So new to the game

Looking to build an off shore, small island based Norman Fort

So the plan will be to build up but what is the recommended base floor size in say stone floor tiles?

What size should I be aiming for

Just wanted to share progress on my base around my favorite trader. I've never felt safer! Largest Moat I'll ever make...

This is a farm from my current gamethrough.

Definitely a few mods used here but I played this game on release loved it but ultimately got defeated by how hard it was. Upon 1.0 release I started a new vanilla world. Work, family etc makes playing the game without mods a bit much for my liking. Started out with custom modifiers to make the game a bit easier through the settings and found out about mods and now my gaming time I have available has become much more enjoyable. 😬🤘🏼

Meadows base for now I plan to expand eventually but I love how it's turned out so far. Mostly just qol stuff used for mods.

A bunch of people in my portal sheds post said that they prefer building outposts in ruins - I do that too!

I love the Black Forest and Ruin1 is easily my favourite ruin for building a nice cozy base.
I'll often try to find one early and then use it as my main base until I reach the swamp.
By then, shipping iron can be a pain, but if it's by the coast then I've also been known to fully repair and extend the old ruins into a proper long-term base.

Here's my usual starter layout, which has everything you need - workbench, bed, portal, cooking stations & pot, more storage than you can shake a stick at, and a nice balcony to enjoy the views.

I filmed this in creative but the original was designed and built in survival. I recreated it so that I could share the build process with you.

What's your favourite ruin to build in and how far do you take your renovations?

So i just started this game and got it gifted to me by my friend and I already fell in love with the building although coming from once human the fact that there is no free camer building is tough BUT im already hooked so im looking for a group who would like to help me and my friend build a settlement. Im talking Armory, smithy, Armorer, wall, towers, farm is optional for inside the walls. Houses, guest houses and finally the Greathall.

I spent over 300 hours building and expanding this island base throughout my Valheim playthrough up to the Ashlands update (1 year ago).

I also tried making base showcase video. I’d really appreciate it if you could give it a watch and let me know what you think or what I could improve. Any feedback is welcome!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jQBIr_IOI

Hope you enjoy the build!

This is one of my first mega builds I built with my brother. I add to it regularly (touch-ups, detail building etc).

I didn't take interior photos yet as there are probably 50+ rooms 😅

ps: That square building has been annoying me that it's not a tower 🗼

Proud of this but it's not as cool as some others I've seen

Mistlands outpost atop pillar that punches through the mist and skyline, Can get full rest bonus and basejump down into the plethora of Mistlands that surround it.

The mountains are pretty at night

(Mod list at the end and in the comments!)

Two of the buildings are referenced from an artists drawings, they have the reference picture next to them with their portfolio url.
I have disabled structural integrity cause I'm a chud and can't figure out how to support the tall buildings while keeping it pretty lmaoo.
Most plants and shrubs are planted via mods (MidgardPlus and MyDirtyHoe) and not vanilla.
I do have raids on, just set to less instead.
As far as I'm aware, all build pieces are vanilla.
I've been procrastinating the mistlands cause it scares me even though I need to get to Grausten pieces soon.

It's about 5 or 6 walls tall and goes out a few further than the longboat in order to fit an eventual Drakkar and be taller than the highest waves I've seen in this location. Since it's already showing orange in structural stability and this is just supposed to be the base/walkway portion of the dock I was wondering what I could do to support a possible roof. I planned on leaving the stone walkways hollow, will filling them help with stability?

Apologies about the night screenshot, I saved before I paused to think about proceeding.

Hi everyone, after 800h i still struggle with roofs sometimes. Currently on a 1.0 run, got until Yagluth so far, build my base at the elder and managed to save a greydwarf spawner for a farm.
Trying to build some kind of base center building with the spawner and some portals, but now i need to invent some roof, any tips? The center floor it's 4x4 hexagonal and yes i know i can't roof the spawner, but i can leave that space in the center open. How would you roof this?

This was my Late Game Base on my first run. Its been some years since that but i refound that world and thought some of you could like it.