Valheim: How To Build Stone Tower -Circular WatchTower- (Build Guide)

[@ZerosterGuides]

This is a build that was requested by a subscriber, I dont normally build with stone, but im very happy with how this build turned out. I tested out a few variations in my friend nata's world as he has quite a large castle and wanted a few towers around it, so quick thanks to him for letting me test out designs in his world o/ I hope you guys enjoy the video, and for those of you who read the comment in the last video that I would be fighting the dragon before this video, I managed to beat it \o/ also I never quite know what to say to compliments but I have recieved a lot of kind comments praising both the videos and the builds, and while I might not know what to say a lot of the time, I really appriciate everyone who has commented with either praise or critique. thank you guys o/

[@Natacomb]

YOU STILL OWE ME ONE TOWER! But seriously, your welcome man.

[@ZerosterGuides]

@@Natacomb Ile work on it next time, and you still owe me the silver sword :P lol

[@Natacomb]

@@ZerosterGuides Ill get that as soon as we kill Fatalis. XP

[@ZerosterGuides]

@@Natacomb Well you got me there :d

[@chrishicks5904]

I know who that subscriber was ;). It was a little too small for a portal tower, so I doubled the diameter and created a second floor halfway up the tower. I couldn't have done it without this video. Thanks for the inspiration and keep up the amazing work. Here's the finished work based off of your video if you're interested: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2463947670

[@planetshroomz]

I love that you did this in survival mode. So much easier to follow without all the floating around

[@ZerosterGuides]

Thanks! I like to make my guides in survival mode so they are as easy as possible to follow, I know I have been discouraged from trying to make buildings long ago by people using flight, because it felt as if I would need so much more effort and problem solving to get the same result.

[@Txhalfnote]

Thank you for these videos. You do this like noone else: you are in survival mode, you give us a clear blueprint of the foundations, and you show us how much resources we need! Thank you!

[@craigslitzer4857]

You seem to have a talent for keeping a build simple while still being able to make it look alive with details & intricacies. I have no idea how to do that, and watching it happen in your videos is really cool.

[@ZerosterGuides]

Thanks! Its a building style iv used for a very long time, Both me and the friend I play creative games with most have a very "small and functional but still pretty" mindset when it comes to builds. that is mainly in space engineers though rather than valheim but Im glad it appears to have translated well into valheim.

[@americanbuffalo7802]

Great job again. I really appreciate how you make practical builds, not using mostly mods or devcommands. Too many build channels make things that just are pretty, but don't translate well if you actually are wanting to use the build in normal game play.

[@makowako6035]

This is amazing, as always! Like I said in my comment on your previous viddeo: don't stop making these, they are the best Valheim build tutorials in the community. A few ideas if I may be so free to give them: - A portal hub (either small, medium or large) - A farm house - a normal house, that solely focusses on getting max comfort level for the rested buff. - a brewery - A Carrot/Turnip/Barley/Flax farm plot (can be combined with the farm house) - a wall or any other defensive structure (to defend your base from the events) - a tree farm plot - a boar/wolf/lox breeding pen - a bakery Seriously though, keep up the good work! My base in Valheim only has your buildings in it: The starter base, the storage house, the logging cabin and the blacksmith. It has proven to be one amazing base so far, so thank you!

[@ammoodz2313]

Some of the best tutorials for Valheim hands down. I love the detail that you put into these videos...like opening up a lego set for the first time. For the best scaffolding: "F5, devcommands, debugmode, (press z)"

[@gamefreaklp1382]

love your builds, my dad and i recently started playing this together again but im using this build with my own twist on parts but thank you for this tutorial!

[@zeuslara1]

your guide videos are getting better and better. :) did several buildings inspired by your videos. Thanks mate! :D

[@theguardian1993]

Damn this is a great watchtower. Guess its going to be the newest addition to my village. Thanks again for such great content!

[@kalisthenes6650]

I have been following a number of builders on you tube and only just found your channel. This is simply head and shoulders above the rest in terms of presentation and building. Building in survival without any god mode flying and resource assist is gold. Your design is superb as well. I really appreciate all the time and effort. Thank you! Subbed and liked!

[@rogaldorn1405]

Thanks for your building! a few months ago your video inspired me for a tower in my actual base, i'm pretty happy with it and had to thank you!

[@ZerosterGuides]

I'm Glad that my video inspired you and gave you some idea's :D

[@Miggs757]

Built this twice - once over water, and once on land. The water version was difficult, since I could not build the scaffolding. The scaffolding is the key to having the stone stack accurately. The second one, in a Plains base, is absolutely perfect, however, I left the upper walls empty - I didn't place the merlons and I can see out from the tower much better without crenels. Also, I used a spiral stair using 1x1 floors coming out from the core wood center. It looks much better than the core wood stairs - no jumping... Thanks for the build. Worked like a charm.

[@Fredster003]

Just found this video today and what an amazing tutorial. Not only was it very easy to follow, but your style made a simple tower "pop". I loved the detail of rotating the vertical wood beams near the top of the tower to not be flush and give it more shape.

[@Kafkatrap]

Really good guide with the descriptions on what you're doing. Keep up the good work!

[@EastwoodFabrication]

Thanks so much for showing these videos without using mods that everyone uses. I love to build, but I also like playing the actual game as well

[@ThosDowling]

Of all the build videos I've watched yours have definitely been the most inspiring for my own builds! They are also clear, concise, and relaxing to watch, an admirable feat. 😊 I recently built a castle and absolutely struggled with making my towers look good. Part of me wishes I had seen this so I could have stolen a few inspiration points for my own design. 😅

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

Thumbs up before I even start watching, I really like build guides that give a rough idea of all the resources needed.

[@SchindlersFist]

Been making a home base for the past week now based on a couple of your building techniques and floor plans. I like to add my own stuff to make it different from you, but keep making vids. Killer and simple builds, dude

[@RubenBolink]

A few ideas: portal room big or small (12 or 4 portals), small houses for 1 task, like a bakery for the bread with a windmill, cooking house for the rest of the food, butcher with boar pen, a small workbench place with all the expansions and the same for blacksmith (different houses), a small farm with field for the crops, a smelter house for smelting the ores, a decorative defence gate for a stakewall around the base, so you'll have a small town with houses that have a function :)

[@ZerosterGuides]

Iv had similar thought about houses with single functions but I gotta say I really like the idea of a bakery. never really thought of that one and deffinitely going to add it to my to do list.

[@jasonrichardson7481]

Man, I love your guides, they are so easy to follow and your builds are so nice. Any plans on some sort of portal hub type building? That's my next project.

[@ZerosterGuides]

Thank you, and a portal hub is actually my next project as well, I have a few conflicting idea's * A Portal Hall that doubles as a Trophie Hall, * A circular stone Portal Room that has a storage room for quickly droping off items, * An adaptation of the Portal Hub in my day 250 MP base tour video, more of a "Portal Grove" than a Portal Room or Building, I dont quite know which one I will pick for the video yet, but I hope I gave you some idea's.

[@carriekenny6828]

Maybe a Few new building ideas for ya !!! A Lighthouse a building with a tower attached to make it challangeing maybe some builds with underground builds into them like cellers Some Tree house's where you even plant your own trees to make it work ! OMG a tree village ! just some more ideas ! Can't wait for more videos !

[@andrewreeves5386]

Great video, the build turned out great

[@patrickazzarella6729]

Damn it, I just built your wood one, and now you have this

[@severianhunter9338]

Thanks again. My base only has your buildings (with little variations here and there). I love all your work! Best valheim builder out there!

[@luftwolf7405]

Very cool example of a watch tower! Definitely has some great ideas to improve my own ones as well, thanks!

[@christianowens7233]

The only change I would make is to alternate stone courses between single 1x2 and double 1x1 so that you get that line in the center rather than stacked columns. But that's so minor and would add less to the finished look than the time it takes to do it. Still, that's part of what makes stone so very very fiddly. That and all the snap points. That is a very nice little build indeed.

[@minh6301]

Amazing job! Beautiful construction and great video, so helpful! Thank you so much!

[@Mad_Alyx]

Amazing work!

[@AlycyaJane]

Thank you, this was a great video. I've followed along and built it in my survival world :) I've decided I hate working with stone in circles though - the snapping points are such a pain!

[@ZerosterGuides]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I also dislike working with stone, the snap points can definitely be confusing.

[@MrJynxi]

Great video. I have built all your building in my world and impressed the shit out of my friends. I would love to see your take on a portal room. Thx for all the content!

[@Nyrxos]

Thx for your video 👍

[@BlackOrchidcrypto]

Excellent video I really enjoyed watching you make this really nice tower. Trying it out myself on my solo server looks ok so far not as good as yours LOL. Looking forward to seeing some more nice builds. Thanks..

[@karrotop]

I love it, any recommendations for a (defensive) wall pattern that could go with it

[@pretsof]

Building is fun. Sadly I usually get so involved doing it I forget to eat. Which leads to my noob "talent" missing jumps and falling to my death. As a side point... I am lousy at building anyway even with detailed how-to vids like this. LoL. Oh well. Really nice building once again.

[@Billy-bd2oe]

Great build, I use free flying how ever, I just do not have the patience to fall to my death and lose xp, i only use fly as a cheat during building, otherwise i play the game as intended, with just a few quality of life mods, like a trash bin for crap, better paths as to give paths a purpose which the vanilla game lacks(one moves faster on stone paths etc with this mod) and of course plant everything mod, for beautification of my builds =)

[@devilmaycry2283]

Nice!!!!

[@timmorris2048]

Akk I can say is some people are way better at this build stuff than me. Even following the directions my tower looks like ass.

[@bluelax99able]

same

[@transjohnmarston]

Hello! I know this tutorial is pretty old, but do you have to jump up the spiral stairs? or am i building them wrong edit: i also wanted to say i really like your build videos!

[@ZerosterGuides]

with this design of spiral staircase, you do need to jump to go up them, it is possible to make a spiral staircase you can climb without jumping but it takes a long time to make (using regular wooden beams) also thank you I'm glad you enjoy the videos

[@ethan-youtubetips9038]

Good build Zeroster. Thumbs up from a fellow creator 😅

[@WizeWizzard]

nice

[@aegfalcon5648]

I can't seem to figure out how he made a perfect circle in the floor plan

[@austinlelonek3193]

song title??

[@BLOODKINGbro]

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