My FAVORITE Longhouse & Bridge I've ever Built in Valheim

[@joshbon3573]

The story telling, the build, and the concept is just... beautiful.

[@Homitu]

Aw thanks so much! I appreciate every comment that says they enjoyed the storytelling aspect because that was something new I tried. It definitely added a lot of time to the video creation process.

[@AdamKellar]

So often I see Valheim builds that just go in a totally different direction than I would go myself. Or lacking consideration of key elements that I always keep in mind. I respect that their aims are different, that's fine. But those builds just aren't for me. Your build here, however, wow. From the moment you said "I always like to build my houses along water, facing south..." I knew I'd be in for a treat. That's exactly how I build all of my houses, from the first one to the last. This game does such an amazing job at lighting, if one doesn't let it showcase that, they're missing out. I also totally relate on the process of 1) seeing a new concept/build idea 2) trying it out 3) iterating upon it. Love that about this game! I've put nearly 1400 hours into the game since December (yeah...) including several Queen kills, even one completely solo. I always look for great south-facing water spots to setup a mid-game base (meadows near a big swamp) and end-game (plains + mistlands border). I do a lot of sailing because I don't want to waste the time building a place where I wont want to stay. Sure it can take a while, but I end up with tons of serpent meat! I currently have an amazing spot in this really cool mix of Black Forest, Plains, and Mistlands that intersects two river valleys. There's multiple spots where you can build on a cliff overlooking the valleys, with the black forest to the south for the sunlight to play with. I bet you'd love building here. Obviously all Valheim seeds are good, but I'd be happy to share this one if you're interested :)

[@hallaloth3112]

Lol "Before I knew it, I had a surprise balcony on my hands" I feel that. They add so much depth to a build that its hard not to put at least /one/ in there. I think my biggest frustration with fun, creative builds, is that functionally or mechanically they struggle to actually provide shelter. I Love the look of ladder roof sections, or gridded awnings but if you're doing it in survival it ends up being a form over function deal. (Admittedly, I just need to take the time to finish the game so I have all the mats and can then just pick random corners of the world to build in).

[@barnaweinhardt3929]

Absolute 10/10 About; story telling Video pacing Scenery And we havent talked about the build.

[@Homitu]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the feedback!

[@glitchreloaded1284]

I'm glad to know that its not just me that uses the devcommand fly to build with while doing a survival buiild

[@Homitu]

Just play however is fun to you! In "full" survival mode, especially on shared servers, I build off the ground, build scaffolding, etc. One of my favorite builds was on a shared server that involved planting a bunch of pine trees in a very meticulous pattern in order to provide support for a bunch of honeycomb criss-crossing wood beams very high up. The scaffolding for that one was the equivalent of doing a full build by itself and was super fun! When I do solo survival runs these days, though, my preferred method is to compartmentalize the survival gameplay from the building. Sometimes I just want to build freely, so I do so because I find it so much more fun. When done with the building, back to survival mode to gather and farm everything needed to progress manually.

[@rickheidshow6467]

The background story is very cool, and helps me appreciate the evolution of the build and inspiration for the theme.

[@Homitu]

Aw glad to hear - thanks! This was a new style of video, so I appreciate the feedback. Literally every build of mine evolves in a similar fashion, so its story could be told in the same style. The only thing is a video like this takes me over 40 hours to produce (NOT including the build itself), so I'm still trying to gauge if it's worth the effort. Either way, had fun doing it!

[@nozee77]

I am absolutely smitten by this whole concept, the way you made it come to life, the whole open and close to nature style of building, the way you documented and explained your journey to build this, the aesthetics, what you made of that ruin, the lighting, the cinematography, everything. Absolute outstanding job, totally running out of words. Oh, and Smitty would LOVE this, because you guys share the love of detail and the attention to lighting. We need to bring his attention to this. Thanks to ZomZero and SmittySurvival for inspiring you. Some of your style also really reminds me of Broovers way of building, unfortunately their channel seems discontinued, well, the uploading that is. Love your content, please keep it coming! 💚

[@Homitu]

Holy moly, thanks so much for saying all that! ❤ Smitty is aware of the build, but not sure if he's seen the video yet :) I don't think I've seen Broovers before, but just checked out one of their old Black Forest builds from 2 years ago and it looks VERY familiar. I don't think I've seen the video, but perhaps they shared screenshots on reddit at some point? I'll have to go through my old 2021 bookmarks to see. But yeah, that style of layering the core wood fence posts was a technique I acquired around that time :) I see you have a RIDICULOUS playlist of 1,600+ valheim videos! So I trust you know what you're talking about 😉

[@nozee77]

​​@@HomituFor any reason, my last answer to you got deleted. 😢

[@ZomZeroBuilds]

Wow this is a Mighty Fine build, love what you have done here, my main aim is to inspire, and I thank you for the shoutout, I actually like what you done with the roofing more than what I did on my longhouse build, your eye for detail is awesome and story telling is spot on, A fantastic all round video, deserves way more views, I am now subbed and ready to watch more of your content, I only just found your channel today, pleased I did :)

[@Homitu]

Awww thanks dude! Love your channel too (obviously). Thanks again for the inspiration! Just trying to pay it forward here. Cheers :)

[@Buzzedcoyote]

im high as shit and this video saved me lmao genuinely amazing build, Ive probably watched 100's of crazy valheim build videos. This was my favorite. Something about it just resonated with me deeply. I grew up in the pnw and man this just brought me home.

[@Homitu]

LOVE this comment! Love that this reminded you of home.

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

Just a gorgeous organic build. To be honest the best i saw in a while. It just feels right, even only watching it. Nice work!

[@Homitu]

Thanks man! I enjoy your videos as well, especially the sound editing! I'm too intimidated to get into Gizmo mod territory myself though.

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

@@Homitu Aww, thanks man. Once u start with gizmo, there is no back, its that good.

[@loaf_of_eitr]

From the very first scene I immediately thought "you watched Smitty!". And...you watched Smitty 😂😂 I hope these beautiful archways will become a trend within Valheimers

[@Ariksu]

You're fantastic and ispiring! Thank you so much for your builds!

[@TheBasicBuilder]

Beautiful build dude!! Really enjoyed the story telling of the video. You just gained another sub!!

[@Homitu]

Oh damn! A sub from you is worth at least 2 subs from an ordinary Viking! Really appreciate it. I know I credited Smitty and Zom in this video, but I've gotten a fair share of inspiration out of your stuff over the years as well! Oh, and if you can get your hands on a beta key for Enshrouded for me, that would be great ;) The community manager at Keen Games I had been in contact with has gone dark on me :(

[@TheBasicBuilder]

@@Homitu thanks buddy for the nice words!! As for enshrouded I haven’t heard from them lately either 🤔

[@IlseMulAuthor]

This is truly a wonderful build! I love how you showed and explained the work in progress, including how you deviated from your original ideas. It's not often I see that in build videos. I also prefer build places where I can enjoy the fullest of the sun. Valheim has many very nice locations! The beauty of natural imperfection is perfectly said! It reminds of a Japanese term I heard about: Wabi-Sabi. I like that concept :)

[@CidZAER]

Awesome build! I'm absolutely onboard with keeping the tear-down sections, as they're such a great way to illustrate just how vital it is to experiment, make mistakes, and potentially discover happy accidents that look amazing to come up with a great build.

[@Homitu]

Thank you & noted! Appreciate the comment :)

[@corrick]

How could I not sub after such an amazing build & video?! Amazing!

[@matthewwilson5251]

I enjoyed the relaxed sound and pace of your video. Thanks. This build is very unique.

[@rhonin210]

Awsome build, looking forward for some more builds like this.

[@tomatoslav]

I like the garden. It's beautiful. I like when things just fall into place during a survival playthrough. I like to keep building down to a level where it's not prominent in my playthrough, otherwise it gets overwhelming and out of control. My friends however have little sense for style, and they like their bases to work like a conveyor belt; chests all in one plac, named; crafting tables all in one place, with upgrades hidden from view; trees planted in dangerously close proximity to the base just for convenience of getting wood. I'm thinking the game is just not for them, which is a shame. The combat and exploration is very fun in a group.

[@BrentDnD]

Amazing build. I love the way you show the progression of the design and describe your thought process throughout the video.

[@Homitu]

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words :)

[@lenora22]

Gorgeous! Keep 'em comin'. I love your builds.

[@Homitu]

Thanks!

[@joew9690]

Great Story dude ,and very productive idea. Awesome conspect and style. Take care travler.

[@Clutch50K]

Cool format. Really nice looking build. I'm stealing some ideas!

[@Homitu]

Thanks so much!

[@HadesAura]

wow. I just subbed last night and you put this awesome video out the next morning

[@Homitu]

Ya know, I was lying in bed last night and thought to myself, "Golly gee, I better put out a video tomorrow to not disappoint timkelly2827!"

[@Kedvespatikus]

Although everyone plays as he (she) sees fit, a bit of malice from here: Using devcommands - especially the debug fly mode - is not survival mode. Go, build scaffolding and die from falling: that is survival mode. :) Hearth and for some extent, braziers too, are more of iron age objects than bronze age ones - but we may say you were just at the beginning of the iron age road. But you cannot have any eplanation regarding the misthare rugs. :D Now, malice mode off. Really inspirational build, and a great showcase of Valheim's build capabilities (official and unofficial ones) and of course, your imagination and expertise. I'm also a big fan of open interior concepts, so your advice regarding interior levels fell into fertile soil here. Kilns are so bulky, sometimes I have problems just simply placing them - your simple, yet elegant solution deserves an award, no doubt. And I loved the whole video - please, publish more!

[@Homitu]

A man after my own heart with that kind of detailed comment :) First, thanks so much for the kind parts of your comment! lol Now onto your terrible slanderous remarks :P Indeed, everyone plays the way they find most fun, and after 1,500 hours in Valheim, I've figured out what that is for me :) I've played several full pure survival runs, including on 3 different shared servers where I farmed for mats, built crazy scaffolding for ridiculous builds, etc. On my solo runs, however, I LOVE compartmentalizing the survival part of the game from the building part of the game. I have fun progressing through all of the game's survival stuff, no devcommands or debugmode. I farm and gather everything I need to craft and upgrade crafting stations, weapons, armor, food. Even early game, where gathering wood and stone to build a shelter is a core part of surviving, I gather all that naturally to build my basic shelters. Literal full regular survival playthrough. But then sometimes the desire to just BUILD hits! So I put a hard pause on survival mode, turn on creative mode for building, and just go for it. When inspiration really strikes, I get lost in this part of the game and absolutely do not want to be hindered by having to constantly pause to gather. The existence of creative mode has truly unlocked a creative side of me that I didn't even know existed, and I'm genuinely grateful for it. This was 100% a CREATIVE MODE build. But I tried to keep it constrained to Bronze Age materials purely out of the fun of it, (though ultimately added the hearths, jute rug, hare rugs, braziers because I thought they're decorative value exceeded the importance of upholding my silly self-imposed rule :D). My favorite part of doing this is now that I'm back in survival mode, I have an awesome bronze base that feels great to return to. So much more fun than just building creative in a random world that I'm not using!

[@bencampbell104]

It's really helpful for me to read your thought process behind creative vs. survival. I tend to be a "survival purist" in games, and feel like I'm cheating if I'm not farming everything by hand. That said, your builds have so many details and components, that I often found myself thinking, "Oof, that's a lot of _______ to kill/chop/find." If I'm being honest with myself, I don't think I have the patience to chop down hundreds of trees or kill hundreds of deer or fall off scaffolding without burning out. I think your self-imposed limitations/exceptions sound like a lot more fun, while not fully losing out on the spirit of survival.

[@Homitu]

@@bencampbell104 Yeah, that was exactly the realization I had. I totally understand the survival purist mentality, as that was my default as well. But at a certain point, I realized that self imposed restriction was hindering my enjoyment of the building component of the game. So I made personal adjustments that suited me. I also fully recognize the dangers of being too free with devcommands to early on one's journey. If you allow yourself to just go ham with spawning stuff from the very beginning, I think you'd lose a lot of vital perspective on the awesome progression Valheim offers. In an opposite way, that too would ruin much of the FUN of the survival portion of the game. If you give that style a try, let me know how you find it!

[@bencampbell104]

@@Homitu I've been on a creative building spree for the past few days and it's been amazing! I've incorporated several of your design suggestions from your "building with wood" video, downloaded "Plant Everything," and built a much cozier living space. It's been time consuming and tedious enough as it is, so not having to fight off enemies, build scaffolding, and chop down trees has basically been the difference between building something I'm super proud of and burning out. I never would have tried it or succeeded without your videos for inspiration, so thanks a lot!

[@Homitu]

@@bencampbell104 Hell yeah! So glad to hear. Today, a new builder was born!

[@The_Bear21]

1 of the coolest builds ive seen.

[@matthewjenkins914]

THIS IS SO COOL! Great job on the whole build, you've definitely inspired me to try out more builds. Just wondering, what non-vanilla/survival stuff did you use? Is there like a creative command you used to be able to fly like that? Thanks!

[@Homitu]

Thanks so much! Everything with the exception of the plants is vanilla. (Here's to hoping the devs allow us to plant those basic plants naturally some day...) Flying and free-building is part of what is called "creative mode." This should get you started if you're interested in that: gameranx.com/features/id/284935/article/valheim-creative-mode-quickstart-guide-how-to-start-building-fast/ I tend to do builds like this in creative mode, then return to survival mode when finished to continue my progression in the world.

[@matthewjenkins914]

@@Homitu Thanks so much!

[@bb33nnii]

Dude your interior designing skills are insane 👏

[@Homitu]

Lol thanks man! It's the part I dread the most, as it's often the most tedious and time consuming, so I appreciate the comment 😄

[@OlleHellman]

Love the build and your voice, works well in 2x speed as well =)

[@Homitu]

Haha, I'll record my next one in the chipmunks voice and you can tell me how well that goes for you :)

[@5e88e]

Nice build, nice overall esthetic!! Makes me wanna start thay game up again to build something!

[@Homitu]

Thanks! Dooo it!

[@skylae_]

I just love your build videos. They are truly inspirational.

[@Homitu]

Thank YOU for the kind comment

[@user-kz8mc7jl8h]

i dont usually comment on videos but this one is so good this is some really good builds i need to work on mine in my world i am amazed on how good that looks

[@RodolfoVargas100]

I'm speechless, it's gorgeous 🥰

[@aryankumararya5598]

Very enjoyable. Quite relaxing. Great build.

[@Homitu]

Thanks so much ❤

[@butterchickm]

just got back into valheim again and loving your content 💗incredibly enjoying to watch and feeling super inspired now!

[@Homitu]

[@BerserkTheBuldier]

wow vibes of building hit's. those flower stands are awesome great way to use some of greydvarf brutes trophies. I thought it was useless trophy till this day !

[@MichaelKnettel]

Amazing build...!!!

[@enzostrafe8872]

absolutely fantastic

[@joerg8628]

Very Nice Pieces

[@Archer1911]

AMAZING!

[@TNasty76]

The build is amazing the editing, and speed of the video is perfect not too fast or slow where I'm wishing you moved on. New subscriber here just one question. If this is a survival playthrough build how do you prevent 2 Troll Riad from destroying the house? I see so many videos on just base defenses.

[@Homitu]

First, thank you SO much for that feedback! Those are all of the exact things I worry about when editing a video and trying a new style like this out for the first time. A lot of the editing and scripting goes into trying to make sure the video keeps moving along before it starts to feel boring or before viewers start to want to push the fast forward button (like I do in a lot of the videos I watch.) So thanks for calling the pacing out ☺ Re: base defense, I've been playing Valheim for a LONG time at this point (about 1.8K hours). I have zero reason to fear raids at this point - especially early game raids. Trolls are a piece of cake to deal with as soon as I have a bow or a good knife if I'm well rested and have stamina to do dodge rolls. If a troll RAID starts, I simply walk away my base. The trolls follow the player; they don't just stand around and rampage your base if you're not in there. So just walk away, lure them away, and fight them outside the confines of your base. They only spawn 2 at a time, so it's not bad. I don't want to take away from raids in the game. They were SUPER cool early on. My friends and I were just like most players, legitimately terrified of raids and trolls specifically. We built moats, walls, the whole gamut. It's the intuitive thing to do. It can also still be FUN to play like that - and there's a reason videos like that are successful. (Hmm, maybe I try my hand at a well designed, aesthetically pleasing base defense build? 🤔) But with a little experience, I genuinely don't find defenses necessary anymore.

[@salnightingale]

awesome.

[@kayothyerre8472]

Awesome !

[@eVeville]

Very nice my firend!!

[@maijk]

Love it! ❤

[@jimbonerish]

Another gorgeous build Homitu. A little off topic, but what can you tell me about vasectomies?

[@Homitu]

Don't get one apparently.

[@brittanyexplores]

Amazing build! inspires me to do one similar. What mod are you using that labels your boxes with white writing directly on the box???

[@Homitu]

Hey - thanks! So the white (or any color, I just chose white because it's more visible and not obnoxious) text is AzuSigns by Azumatt, a popular modder with a ton of good mods. I did not place the text on the boxes however. I still just used regular signs. I just placed the signs down first and then built the boxes slightly over the signs. The text on the signs actually "floats" ever so slightly in front of the wood of the sign. So you can place it in such a way that the sign is hidden but the text is visible. No mod for that, just a building trick ;)

[@timg.9530]

Is there any Chance to explore this by myself? So will u make a Download for it ? Looks so awesome

[@nozee77]

I would totally love the world file with the build in it too! 🙏

[@xsnpxhoff8071]

This is my survival world that i fly around in 😅

[@Sonofeve]

i love long house and urs look really good. Can u make a build video for this pls? ty

[@petercarlman4451]

totally awesomesauce!! but what mods are you using for the UI ?

[@Homitu]

Project Auga

[@ngaspard100]

the forest wake up ^^

[@mintroyale7930]

I want them to add plant everything to the core game 😢

[@YeIlowv]

hey @Homitu ! do you have a way to prevent weather (water) damage on the deck part not covered by roof in front of the house? it turn the vibrant brown wood into a washed grey and the difference isnt very nice to the eye amazing build anyway brozer

[@Homitu]

Hey! Sadly the devs still haven’t added a way to deal with this (ie. Resin coated wood or something.) I personally use the NoRainDamage mod, which does exactly what it sounds like it does :) That’s all it does.

[@YeIlowv]

@@Homituit give me a good reason to learn how to mod valheim on a steam deck then ! thx fo the quick answer king, i need all my logs to be the same color fr big love from france bozer thx again for all the hard work 🙏

[@keblin86]

Amazing, with it being survival though how do you protect it from enemies / raids?

[@Homitu]

I just walk away from the buildings and fight everything outside. Enemies follow the player. They don't just attack random buildings (unless you're hiding inside them.)

[@keblin86]

@@Homitu I thought that was the case but on a raid I thought that might be a bit chaotic hehe. I get super paranoid about my builds and I build an ugly trench around them lol. I'm playing a survival playthrough this time with friends and I think it would all go wrong if I had no trench lol. In my next playthrough I think I am going to try no trench!

[@Homitu]

@@keblin86 Ha, totally get it! I think Valheim is rough for every player the first go around, which instills a heavy dose of paranoia in us :D This was absolutely how my friends and I built on our first shared server back in 2021. However, when I tried my first solo server after that and wanted to build a sprawled out mega base with as few terrain modifications as possible (to save on instance count back then), I did away with moats and fences and everything was surprisingly fine. Years later with even more experience, I don't even flinch at a raid. I'm always prepared in terms of food and gear for whatever level of the game I'm at. I just yawn, slowly walk outside to lure the enemies away and then calmly kill everything as slowly or quickly as needed. The game starts to feel really easy in general over time. it's all about knowing the enemies and being prepared!

[@keblin86]

@@Homitu Yup! It's funny going back to nothing and playing again. The game is really hard at first, for example when you get to a new biome. Though more so with other players. The difficulty is much harder on normal enemies! Though it's the opposite on bosses. They are too easy with friends. Where as in solo, I find the random enemies easy but the bosses harder! It's funny playing with my friends as I can see them getting stressed and saying this is ridiculous in terms of difficulty lol, but I told them, just wait, honestly everytime you get to a new biome it's hard then once u get a few upgrades it's easy. Like the firs time you get to the swamp the enemies can wipe you out so fast if you're not careful, well even if you are careful lol but by the end of the swamp with iron upgrade they are nothing. Then you move onto the mountains and the fun starts all over again lol. I love this game so much. I see people get stressed, annoyed or quit at points like this but for me this is the fun of it, get stronger like an RPG, become like a God in that zone, move to new zone. Repeat! I haven't done the mistlands yet but had a little peek and again same situation. The enemies are super tough but I know eventually they won't be once I get some upgrades. The only thing I don't like so far about Mistlands on my seed is pretty much 90% of it is water, mountains or just not very good areas to stand on lol. I was fuming too because I thought the mist and darkness was always there but I was like "there must be some item to clear it surely". I haven't gone back yet but sure enough there is an item to do that, so I can't wait to go back in :D - Except I am currently obsessed with building a massive kingdom like base in a creative mode lol. I'll get there soon though. I'll never quite be like you youtube builders but hopefully I will be half as good and it's still very inspiring watching you all build!

[@bigblue9484]

❤

[@urucubacos]

Where are you, man?! We miss you!

[@Homitu]

Aww - honestly speaking, just been genuinely busy with a bunch of other things in my life. Stressful job promotion to senior leadership, lots of outdoor activities, and holiday adventures. When it comes to game time, I've been focusing on checking some major titles off my list - like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok - before FF7 Rebirth comes out next month. Sadly video creation has landed on the backburner during that time. But I'm not gone! I have at least 7 other builds just waiting to be turned into videos. Making a video like this one is unfortunately just a really slow process for me (60-80 hours). I have a much shorter one I'm going to try to get out in the next couple weeks though, so stay tuned ;) It means a lot that someone enjoyed my videos enough to actually ask after me! ❤

[@ScorpioHR]

.. and then The TROLLS CAME!

[@rezamuftiyan6915]

4:02 what is the name of the mod that u can put misc object?

[@Homitu]

Not sure if that's a joke or not, since that time stamp is the exact moment I say "I use the PlantEverything mod to place these basic floral pieces" :D But, uh, yeah. That mod!

[@rezamuftiyan6915]

Ouhh thank you, i really didn't noticed that PlantEverything is the name of the mod, sorry mate :3

[@user-gr1pl7zr2i]

What UI mod u are using ?

[@Homitu]

Project Auga by RandyKnapp.

[@mayumitmarikit]

the design is very beautiful but for you to get more views , you need to show us how to build it

[@Vehitt]

oof this is good

[@squadnacho]

This is HGTV for gamers

[@Homitu]

LOL I won't get into the mortgage rates or property taxes for a fine black forest estate like this 😉

[@likethatidea9899]

Not to be a dick here, but for a lot of stuff you were placing you were missing some/most requirements. That ain't survival, pity.

[@wolf_craft4818]

598th like

[@thatdude1435]

Welp.. hope you dont like to go east..! :D