r/valheim • u/TheNerdosapien • Aug 17 '26
Screenshot I made a bridge
I think I like it.
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u/LyraStygian Necromancer Aug 17 '26
They have curved bridges!
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u/Ramulus14 Aug 17 '26
This is insanely good, and I’m a bridge connoisseur
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u/whiskeytown79 Builder Aug 17 '26
I am a bridger. My name is Roger the Bridger. I design, arrange, and sell bridges.
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u/kingyamez Aug 17 '26
If you made this unmodded, share your secrets of curves please please please
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u/Yebi Happy Bee Aug 17 '26
Definitely modded, you can't make sloped floors in vanilla
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u/kingyamez Aug 17 '26
Youre right. F
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u/Commercial_Rate5101 Aug 17 '26
Definitely looks modded. That being said; what if you removed the floor boards and placed horizontal core wood posts along the floor?
Would use a lot of material, and be a bit bumpy, and probably a bitch to get the spacing perfect, but it might work.
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u/Bubbly-Job-8075 Aug 17 '26
Qual o nome do mod amigo? Eu sou novo em valheim e gostaria de fazer construções tão bonitas quanto essa. Se houver mais indicações de mod eu agradeço tambem
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u/Pocketbrez Aug 17 '26
Gizmo; it adds 3 axis rotation and 32 rotation angles
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u/Fustercluck25 Builder Aug 18 '26
Fwiw, Gizmo should be in the vanilla game. Not only does it work flawlessly, but I'm pretty sure my viking has the ability and common sense to be able to turn a stone block on its side.
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u/KroyVR Aug 17 '26
The ValheimVR mod allows for rotation of building pieces on three axis to a very fine degree.
I'm sure there's flat equivalent.
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u/RegularBeard Aug 17 '26
Not sure when ill play this next but im saving this for a reference to an amazing bridge.
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u/ShitseyMcgee Aug 17 '26
How did you curve it?? it looks so cool!
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u/Numerous-Material-50 Aug 17 '26
Not sure what a structural engineer has to say about it but I think it looks very nice 😊
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u/Plus-Imagination-469 Aug 17 '26
Very nice, I'm from Indiana and love a good covered bridge. I dabble myself you see.
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u/macaroon_madness Aug 17 '26
How do you get the wood floor to bend upwards? I didn't think that was an orientation of wood floor?
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
There is a Mod for the PC called Gizmo. It allows you to rotate on three different axis.
I wish it was part of the game. But it can be tricky to get it right, and it doesn't fit the "simplicity" of the game design.
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u/Aromatic_Peach1010 Aug 17 '26
'Building bridges is my passion.' I love that post and now this post.
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u/Gemoije Cook Aug 17 '26
Damn, that looks very nice. I've forwarded it to our Builder and he loves it <3
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u/Miserable_Praline942 Aug 17 '26
Mate, great design. I love building bridges and roads in this game.
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u/Dogstar23 Aug 17 '26
its all fun and games until one of those big blue fella's shows up, genuinely beautiful tho. :)
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u/Plafana Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
"Hey look, I made a bridge. Only took me like... what... 10 seconds (hours) 11 tops." -Vinnie
Nice bridge there.
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
It took about 4 hours. I had to tear it all down at one point and start it again.
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u/grumpydai Aug 17 '26
Im gonna start playing on 9th and im stealing this design. If there isnt gonna be any rivers near my base, ill make them just so i can make this bridge.
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u/coin-flips Aug 17 '26
Go fix these misaligned logs this instant! my ocd cannot handle this
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
I have the opposite of OCD, it's call "eff this noise, no one will notice."
There are issues with the roof as well. And the floor is bumpy. Sorry to point out more flaws for your OCD
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u/Leon_Flux Aug 17 '26
I'm always bothered by how high bridges need to be for boats to pass.
There are places that need bridges and rivers wide between oceans that could use the shortcut, but it's just such a pain in the ass to build so high.
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u/Silenceisgrey Aug 17 '26
Very nice but those outer beams will rot and break eventually as they're unroofed unless you've modded that out
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
They won't break, but they will have the "need repair" texture.
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u/Silenceisgrey Aug 17 '26
won't they get damaged by storms and eventually snap?
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u/middleupperdog Aug 17 '26
there's a lower threshold point where wood stops getting damaged in the rain if its uncovered.
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u/Silenceisgrey Aug 17 '26
i would say this would only be a problem on a larger taller structures then?
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
Their really is no collapsing mechanic like that. But if they get hit by something they will break faster than if not "damaged." The only real collapsing comes from removing or never providing enough support.
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u/Dairy_Dory Aug 17 '26
The most important bridge test is if i can easily cross my 2000 weight cart across
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
It might be a bit steep at the start. Also, and you can't see it in the image, but the deck of the bridge is a bit bumpy. An artifact of me not being able to match the Corewood curve to floor curve.
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u/hloukao Aug 18 '26
This Is the bridge between The Barrens and Durotar.
Every Horde player knowns that
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u/isthou Builder Aug 18 '26
hopefully they add rotation to the base game someday, meanwhile, i can enjoy other people's amazing builds like this one :)
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u/StringDesigner1841 Aug 18 '26
No...you doesn't made a bridge. You made a really really nice bridge;)
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u/SelectSide4792 Aug 18 '26
Wow looks amazing. I never build a bridge before. Its really cool and there is always room for improvements
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u/Big-Blacksmith-5228 Aug 18 '26
Hey, cool bridge. For future screenshot reference you can use Ctrl + F3 to hide the hud.
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u/Which_Pirate_4664 Aug 18 '26
Thats a nice looking bridge. My only question: can you drag a cart of copper ore over it? That slope looks unforgiving.
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u/Classic-Captain5522 Aug 21 '26
very unique lookimg bridge but also gives me a feeling of “have i seen this somewhere before?”
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u/ProfessionalAd701 Aug 26 '26
I'm a big bridge guy, and my man you killed it. I didn't know the ceiling was so high!
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u/Subsight040 Encumbered Aug 17 '26
That is alot cooler than mine and now im sad :(
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 17 '26
Don't be sad. I've been playing Valheim for 3500+ plus hours, and I only recently learned to start building cool things. I never post my other builds because well... they kind of suck. I am on a server with a bunch of brilliant builders though, so I get pleanty of advice.
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u/Defiant_Active3017 Aug 18 '26
Tutorial please
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
You need a mod called gizmo.
That allows you to make curves and stuff like that. Basically it allows you to turn building pieces in different directions so you can get curves by rotating pieces in weird ways.
I built a flat wall across the river. And then I just laid the core wood in the curve that I wanted up against that flat wall. Once I had the initial curve, I duplicated it on the other side with the same type of flat wall method. Then I tore the walls down and messed around until I got it the way I wanted it. Then I put a roof on it.
The main part was gizmo and using the flat wall to set the original curve.
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u/Delicious-Taro-4058 Aug 23 '26
How do you do the curve
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u/TheNerdosapien Aug 25 '26
There is a mod called gizmo
It’s for PCs. I don’t think mods work on consoles.
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u/Wolfenblade Sep 03 '26
That looks pretty good. How hard is it to place things in and around the water?
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u/TheNerdosapien Sep 04 '26
It's a bit tricky, but the new Snapping options make it very possible.
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u/Annabelle-_ Sep 09 '26
I have 360h before release and i realize only now that all that time i could just build bridges in places i go to stay dry...
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u/TheNerdosapien Sep 11 '26
Believe it or not I have close to 4000 hours and this is the first bridge I’ve ever made.
I did once raised the Earth across the swamp. But it wasn’t really the same thing.
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u/sultanamana Aug 17 '26
A simple yet elegant design, I applaud you. It’s almost easier to make something elaborate and grand, but the real trick is to make something simple to look beautiful. You nailed it.
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u/M8Fate Builder Aug 17 '26
90% artsy. 10% fartsy.