Many players use the building system in Valheim to create particularly large or impressive structures. However, a Viking does not need all that. He has built his own quaint village with many small huts and houses – and the community loves it.
What kind of village is this? The player Nevaloud introduced his small village on reddit, where he lives in Valheim. It consists of five smaller huts, three larger houses, a village square, and a main house with an outdoor area featuring a windmill and beekeeping.
The entire village has beautiful, paved paths with plenty of green spaces in between and real wooden railings. Surrounding the village is a wooden palisade with sharpened wooden stakes for defense.
Overall, the village somewhat resembles the Gaul village from Asterix & Obelix. Many other players from the community have fallen in love with his idea. In just 14 hours, the post on reddit has received over 7,400 upvotes and several awards.
Particularly well-received seems to be the fact that this village is more immersive than the gigantic constructions of other players or enormous prestige projects like the Millennium Falcon. Such a village could really stand in Valheim and be from one of the Vikings living there:
Not only does such a village look nice, but it also has some advantages – regardless of Nevaloud’s creation.
Individual houses offer advantages over a fortress
This is what the individual buildings are used for: If you want to build such a village yourself, you can assign functions to the individual houses in an orderly manner. One of the larger houses could be your forge, another your brewery for fermenting mead, and more.
In the smaller huts, you can set up storage if you play alone or guest houses for your friends. In our guide, we explain to you how to play Valheim together with friends and rent servers.
Many players use this system to create really cool buildings and bases, sometimes even entire cities – also in Valheim. The community even has improvements for this, called modifications, with which even more is possible. Here you can find the best mods for Valheim and how to install them.
Why should I build it this way? Besides the fact that it’s a nice alternative to assigning a function to each building, you have much more overview. For the workbench, the forge, and the kitchen, for example, you can create individual storage and always know where everything is.
Especially when working with fire, this is a significant advantage. Campfires and fire pits require a smoke outlet in the house, so you don’t suffer from smoke inhalation. For all other buildings, you can then skip having a chimney.
Here is the downside to this technique: The problem with such a village is that the workbench and the stonecutter only allow construction within a limited radius. You need several of these items if you want to build houses or walls.
This also means that these need to be built somewhere and that doesn’t always look nice. However, there is also a remedy for this: with a simple trick, you can simply hide your workbenches and important items in Valheim.
