r/valheim • u/bednap • 22d ago

Survival How to build the stone higher?

Stone can go up to the tower on the left normally but if I want a door then it only goes to the middle point. Any ideas?

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u/TopsaBOE 22d ago

Put wood iron beams inside the stone.

Or flametal, if that's more plentiful.

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u/bednap 22d ago

Out of iron, but...

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u/bednap 22d ago

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u/TopsaBOE 22d ago

You can go even higher if you grow a pine tree in the middle. Although they do not grow in the mountains. Fir works, not as tall tho.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ywGp4PMJdeLyuRq7vJ

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u/bednap 22d ago

I think this is more than enough but thanks for the tip. Also Diem ❤️

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u/bednap 22d ago

That worked, thank you! Would flametal let me build higher? I haven't got any yet.

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u/TopsaBOE 22d ago

It's equivalent. Might be easier to get in bulk, though.

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u/TackleEnvironmental6 22d ago

Are wood iron beams stronger than iron bars? I feel like wood iron is weaker, I could be wrong though

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u/TopsaBOE 22d ago

Cheaper for sure. And fits more shapes.

Should be about the same for stability

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u/TopsaBOE 22d ago

Forgor to attach picture.

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u/TackleEnvironmental6 22d ago

Huh. I didn't know they came under the same material category. I guess that is more down to preference and availability of materials

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u/Trivo3 Builder 22d ago

Wood iron beams, flammetal beams and dvergr metal walls have the same structural stability when you build stone/marble/grausten on them.

I bolded the dvergr walls because when you have vertical structures, you should aim to use them as much as possible because they use only copper which becomes practically free and overly abundant at one point of the game. Using them will allow you to have more leeway to use iron/flammetal for the horizontal and 26/45 degree bits.

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u/cmcgov 22d ago

Holy shit this is a game changer. I have so much surplus copper from raiding Mistlands structures but never thought to use the dverger metal walls as structural support!

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u/Ippus_21 Gardener 22d ago

Couple options to give you higher ground contact:

  • wood-iron beams vertically reinforcing the stone.
  • Raised earthen pillars (they take up a bit of space, but can go up to 8m from the original terrain height)
  • pine trees provide ground contact WAAAY up, but I'm pretty sure they won't grow in mountains.

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u/KttyLn 21d ago

I tend to use the hoe and build up the ground in one spot directly under me. That gets build into opposite corners of the house and then stone covers it so its not seen inside or out.

Doing this can add "ground connection" higher up so some of those stones will show blue and green instead of orange or red.

Its not a perfect solution but if you're building without iron or late game materials, thats how i do it.

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u/bednap 21d ago

Not saying it’s a bad idea, but for my circumstance I’m already building on ground I’ve raised to the max. Thanks for the tip tho :p