Valheim: Building the ULTIMATE End-Game Base / Plains Fortress!

[@Chiselchip]

Hope you enjoy this build! It took a while, but it was well worth it! Download is available for Bronze members on KZbin or Patreon patreon.com/chiselchip

[@yigitorgun3852]

Can i ask how much time exactly did you spend just for this built ? :)

[@Chiselchip]

@@yigitorgun3852 took about a week of planning and building a few hours a day

[@Gorre022]

Completely speechless… I can’t believe it 🤯 freaking WELL DONE! 💙

[@Chiselchip]

Awe thanks 🙌 So happy you were inspired by it!!

[@calebtemple1253]

My god, that was an incredible build!! I'm awestruck by the detail and layout of the whole thing. It would be awesome to see this kind of place built in real life.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! 🙌

[@mechanicalbreathing589]

20:55 that staircase is absolutely beautiful, great build

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@JacksonCarano]

Nice job! I love how the black marble adds a really nice contrast instead of just all grey stone.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! Yah it definitely looks a step up from our first plains castle before mistlands was a thing haha

[@3rdSide2Story]

Fantastic build! You have definitely spent a lot of time figuring out this design and it shows in the final product. The roofline looks spectacular. I appreciate the level of skill it took to design that. Well done!

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! So glad you're inspired by it! Yah it is kinda a mashup of trying lots of designs and ideas that I've come up with over time and putting them all together into one build to see how it would work :)

[@anthonyortiz1998]

That definitely gives me horde faction forward base in WoW. Amazing work

[@IveHasaYT]

This is gorgeous. People like you really inspire me to build my own massive structures and I love it :D

[@AMainProductions]

Why has no one built whiterun yet ?

[@pjtyra2106]

I’m fairly certain someone has…

[@damz3845]

fps

[@Dylan-uf7uf]

be the change you want to see in the world 🌞🌷🌟🌈✨️🫧🤗💖🤭

[@AMainProductions]

@@Dylan-uf7uf I game on ps4

[@Dylan-uf7uf]

@@AMainProductions sorry for your loss 😂😅

[@m3galamaniac144]

Really like this build AND it's functionality for gameplay. Looks great and it's practical. So many builds out there that look great and have some good ideas, but aren't practical for gameplay. I've been looking for good endgame base ideas. Great job!!!

[@Chiselchip]

So glad you liked the build :) I mostly do survival builds so if I use dev commands I always try to create something that can be used for real in game, so I'm glad you like the practicality!

[@catweed360]

Ok fist and foremost I must exclam that you have left me speechless on your creativity in this build. Second you have given me so many ideas for new builds/ building trick's that I must thank you. The use of black marble as a contrast to the stone was something I never thought to do. The use of basic 1/2 meter long pieces on the end of the rooftop's is exactly what I was missing in a build I am working on. The building of the ovens and cooking stations into the chimney is something I never thought to do, I will have to watch a video on that to learn how to do it myself. The one complained I have it the idea of the smelters and coal oven on the fist floor being completely see through (even with the iron bars) feels wrong,if that makes sense. It feels like a large hole in the wall of a castle that could easily be used by an invader or something. Other then that I must complement you throughout the build. 12/10 very well done.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! Glad it was inspiring! Yah the iron cage around the smelters was mostly to save space rather than a thick wall, and I was thinking of expanding that area in the future to also hold the either refinery and some new Ashalnds things. Might have to do a version 2.0 with some of the new build pieces too 😉

[@sirfuttbucker6067]

Honestly, watching people as good as you build, give me so much inspiration man, thank you.

[@Indiana_Jonesy]

This is STUNNING thank you for the superb walkthrough and all of your hard work!!

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! So glad you enjoyed the build!

[@joshuagayouauthor8401]

You know, I'll build stuff in this game and be quite happy with it. Then a dude like you comes along and shows what real building is. I don't even know what to say. This is ridiculous.

[@Chiselchip]

Haha thanks! It's ultimately about having fun though and whatever build that is for you is always best, simple or complex :)

[@iamglitchy]

I have to leave a comment here as well, because this is one of the best Valheim builds I have seen! The roof turned out so beautiful and such amount of detail overall! :O

[@Chiselchip]

Thank you so much 🙌

[@deadshot6098]

this deserves more appreciation than it got

[@Chiselchip]

So happy to hear you enjoyed it :)

[@aria6361]

The graphics + the music gave me dragonage fells... Which is awesome

[@n_atura7]

I have so much respect for you my friend. You are doing amazing things

[@robertstimmel1100]

This is one of the best valheim builds I've seen. Great job

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks 🙌

[@stevenmay4563]

Can’t begin to imagine farming the resources to make this in my world but it’s a great build, well done!

[@Chiselchip]

@@stevenmay4563 thanks! Yah it’s definitely going to take patience to do in survival :)

[@Kymss-j9z]

I think this is an amazing build and i love how you started it down by the shore and built the ground up so you have one point of entry to defend. It looks amazing.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! Yah I love doing natural defense that looks and functions well haha

[@user-iw2md2gl4q]

This is peak cinema

[@Inhumase]

mind-blowing. simple mind-blowing, man. really nice looking house. a lot of work. love it.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!!

[@Deus1236]

Hey again! I'm almost finished with this build in vanilla survival. Took a long time and quite some materials, but man, it's a beautiful buld :D

[@Chiselchip]

Amazing! Hope it’s a good home for you!

[@miker9930]

Not gonna lie, i managed to copy the build with around 90% accuracy. It was extremely difficult. Figuring out how to fix the roof clipping in the barber area and the flooring on that level was a painstaking process. I wanted to see if I could replicate the build to learn more about valheim's roof structures and increase my knowledge on build techniques. the roof "cones" for the top level were also an incredibly difficult thing to figure out. My structural support would collapse on the furthest end time and time again. After many hours, i managed to get my roof stable enough to not disintegrate (learned a lot about structural support doing it though). The only thing I added to help "improve" the build was a stone wall/double darkwood gate entrance at the front. This created a more secure courtyard that would prevent enemies from walking inside. I also added teleporters in the courtyard for both hildir and the trader on my world. All in all 10/10 build and it's an honor to have it on my survival server.

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks for the comment!! So happy to hear that, it's so good to hear that it was inspiring and helpful to you, and glad it taught you more about the building! Cheers!

[@bladecarroll9615]

What a build just took like a day and a half replicating this build! Big lovely surprise for all the guys in the server! Thanks! And Tar on! lol

[@Grymdrache]

Looks good. Good job

[@jim7217]

Epic amazing build Chiselchip - great stuff and fantastic ideas to use in my own builds - I haven't gotten to Mistlands just yet - but the black marble looks great and amazing

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!!🙏 So glad you enjoyed it!

[@MinYangLeong]

I really admire the skills people like you have... however best i create my builds, their standards can never reach where you can

[@kubes_fpv]

We have a modded server going and I'm definitely getting some inspo for once we hit the Mistlands! Nicely done :) Love the basement's exposed beams!

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! Yah lots of fun designs for inspiration! have fun with your builds :)

[@bebopsynthguy6629]

Are there iron bars installed higher than the ones that go across the top floor? I can’t seem to get the outer most top pieces to have integrity

[@austinfuller2513]

This is the greatest base build I've ever seen

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! So happy you like it! It’s definitely one of my favorites out of all the builds I’ve done!

[@mickyspyres458]

Um... WOW! (Speechless)

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

Fantastic build, love certain creative elements.

[@derleth7133]

I must thank your for these awesome builds and videos, they are very inspiring. I am currently in the process of slowly building a keep in my new survival server based on this build. It won't be identical, not even close to being as ornate and complex haha I just can't keep up... I'm building it during the iron age basically so the later plains and mistlands materials aren't available yet - and no debug mode makes building those steep roofs more than a little dangerous! It is definitely a fun challenge though!

[@Chiselchip]

So happy you liked the build!! Good luck with yours, it’s challenging but a fun one :)

[@derleth7133]

@@Chiselchip Thank you! I've been working away slowly on my build for a while now, and over this weekend I finally got the roofs and the central building with the pointy roof done. I absolutely love the design, and the satisfaction when everything fit together was great. You outdid yourself with this design, truly! Now to a question - since I am in the Iron Age I do not have access to the spiral staircase yet, so I am really struggling to make a staircase to access the upper floors of the pointy roof section. It both looks awful and takes up so much space that the rooms end up next to useless. Any ideas on how to solve that elegantly? Next I'm going to try and freehand a spiral staircase with beams, wish me luck lol

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! And yah before the spiral staircase you can either place the wood ladders and they take up the same amount of space, or I'd recommend a corewood spiral staircase, you can find an example in my video on how to build a beautiful and effective starter house @@derleth7133

[@derleth7133]

Yeah I found a tutorial on how to do a compact spiral staircase so I've made that one, now I'm getting smoothly to the top floor, over to polish and then furniture :D @@Chiselchip

[@Deus1236]

Wow, that's an amazing build! I'm totally going to try to build this in survival!

[@Konsolikus]

Sehr schöne Burg 👌 Da bekommt man richtig Lust etwas selbst zu bauen 👍

[@lolboy-642]

i like the idea of earning your resources but the hammer mode is so nice! the developers did an amazing job with the world modifier

[@Chiselchip]

Yah! I usually always play in survival, but every now and then I like to just build and get ideas out without grinding resources

[@jeanpierre5813]

Awesome build!! Makes me wanna jump back into valheim again

[@Chiselchip]

Haha glad it was inspiring!

[@MrPleiadian]

I'll try to recreate it, I think it's a really good build, of course I'll design it a little differently, but the basic structure shouldn't be a problem, thank you

[@ryanmcgechaen2103]

What's that square box by the kitchen table @ 20:25?

[@Chiselchip]

That was made from signs and it was a box of berries

[@ryanmcgechaen2103]

Oh that's brilliant, thanks! ​@@Chiselchip

[@edgybravo4287]

sick build man looks amazing

[@TheRazeryan]

geez holy crap man nice work.

[@Chiselchip]

thanks!!

[@WildflowersCreations]

Just lovely!

[@Snowiestttv]

do u have a tutorial for the insides aswell?

[@ValheimEmpire]

I just uploaded my tree house base and must say after watching this video, I must add more to it lol

[@gaylorelchapo4750]

You are so talented, congratz man ! You inspired me a lot, but i'm talentless :'D

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! Haha it's all practice! Glad it was inspiring :)

[@sarah4and10]

I love this build!! Thanks for sharing!!❤

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! So happy you enjoyed it :) It was definitely a fun project!

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

that is really nice man

[@TheOMGWTFBBQ777]

this game looks so good

[@MrsBigBones]

WOW 😮 beautiful and detailed build 😍

[@david4portland]

Well done, cc. Love this.

[@gamesdocumentry]

Wheres the stairs that go from the second level to the third?

[@AwesomeCarrot]

This build looks absolutely amazing! You clearly spent so much time on it an it looks great because of that. I have one small question. Did you cover the iron beams that were next to the black marble with core wood beams?

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks! And yah I did to make it look nicer

[@mikeriley2475]

i wasn't even aware that normal wood could support stone! Always used iron beams to get stone floors over head

[@MadisonSerbousek]

How does the first floor stay up? Mine keeps breaking when I do it

[@OriginalSickMick]

Way to go! And all that in vanilla!

[@percollen46]

Beautifully done hero! 👏👏👏

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!!

[@BrotonCC]

Absolutely sick 👍🏻👍🏻

[@chillavocadoes]

absolutely amazing!!!

[@TopDocta]

Hey man I know this is kinda late but if you have a recording of you decorating the interior I would love to see it

[@Chiselchip]

@@TopDocta I have some other videos on interiors but none for this build in particular. Maybe more in the future :)

[@sihdwi]

Its possible that i missed it, but there is no eitr refinery in the castle?🤔

[@Chiselchip]

Not in this video, but you can add one outside on the other wall from the forges

[@alesbelunek]

how do you feed the smelters if there's no space next to them?

[@Chiselchip]

there's plenty of space next to them to aim at the point to feed them

[@daingladstone2326]

how do you float around everywhere and move really fast?

[@bweach7393]

super awesome build, Im trying to replicate it in my own world. Any chance for a detailed build tutorial? Building that roof in survival is agonizing

[@Chiselchip]

Yah I have a detailed tutorial on my channel on building steep roofs. Glad you like the build :)

[@bweach7393]

@@Chiselchip thank you for the fast reply, my comment above more referred to the entire build. A lot of details were skipped over and it would be nice to see how they were done :D

[@Chiselchip]

@@bweach7393 Ah ok, Yah you can feel free to download the build on patreon your youtube membership if you'd like to look around and see how it was done in more detail

[@felix6587]

great build

[@lucasduarte3097]

Absolutely breathtaking!!! Do you work with architecture or interior design? If I was a millionaire I’d build this place in real life.

[@Chiselchip]

@@lucasduarte3097 haha thanks!! So glad you like it! I am a carpenter/contractor for my job so I’d say I have a more trained eye for design than some, although I suppose it’s all subjective :)

[@Trollbaiter]

Looks very clean! Is there any way you could provide a world file so that we can copy this in PlanBuild?

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks!! if you'd like to check out my builds then feel free to join my channel membership or patreon and select the "stone" membership option :)

[@Chonk666]

Amazing work. Great video (=

[@Chonk666]

nvm, just watched the whole video. its not great, its absolutely incredible!

[@Chiselchip]

@@Chonk666 haha thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@badooboo5933]

Its so beautiful

[@cannabeans]

Incredible!

[@ThorneyedWT]

Some really nice decorative ideas there, but... 1. Wooden elements outside roof cover will rot 2. Normal wood doesn't support stone/marble in survival (I have no idea why it works here) 3. Ballistas require maintenance access (and are useless, imo) 4. Crafting area is not complete, and it actually should be as close to storage as possible. 5. Don't let me even start on how it will perform during raids... All in all it looks nice but would be extremely frustrating for actual gameplay.

[@Chiselchip]

Clearly you haven't played much Valheim before. This has been the best desing for me and many others when it comes to all of those things you mentioned. Might help to try things for yourself before putting false information in the comments of other fellow KZbinrs

[@ThorneyedWT]

@@Chiselchip I have 1200 hours with 3 full runs and built several "organic" bases with different layouts. Everything I mentioned is easy to check in game or on wiki in few minutes.

[@Chiselchip]

@@ThorneyedWT Well you'd know then that those ballistas are accessible, and that you can support stone with wood, and that wood only rots to 50% health so there's nothing wrong with some of it being exposed if you don't mind the "gray" look to it. That base is incredibly good against raids. I agree with you that ballistas in general are not the best, but everything else that you mentioned makes me think you haven't played the game much

[@Chiselchip]

@@ThorneyedWT You're right about wood in general not being able to support stone, but as long as one piece of stone is touching ground and the wood is connected to the ground then you can build out by exactly 2 blocks before needing iron which is what I did here. You can't build a floating stone structure like a tree-house though unless you use iron so I can see why you may have been confused at first because in general it doesn't work

[@RC-Sev]

I really do love this game

[@ralfwalter2732]

Hello Chiselchip, first of all: Awesome build! This turorial gave me inspriation to start a fresh new world together with my mate. From the first day on, we farmed all mats for this fortress to rebuild it 1 to 1 by ourself on survival. Last week we finally arrived Mistlands, so we could start with our build last weekend. Now we face a problem, because the top layer of beams aren't stable while building. After snapping them, they arent stable anymore and collapse. For example 14:55, I'm unable to build that. Only the part of the roof with the tarshingles ca hold. I didn't see you using much iron beams, or logs. So how could you handle that? Update: I saw, someone asked the same question in your comments already 🙈 I'll have a look at your other tutorial now - promise 🤞

[@Chiselchip]

Yah, hope the roof tutorial helps :) and of course you can download the world to take apart the build as well if you with

[@ralfwalter2732]

Heyho@@Chiselchip Thx for your reply, I feel honored ☺ I supported all the beams and logs with iron. I couldn't see you doing that in your fortresstutorial here, thats why it' wasn't stabil for me, and others who rebuilt it. Now everything holds perfect 💪Thx again for this video and your inspiration. I saw a few more very useful tutorials from you - amazing!! Hopefully see more content from you in the ashlands 🤘

[@Chiselchip]

@@ralfwalter2732Definitely can't wait for ashlands!

[@JayFolipurba]

damn it looks great.. Am I simply lacking the skill or the imagination to build like this?

[@16kn]

will i be able to find this in valhemians?

[@EykisCorporation]

Interesting design.

[@seddiemoose9767]

Gorgeous!!

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks Seddie :)

[@ExiledStardust]

Incredible.

[@Docris]

How do you make that nice path going down? Been struggling with terraforming

[@Chiselchip]

I'd be happy to do a tutorial on paths / roads sometime! The trick is using the shift key

[@Docris]

@@Chiselchip ooooo do you use pathen for it or the flattening one

[@Chiselchip]

i use the leveling tool, I don't usually use the pathen tool unless I just need to get rid of grass in an area @@Docris

[@je8767]

I’m gonna build this in survival but the jump cuts might screw me, what do you recommend?

[@Chiselchip]

Have fun with it! I have other tutorials on my channel but you’re also welcome to join the membership here or on patreon to download the build

[@je8767]

@@Chiselchip oh nice does the download just plop it into the world or is it a blueprint? I’d prefer blueprint I’ve already started and having a lot of fun but man we don’t have black marble yet 🫠

[@Chiselchip]

@@je8767 it’s the world download, but you could certainly make a blueprint from it if that’s what you want

[@Avandol]

Looks awesome, very beautiful. But hands down, how defensible is it for realz? It lacks the defense tricks we all use, like the gap bridge. Especially in Fuling country this house eill soon be a pile of rubble. Two shamans will reduce it in a minute. So, have you tested it? Or is it just a design you wanted to show? Which I totally love, btw

[@Chiselchip]

I’ve tested it! You will have to defend the front gate area but I don’t mind stuff like that. It’s not an afk base though haha

[@KisielLemsik]

What u use for flying?

[@TheFunGuyJustin]

incredible!

[@Kinunenn]

god damn this takes stone.... started doing this and just got the mountain and fondation done and almost losing my mind already xDD nice build tho

[@Kinunenn]

And I think Im fcked.. will I ever get this done D:

[@Chiselchip]

Glad you like the build! Haha yah it takes patience in survival, I enjoy building and taking time, and what's nice about this design is that you get the storage room done first

[@Kinunenn]

@@Chiselchip ye it sure does and first I did the ground and it seems "smaller" in the video so I didnt make it big enough and when started doing the foudnation realised that I need to make it way bigger :D that took some time. but got only time before the deep north update so will be done at some point :DD

[@Ariya_amiri]

very creative

[@cody945]

If you do dev command builds, just spawn in the best stamina foods lol

[@Chiselchip]

Haha true! I'll use that tip in the future :)

[@BrettDN]

hey man, im building this in survival right now, and am having a really hard time with the roof because of how fast it went and how much was skipped. do you have any slower or more indepth vid for the roof or no?

[@BrettDN]

or if you can post the raw vid of you doing it that would be awesome

[@Chiselchip]

Yah I've got a video on my channel for building the pointy roofs in detail if you'd like to check that out. You can also download the world file through my membership to take it apart and see how it was done

[@BrettDN]

@chip i figured it out by slowing down the video and looking at it for a while. didnt know you had a separate video for the pointy roofs. i have completed the build 1:1 minus all the inside details inside my unmodded world. took me like two days, but it was so worth it. it honestly was a lot less resource intensive than i thought it would be, great work. thank you for the build.

[@patrickt101]

@@BrettDNmay I ask how you ended up doing the very top of the pointy roof? The room where he placed the galdr table and has beams going across the 45 degree shingle roofs? I can’t get the middle beam to place despite being able to build out the roof otherwise and can’t seem to figure out how to squeeze more support up there unless I hide some more iron beams perhaps

[@amesouls]

where is the Music from? Whats the name of the track?

[@Chiselchip]

I get it from Artlist, I believe this one was called "blood on snow"

[@51nClipZ]

how did you create those holes in the tower base in 6:07

[@Chiselchip]

Those are just what occurs when you snap stone slabs around the edges. Those are mini open octagons

[@benjaminandreassen5238]

Absolutely amazing

[@Cylonn]

How are you building stone floors on top of wood beams like that without them breaking?

[@Chiselchip]

As long as they are surrounded it won’t break

[@Avandol]

You could also hide an ironwood beam inside, that should do the trick depending on what you are planning

[@S7FUU]

Amazing building, man. I've spent 80 days in game (survival mode) to replicate it... But I have came to a point where the highest roof on the front part, keeps crashing... I've spent hours also watching the video to see exactly what you do, and I'm doing it. I don't really understand what is going on. Could you please explain a bit more in depth how to finish that roof? Please. Thanks in advance. PS: I've lost around 8 points in each of the skills because of dying to falls hahahah

[@Chiselchip]

So glad you like the build!! Sorry you're having trouble with the roof, I have a tutorial on the pointy roof, and you're also welcome to join my membership and download the world to explore the build to see how it all works if that would help more!

[@S7FUU]

@@Chiselchip Thanks for the reply man! How could I please join the membership and download the map to see? You rock!!!

[@Chiselchip]

You can head over to my patreon or click the join button and join the Stone membership as well as my discord server where you'll be able to access the files :) @@S7FUU

[@alexandervoronin8237]

It was amazing

[@AureliusGGs]

I'm going to replicate this build for my own world. This is beautiful. Can you build a dock and farm please? and 2, the music is as if you're in a fuling village, are you building this close enough to that tower or is that music something you added after? Thank you! Keep the videos coming!

[@Chiselchip]

Thanks for the build suggestions!! The music was because I took down a Fuling camp to build there, and then for the buildlapses i just added it in louder haha

[@yannickyu3869]

Goodjob!

[@coryprice530]

Is there anyway to get a download for this build?

[@Chiselchip]

Yah, I have downloads available for channel members if you're interested

[@coryprice530]

@@Chiselchip I am interested that a awesome base would love to have it for a world

[@coryprice530]

How do I get it

[@Chiselchip]

@@coryprice530 you can join the stone level membership here on youtube through the join button or on my patreon patreon.com/chiselchip and then you will get a role in my discord server to access the download

[@coryprice530]

@@Chiselchip ok thank you

[@Gam3Junkie]

Ugh, time to start terraforming :)

[@n7nobodycats]

builds nice, just reached the part where you said youre gonna put ballistas on the squares, the ballistas suck because they target you as well and theres no nway to disable that

[@Chiselchip]

There are plenty of ways to disable that... you can make them only target whatever mob you want

[@AbSoluTc]

Where is the eiter refinery?

[@crazedchris8439]

Stunning.