Valheim – Easy Starter Home

The basics of what you need for a starter home in Valheim. No BS, no excessive materials, and no smoke filling your home from a campfire placed indoors when it should be outside.

Foundation

First thing first, you’ll need to place a foundation for your house.

This is done by placing a single 1m Wood Pole in the ground, then using the 2m Wood Beam to space it out on top to the next pole location.

You’ll want a pole in each corner for structural integrity.

This will be the floor space of your house, if you want a larger one, then extend this beyond what I’ve done.

This is a simple 2 by 3, enough for a bed, chest, workbench and a torch.

The campfire will be placed outside and cover the entire home.

Campfire & Floor

The campfire is necessary to get the rested buff, which increases health & stamina regen greatly.

The better your shelter is (comfort level), the longer this buff will last.

However, you do not need to place the campfire inside your house, and if you’ve tried this you’ve certainly noticed that it gets smoke filled rather quickly and you’ll start taking damage.

To avoid this, simply place it outside with some roof above it pointing up instead of down, with a wall on each side to protect it from stormy weather. As long as the roof is pointed up instead of down, it will direct the smoke away from the building.

Pretty much a shed for your campfire.

This will cover the entire building because of it’s smaller size.

While you’re at it, fill that foundation in with Wood Floor 2×2, you’ll need 6 in total.

Just a picture to show that the campfire survives the weather just fine, and also showing how the shed was built around it.