]

It's happened to me a couple of times so it isn't the Rareist thing... It's still pretty cool though 👍

[@justawaffle4630]

this video is super helpful! i think a variation including materials from anywhere in the world, excluding hell probably, with only pre-boss materials would help a lot of people

[@MinecraftMartin]

Thanks for not editing out your breathing and pauses. Can't bear it when youtubers talk at you nonstop without natural breaks. Brain just goes "ahhhhhhh stop talking for a second" lol Great build videos boss

[@DCrabbyMan]

I love your build series videos, as is gives me some ideas on upgrading my simplistic starter homes. One idea that I would like to see is transform the crimson cave into a dungeon like system...maybe make it more like a castle or dungeon entrance with crimson theme dungeon like items along the way down, and a boss area/crimson farm area in the bottom. I would be interested in your take on it. (Also really interested in the swamp biome idea)

[@lucky_mcgee799]

Absolutely loved the underground house build definitely something id build in a playthrough

[@TheRedBrain]

It's really impressive how you can transform basic blocks into art like this

[@deepintermission]

I'm not sure what I can say without sound like a bot but this is a really good video. Nice job!

[@probablynotyou9286]

New khaios video just dropped lets go

[@davidvezzoli3929]

The intro is just too good!!! What is that vanity set? I was going to start a building world, but now you have convinced me!

[@stijnvandensande3579]

Love To see this in a series were you go build houses form every biome like only desert, snow, underground, caver, hell, ocians...

[@artarnold5548]

itd be an interesting challenge to see how you build houses using these limitations for the different biomes!

[@toasteod4945]

The cave build look AMAZING. I just wish we knew more of the finer details that go into how to build one yourself. Great video 😁👍

[@redrar00]

Been around since before 10k, I love how your channel has evolved and grown so much! Love ya Khaios!

[@GravitationYT_VR]

Dear Khaios, I found Terraria from a friend, and have been playing for countless hours ever since! I love the game so much that I bought it twice for 2 different devices, which have 2 different app stores (Amazon and Google Play Stores). Up until watching this video, all of my houses have been the 'shoebox' design, or the shoebox design with a roof made from a different material. This video has helped me to make good looking houses. I do, however, wish this were a series (wink wink!) and that you could show some more diverse builds (not just houses, but other things too!) Sincerely, GravitationYT (a.k.a. Grav) P.S. How do you want me to pronounce your name if I were to make a video referencing your help?

[@ftsdftsd1141]

Is pronounced like chaos

[@b00gabr0s]

I would definitely love to see some underground build tip ideas. I usually struggle with them specifically and I think you would have some good ideas for them

[@mrmagic37]

The house inside the hill looks absolutely fantastic! Thanks Khaios!

[@batdogduke]

I would really like to see that custom swamp biome idea you mentioned! Sounds super interesting.

[@sunnyquartz]

Love your ability to make something look great even using simple blocks and all. Also curious have you ever heard of vintage story?

[@Khaios]

I have not :o

[@Golems_victory]

@@Khaios hey man I feel sorry your losing your apartment, that’s not right apartment owners should have empathy and try to help the person get a better job ect, but unfortunately the worlds still pretty cruel yet. At least it’s getting better day by day, strikes are winning ect. I feel bad, stuff like this happens to people. idk who you are your polices ect but I’m sure your a nice innocent guy. Oh also sorry but everything is political even terraria XD anyways hope you have a place to live soon and you do ok. Have a great day love and acceptance and peace be with you. ☺❤

[@sunnyquartz]

idk if it would be your style but its like a hard realistic Minecraft with the ability to chisel blocks. though of all the insane detail you could do in that game. tho it may be a big stretch from terraria. thought it was worth a mention. Hope youre doing well! thank you for the great content you make :D@@Khaios

[@exodus1945]

Watching you build is crazy humbling to me, thanks for the tips!

[@penguinsarecool3711]

I like how you invent blocks to use in your builds (in a nice way)!

[@leemiles3995]

11:40 seeds also a good option Also I would quite like to see you try building more vehicle-inspired bases, I always quite enjoy building large machines on legs or tank tracks for more steampunk builds, and would love to see your approach to it!

[@john.darksoul]

Мне нравится, что дома всегда выглядят очень интересно, хотя отдельные детали довольно простые. Надеюсь, у тебя все хорошо, и удачи с переездом!

[@MegaMieb]

Lots of respect for the building skill and how you can explain it!

[@BattySpaceOdysie]

I love your building style so much and I'm so happy to see you back!!!

[@Dar_Rito]

Been playing Terraria with a couple of roommates and these are absolutely wonderful! I definitely wanna give the cave/hillside one a try!

[@nicokilg8529]

Like you were talking about in the video, the Witch's Hut would look amazing in a swamp or marsh biome. Would absolutely love to see you make one!!!

[@duduvec5971]

I'd love to see builds that utilise evil biome blocks because i feel like they are super underated.

[@nareshmorales8062]

Make this a series where you do this to every biome possible please!

[@HAZYPANCAKES]

Your channel makes me wanna play terraria again. You are amazing!

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

I LOVED the swamp in minecraft, id absolutely love that to be the final terraria biome. Actually, making deserts on the snowy side tundra would help make the worlds more coherent, maybe some more realistic distribution of biomes.

[@tynce563]

I’m a really advanced builder in Minecraft but I’m brand new to terraria and I really want to learn how to transfer those skills to 2D! Building is my favorite! Thankyou for these videos.

[@theSagenight]

You always inspire me to go back to Terraria, thank you for the tips. I love these!

[@dragondude7165]

I'd like to have some ideas on how to improve a common house design of mine. Currently I just stack two towers of shoeboxes and put platforms between them for crafting stations. I also tend to have a basement below ground for storage and a hellevator. Great video! Have a good one.

[@techmo7085]

It would be cool if you could make this a series about making houses were you are region locked for materials, like only the blocks available in the given biome can be used to build the house

[@osseym9580]

I myself would really like to see custom biomes, like the swamp you said in the video. Or maybe upgrading the biomes that are already in the game, like making the forest biome look like a real forest.

[@brittanyking1059]

This is kind of fantastic. I have a hill house I was really displeased with but had no idea how to mix it up a bit. Now I've got some ideas! Thanks! Edit: I would be curious to see a swamp build too.

[@cyrusunderscore7315]

Using only materials found within particular biomes sounds like a fun series idea...

[@DekrosnaArcana]

Khaios... watching build videos like yours and one other has wound up helping me greatly to expand on my building skills in Terraria... to the point that I just cannot stand to build the standard noob box NPC hotel. I am practically compelled to hold off on the base building till I have the materials that I want/need so as to start building and just build temporary NPC housing away from the build site. love these vids btw.

[@comentaristametaforico9287]

No way. This is exactly what I needed!

[@rubixpotato1301]

lovely houses for players just starting! I'll be taking notes

[@JodouTR]

Swamp biome sounds easy on paper just mixing jungle with partial graveyard. Maybe a few extra fog machines for effect but seems doable.

[@Trench_Rock]

thanks for the tips. Im terrible at building and this gives me some new ways to go about it that i never thought about.

[@wbaldwin666]

My favorite thing i learned early on was you can make a chimney with walls on the inside of your house wherever you place a fireplace. Simple and fun.

[@wbaldwin666]

Then the came out with the chimney for the roof that has smoke coming out. I was like 0.0

[@beamteammom5431]

Thank you! Very useful! A custom swamp biome would be very interesting too.

[@Red-2024]

We all hope you are doing ok. We miss you. I’ll be here the second you post again.

[@Ignacio-Moonsilver]

No way! a new khaios video about housebuilding guides! Amazing :D keep it up champion, we know you can do this no matter what tries to stop you!

[@Lunarcreeper]

i wonder how much pain khaios feels when he sees players making shoeboxes