Valheim - How to Build a Castle With a Portal Room (Stone Building Guide)

Welcome to my Valheim How to Build a Castle, Stone Building Guide.
I had a lot of requests for a stone build, a castle and a portal room.
I built this fort so I could incorporate a stone build into the docks and try and cover the requests in one big build.
The fort has a large basement for storage, archways with iron gates on the first floor and arrow loops on the top floor so you can defend the base from any angle during events.
The top floor is a portal room, you can connect your other bases to one build at your main base and there is an observation deck in the roof.
I added a bit about creating flat land at the start of the video as that was another thing people were asking about.
The docks are almost complete and then I will move on to some more village houses and the main castle.
This is a How to Build Tutorial for Valheim.
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[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Hope you like the build guys, I added a bit about creating flat ground at the start of the video for the people that have asked. There are a few good features in this base you could use in your own builds like the spiral staircase and the portal room. I tried to create some depth to the walls using the double arches, the open archways with the iron gates are like windows or easy access :) I thought having the portal room connected to the port would be good, you can have a travel hub where you can move to your other bases from one place in your main base.

[@spazo351]

Looks really good gonna try it soon, cant wait for the boathouse!

[@acarroll6842]

How did you manage to flatten the ground without using any stamina? PLEASE i'm playing using debugmode, and everything uses Stamina it's so iritation, and stamina potions have an annoying cooldown.

[@hobosatemychicken6203]

@@acarroll6842 it might be a mod that removes hammer / hoe stamina cooldowns

[@TheDisturbed12010]

Another awesome build video. Thanks so much. I keep refreshing your page every day in anticipation of the dock video. Thanks for all the effort to do the videos and edit them for us. Super easy to follow. I just built the mead hall

[@Vinclum]

The construction at 42:59 the 2x1 still is dark yellow even with the iron wood, is that intended?

[@KhanhTran-yx2zd]

YES! A stone build, thank you! This looks absolutely astounding.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Thanks Khanh 👍😁

[@lyre5250]

Astoneding*

[@robertsherer86]

Love the build! For the roof, you might consider this: For the first layer, snap a horizontal half beam rotated 90' to one of the parallel 45' beams, and then snap a roof segment so half goes outside the 45'. Snap the second roof segment to the first, so they overhang the 45's. Do that all the way around. Then fill with two overlapping roof segments rotated one tick. It makes a really pretty smooth first layer. Then for the second, continue the two pieces between the parallel 45's all the way around, then fill with three overlapping roofs rotated a tick.

[@PaddyOLong]

Dear Pilgrimz, when i see a building guide with 1h 13m, i know i can rebuild it 100% cause i know you take your time to show and explain your stuff. i want to say thank you for making very clearly building guides. you are the real one, every other build guide takes 8 minutes and they are skipping half of the building content, that frustrates me very much but you make a very good job, thank you!

[@ejsvegas5724]

I love the idea of the trophies to tell you what the portal is for. Great build!

[@ZeusTheGodSoA]

I've built 2 of your builds so far, the long house, and the blacksmith. Though I have upgraded them slightly, and have decorated them differently as well. Working with those two builds have helped me understand the building mechanics so much more than anything else, and I'm actually going to tear down the long house down to the studs. So I can rebuild it, I messed up in a couple areas, and the structural integrity of the build isn't where I would like it to be. Other than that, I really appreciate these videos, keep doing a great job, and keep building. Valheim is an amazing game.

[@raynman9574]

Epic. The roof alone probably deserves an entire episode to itself

[@kuujajin]

this is one of the best looking castle/tower

[@paulf4762]

Super cool! Love the design. I can't wait for the hearth and home update -- really hoping we get real spiral staircases so we can make them without using single planks.

[@sebscho8027]

Was just checking community page for any updates and here it is

[@sebscho8027]

Doing the same now hoping for the docks to be released so excited so combine the builds

[@bigunk_]

I have two of your other builds in my world already. Cant wait to add this gem. Aloha from Hawaii. Keep up the amazing work.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Hey from England Cris 👍 glad you like the builds

[@ardentdfender4116]

I have to come back and say the music in this entire build was interestingly great. I had to go look up the tunes after and found them. Icelandic Viking too.

[@dominic.h.3363]

I do appreciate these build guides so very much, the only thing I dislike is how much of a wasteland my entire map looks farming for their build cost and how there is a total lack of cohesion between the individual buildings... like, these buildings themselves are extremely aesthetic to look at, but seeing them beside each other without any layout planning going on they are more like a random selection of buildings haphazardly dropped beside each other instead of what would even remotely resemble a village. However that's not a criticism of these videos, so it's neither here or there, sorry for rambling, just a comment with my like for the algorithm. :)

[@bradcaine2977]

Great build! Making things like this is a lot easier when you build some scaffolding in the middle.

[@rumenstoynev3888]

They should really just give us triangle building blocks so that we can make round bases without having to f about with squares

[@nineflames2863]

"All these squares make a circle. All these squares make a circle. ALL THESE SQUARES MAKE A CIRCLE."

[@darkrurouni1]

Try using the hoe and just pave the downstairs section. Might be a new addition to Hearth and Home.

[@quattrings8240]

Man i love this game, so far i've build a blacksmith and a boat house with a storage room connected to it, next step is to build docks and a "boat building area" then i might raise the ground in the ocean to make a bay area with a bridge where ships have to go under to reach my harbor ^^ if you can can you make like a stone building in combination with wood for a "main house/mead hall" or update yours with stone.. It's from seeing stuff like this that i get my ideas! Wish i could send you some screenshots of my builds so far.

[@HartHendrix]

Not sure if because of time restraints, but we wouldn't mind voice narration over the timelapse. Might help shorten the videos slightly because of removal of text screenshots, but increase viewer retention because voice. Anyways, loved the build, you've inspired me :D

[@furryhousepets4245]

This legendary man ruined my sleep.. I built the boat house and now going to do this.. on survival mode in black forest/mistlands

[@ChaosCaesar]

yo man... i really appreciate your videos really.. im learning to build great building to make a town, but i sucks at it.. your videos taught me alot.. i mean a HELL lot. !!!!

[@rapindagame8995]

I took the base of this project and made into a Coliseum so me and my friends could go all out on some pvp battles.

[@michaellewis1695]

I have a squad doing that exact thing right now!

[@isobell_6762]

I like how you used Heads to indicate which portal going where. Very cool.

[@michaelgleason4791]

That was a billion times easier than the dock, lol. Thanks for this!

[@Forreng]

Dude your builds are absolutely insane, mad respect

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

thanks man 😁👍

[@phello57]

AUTHOR IS GENIUS

[@phello57]

BUILD MY LIFE PLEASE

[@E_M_C_2]

Another awesome build Pilgramz 👍👏 I haven't unlocked stone or iron yet but when I do,I'm building this! Working on your longhouse build atm. You're the best with the build tutorials! Loving all you do my friend 🤜🤛

[@AaronStanczak]

I've been hoping to see your spin on something like this for a while. Excellent work, as expected!

[@augurofnyarlathotep5051]

Damn you're getting a lo of love for your Valheim content!

[@k_caravet]

Great build, it looks fantastic sat next to my dock. I would just like to give some constructive criticism; The amount of iron in this thing is INSANE. A lot of it isn't necessary to keep the building standing. I feel a lot of the beams are more for aesthetics. That's fine for creative but not in survival, which I imagine most of your viewers are creating this in. It would be easier to follow if only the stability-critical beams were included. The whole video could be a lot shorter if there were less zoomy flyby shots after each step and maybe cut the clips shorter in general. But yeah overall great job and love the video format otherwise.

[@Dragnous420]

Be aware while leveling or mining ground tho, because every pick axe hit or hoe level counts as an entity in game, so mining out or leveling a huge area will cause a bit of lag as if there is a large building there. The way it deals with the ground deformation is a little odd, its as if each hit or leveling click counts as a placed item technically.

[@AdonayFloresLaMota]

God dammit no wonder my base is laggy.. thats so stupid that it counts as entities!!! Hope they change that.

[@n12gaming]

I love this build and did it several years ago. I made mine 2x bigger cause I wanted a bigger staircase

[@Rienli]

This looks absolutely beautiful! I'm still trying to get better with my leveling, especially after attempting the re-creation of your log cabin but, your videos have helped me learn a lot!

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

cool 😁👍 glad I could help a bit

[@Calahazos]

I waited too :) Got already your Mead Hall and Longhouse in my village :P Your builds just amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Thanks a lot Calahazos 😁👍

[@KakavashaForever]

Fantastic build, love the spiral staircase and the upswept roof looks great and really opens up the sight lines from up top.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Thanks Seth 😁👍

[@HikaruKun20]

Lmao, my friend on his world got a little mad at me because I built your Mead Hall base before he could, now I shall do the same with this one.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

haha 😆👍

[@devilmaycry2283]

Such a beautiful game and a nice awesome castle. Makes me wanna cry 😭

[@foshizzy7085]

It would be nice if you added the total resource amount used making this structure, so the player could prepare beforehand. It would make a better guide. Cool castle though

[@duukdkarn7031]

I would advise against modifying the ground at all or as little as possible. Each small block of dirt modified in this way creates instances. These can be viewed by using the F2 key. Every instance created adds to resources required to load when character gets in render distance; large numbers of instances will increase lag and load. By removing all that dirt, you have just added 1000+ instances to the build before you even added a single piece and there is no fix for this once the ground is modified. I have found that its just as easy find the highest peak of dirt in the area you want to build and just place stone foundations stacked in the holes around that to make the ground level. This adds much less instances and you can remove them if you decide to later and reduce the instances. With wood builds, its easier to do with the support beams and raise the building slightly off the ground.

[@amoebadave1222]

Amazing build and guide, thank you! built this on the highest peak looking down on Moder Spawn. Love it!

[@ethan-youtubetips4827]

You got me watching the whole video. Thumbs up 👍

[@ShinForgotPassxXx]

very interesting ideas for the dockyard and how to improve my own castle built! Absolutely loving it.

[@Heathx15]

Good build, but the ring of iron poles around the top outside serves no purpose but to waste iron. Unless you like the look then I don't judge. I built it without a lot of the iron pole placements he has by testing different areas as I was building. It doesn't have to be that expensive with iron for those planning on legitimately building it and don't wanna take multiple trips to the swamps if you don't have the resources already.

[@hjalmarthehorrid]

Would love to see a functional dock and boathouse. I am trying to wrap my head around the planning of one myself for maybe a couple of boats.

[@ForeverLaxx]

Really wish you'd make your smaller floors and open doorways a meter above the character's head. Your "storage" area and the spiral stair entrances are so claustrophobic.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

noted 👍 I can. I was thinking about having a wooden door on the staircase

[@Columbia-kr6wr]

Congrats on 40k ur on the road to 100k now keep the valheim builds coming 😁

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Hey Columbia, thanks 😁 I have had an amazing month, I will keep the builds coming and see how I do. 100k would be crazy👍

[@Columbia-kr6wr]

@@ThePilgrimzProject it would be ur first playbutton aswell u neeeeed to do a live stream unboxing it 😁

[@VahidMasrour]

Very pretty build! Thanks for sharing.

[@wolfman3626]

Amazing build again cous

[@2Todd2beMe]

Great tips - many thanks. Interesting to watch before I get to the point I can use stone :) looks like a great game as it advances.

[@ardentdfender4116]

You can almost say by time mark 22:00 it looks like a Colesium just about without the stands. Still impressive all the way thru. At least this gives me ideas not only for a Portal room structure as I just about got like 20+ portals going all over the place to different islands. But just watching this gives me ideas for structural stability in building my 20x20 Pyramid on a small private in straights between 3 big islands and close to the plains and see the other 2 islands well.

[@GtubeYT]

First viewer!!!!! Really like ur builds........😉😉😉😉😉

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Thanks :)

[@bas248331]

Very curious what you'll make next such as a storage house or shipdock! I adore your videos

[@ChizzaGaming]

Love the build, I replicated your build and made it by base on my server, the only thing i dont like is the central staircase lol, its so awkward to go up and down, other than that i love it

[@ChizzaGaming]

I was thinking maybe figure out a way to make a spiral stone staircase along the outside of the castle somehow and snakes around? idk

[@vja1970]

This is an epic build. Love it. instead of using Iron you think corewood beams would support the stone blocks??We are still in early game. Iron is hard to come by 😁

[@vitha7035]

Has helped me a lot and is a lot of fun to try copy your tutorial in VALHEIM.

[@rickshadezz]

Love watching your builds mate. Just inspires me and gives me better ideas as I build in game.

[@raven-wolf8331]

Wow! As ever you have created a amazing space, your talent is so incredible, how you can create such awesome imagination ideas into solid structures 🥰

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Hey Raven thanks again 👍😁 really glad you like this one. I have some plans for epic castles I just need to get faster at editing the videos :)

[@raven-wolf8331]

@@ThePilgrimzProject I imagine that's could take longer than the build itself, but keeps us viewers hungry for more, and always worth the wait 😊

[@rising2k]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS, THANKS MATE!

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

👍 your welcome :) hope you like it

[@dondonlagutan8736]

this is awesome man. waiting for the next build .

[@KocheGGar]

Великолепный ролик, красивое здание, хорошая работа. Спасибо. Продолжайте в том же духе. Лайк, подписка.

[@glennmcaleer4675]

Having trouble with the staircase - should I be able to walk up the 1x1 beams? I mostly see you jumping in the video to ascend the staircase. Great build, hoping to finish the staircase smoothly

[@solfridschillplace]

I loved this build as well, but must admit I really struggle with that staircase, not because of you video lacking any information, but I can't seem to get them to connect in the way you manage :P Apart from that, building this castle and the boathouse have given my village a big upgrade :D :D

[@elswae]

Very intricate!

[@mckinleygould5795]

love this build i typically follow it on every new server i start on great look and function! I'm curious how you would use the new Spiral Stairs for the central stairway? i'm in the process of making one of these with the black marble blocks. cheers

[@neocyndaquil]

1:03:35 you can snap a horizontal beam at the top, then use that to angle it back down to the floor.

[@IKr0n1c5I]

Really detailed build... Love it, keep it up!!

[@michelfaber762]

Men!! You make such Good builds!! And Nice explanation, building 1 now! But I cant get The big Stones (Floor) in a circle

[@maxmiller560]

Epic! Your mead hall is my full time home which I incorporated a large basement onto. Think this would survive the plains? Curious about the death mosquito damage or agro to it.

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

Good Question, maybe with an extra wall around it. The island I am on has a large plains on it, I can try some builds and defence ideas over and see how bases hold up?

[@discounthero9972]

I know you asked Pilgrimz, but I advise digging out a trench or raising a plateau for the hall to sit on so the fulings can't get to you. Terrain seems to be the best against the buggers since they can 1-2 shot a longship. The skeeters tend to be more interested in you than buildings, but my experience is limited.

[@maxmiller560]

Kinda what I was thinking honestly. We're At black metal now and are saving the last boss as a fun side bit, but I personally am thinking about putting this as a large farming house For Barley and Flax. Moat, a nice mid sized wall, maybe... 2 or 3 Wood walls high. Would look pretty snazzy!

[@discounthero9972]

@@maxmiller560 That sounds awesome! I haven't started my plains work, yet, but what I do know about the last boss is he's undead and to bring fire resistance.

[@ChrisPiciullo]

I love the idea behind this build and it looks great! I only wish the stone building materials looked better in this game. All of the wood pieces look fantastic but it feels like they put little effort into stone. :(

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

yeah the stone textures are not too great, they might change during early access

[@broskiDino]

Love this build! Currently building it right now in the plains! I got a suggestion for another build. Could you make the High Hrothgar building from Skyrim?

[@robertartigue5541]

Excellent as always!

[@mandalore1089]

Looks awesome! By the way, were you going to release a video on creating your docks?

[@-NeonLizard-]

Firstly thanks so much for these build vids dude, they're great. I followed your Mead hall design and kinda made it in my own style. Looks fantastic! Do you have any plans to do a Carpentry Workshop one? Thinking of building one soon for our village and am stumped a bit for ideas. Gained a sub btw and keep up the great content. :)

[@devilmaycry2283]

This was expensive as fuck. But it was worth it 👌

[@ltbingus]

Consider checking out Wardruna for a good viking background soundtrack

[@zoosh9960]

I built this as well as the docks. On multiplayer. I also found an easier way to do the staircase. Flawless no jumpy up. Just glide up and down. Hahaha.

[@KleskReaver]

9:18 YEEEET!

[@negronesgamer7976]

Amazing!

[@LowKeyBrit36]

Man I wish I had stone building. If I did I’d make a amazing city lol

[@glasweedgian]

Awesome work .. and enjoy the new found fame.

[@PokeShidori]

nothing but skill💝

[@dondonlagutan8736]

thanks for the build.

[@zenit5]

Will you do a video for the port too? It looks great.

[@PROPHYZ]

love it, another impressive one

[@devilmaycry2283]

How much stone did it take to bud this?! Like I’m estimating like atleast ... 10 carts of stone???

[@rezalilbacon904]

very nice!

[@Needshoe]

Oh wow that look amazing.

[@user-mg1vf1sj1m]

This is Nice 0ldStone City

[@wallofchaos]

Really nice build. but the stair case was a NIGHTMARE. I spent hours just on the spiral stairs. I gave up and made my own stairs. but lack of top floor access which is ok. My Life for Ladders.

[@jantokar9211]

Gread job, thax for inspiration.

[@Doesin]

Awesome, it's up!

[@damianascended]

Really amazing

[@benjamindumont8655]

How are you doing, u haven't stamina when you flatten the floor, plz tell me if is a mod or just modified in the config files?

[@Sadeyo]

I was wondering the exact same thing, how don't you have any stamina loss?

[@alejandrosenosiain5380]

same question here

[@gordonfandess5045]

just stamina ? What about the unlimited ressources ? Or the unlimited weight ? :D no question about that ?

[@Krazzymonkey]

i really want to build some of these things in survival, the the iron cost for all those poles is really hard to keep up with :/

[@vertxhive2773]

There’s a seed I’ve been using and I’ve found a ton of crypts in the swamp, if you’re okay with going to different worlds and bring recourses back I could share it.

[@Krazzymonkey]

@@vertxhive2773 i have a world with quite a few crypts. i picked the seeds because of it. its just annoying to gather it in the quantity needed for the video. its more than a full chest of iron ingots. probably about as much as a full long ship of iron

[@Krazzymonkey]

@@vertxhive2773 i was able to build the entire thing with no collapsing with only using the wood iron poles that were used to support the spiral stair case.

[@discounthero9972]

I've been thinking about how to incorporate your roundhouse build into a tall watch tower with a bonfire on top. Now I'm thinking I can use this build as a lighthouse/watchtower/portal nexus all in one with the roundhouse concept. What do you think?

[@ThePilgrimzProject]

yeah would be a good start for a tower. The stone has started to turn red at this hight it needs a lot of support, but the wood structures seem ok.

[@discounthero9972]

@@ThePilgrimzProject Should be able to add more iron bracing to it around the top - just enough for the wood foundation to take over. I've noticed that stone is a lot harder to turn green and requires much brighter colors to support. I've had stone floors crumble on yellow stone walls before adding more pillars and arches.

[@Sjiero]

Is it possible to build the inner circle with wood instead of stone or is this causing troubs with stabilty?

[@spartendeath]

Wouldn't that first roof be prone to leakage because it seems it would trap water up there, like alot.

[@scoob2099]

Looks like a more advanced Wookie Hut

[@DrRippenShitten]

NOBODY MOVE..... I've dropped me jaw .... For real tho, I cannot get over how gorgeous this looks!! I have the perfect space for this in my village! VDOAOWBRFJPAQHEJFPSHA

[@onlycheetah414]

How do you level the ground without using your stamina? Love ur vids btw, very insiring.

[@hobosatemychicken6203]

how’d you remove your stam costs ? built the mead hall from your previous video and getting all the wood was enough pain but flattening out land and spam repairing / placing gets tedious with the stam costs

[@hobosatemychicken6203]

also could you add rough estimates on how many mats you used for the build ? excluding furnishing as that would be excessive work for you , but having an idea how much stone i’d need for the build could help immensely as well . keep up the amazing content man

[@lobobobo8471]

He may have been using the built-in console commands. You can turn off all build costs, at least. Not sure about stamina, though.

[@j0hn_q______136]

M8, this is amazing