This is a guide to all of the buildings (structures) in Valheim. Read more to find out what each of them needs and what they do!

List of Buildings

Misc

Structure	How to Use
Campfire	Place on ground .Creates warmth and comfort. Allows you to use cooking stations on it, and it wards away cold and wetness.
Bonfire	Place on ground. Creates warmth and comfort. Allows you to use cooking stations on it, and it wards away cold and wetness. Larger than the campfire.
Hearth	Place on floors. Creates warmth and comfort. Allows you to use cooking stations on it, and it wards away cold and wetness. Larger than the campfire.
Wood Stack	Build this to store a stack of 50 wood. Upon deconstruction, it drops the whole stack of wood.
Stone Pile	Build this to store a stack of 50 stones. Upon deconstruction, it drops the whole stack of stone.
Portal	Use this to create portals that quickly transport you far distances. It's a good idea to link portals to your home base.
Ward	Build this to lock doors and chests, as well as prevent griefers from destroying your home or building around your home.
Cart	Use this to transport heavy materials,
Longship	Build this on the coast and use it to sail across the sea. This is the improved version of the Karve that can go faster and has even more storage slots.
Raft	Build this on the coast and use it to sail across the sea.
Karve	Build this on the coast and use it to sail across the sea. This is the improved version of the Raft that can go faster and has storage slots.

Crafting

Structure	How to Use
Cooking Station	Place on top of a fire, then add meat to it.
Cauldron	Place on top of a fire in order to be able to make potions and meads.
Workbench	Use this to craft better non-metal items and enable building around the area.
Chopping Block	Place this near a workbench to up its level.
Tanning Rack	Place this near a workbench to up its level.
Adze	Place this near a workbench to up its level.
Tool Shelf	Place this near a workbench to up its level.
Stonecutter	Place it around a workbench to enable building of stone structures.
Artisan Table	Build it so you are able to build a Spinning Wheel, Blast Furnace and Windmill.
Forge	Use this to forge metal items from metal bars.
Forge Bellows	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Anvils	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Grinding Wheel	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Smith's Anvil	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Forge Cooler	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Forge Toolrack	Place this near a forge to up its level.
Smelter	Place this on the ground to use it. Put in coal on one side and ores on the other to produce bars.
Blast Furnace	Place this on the ground to use it. Functions like the smelter, but is used for Black Metal.
Charcoal Kiln	Place this on the ground to use it. Put in wood to produce coal.
Windmill	Place this down and place barley in it. When its windy, it can process barley into barley flour.
Spinning Wheel	Input flax into this and it will convert it to linen.
Beehive	Place apart from other beehives to generate honey.
Fermenter	Place in a sheltered area and use it to create potions from Mead Base made in cauldrons.

Building

Structure	How to Use
Wood Floor 2x2	Build this as flooring for your buildings.
Wood Floor 1x1	Build this as flooring for your buildings.
Wood Wall	Use this as a wall for your buildings.
Wood Wall Half	Use this to cover up half slots filled up by roofs or to make waist high walls.
Wood Door	Use this to create an openable door into your building.
Wood Gate	Use this to create a bigger two-door openable gate into your building.
Wood Stair	Use this to allow you to ascend one half-wall upwards.
Wood Ladder	Use this to allow you to ascend one wall upwards.
Thatch Roof 45°	Use this as roof to your buildings.
Wood Wall 26°	Use this to cover up holes in your wall made by 26° Thatch Roofs.
Thatch Roof i-corner 26°	Use this for inner corner roofs of L-shaped structures.
Thatch Roof o-corner 26°	Use this for outer corner roofs of L-shaped structures.
Thatch Roof Ridge 26°	Use this as centerpieces of 26° Thatch Roofs if your building is an odd amount of tiles wide.
Thatch Roof 26°	Use this as roof to your buildings.
Wood Roof Cross 45°	Use this to support 45° Thatch Roofs.
Wood Wall 45°	Use this to cover up holes in your wall made by 45° Thatch Roofs.
Thatch Roof i-corner 45°	Use this for inner corner roofs of L-shaped structures.
Thatch Roof o-corner 45°	Use this for outer corner roofs of L-shaped structures.
Thatch Roof Ridge 45°	Use this as centerpieces of 45° Thatch Roofs if your building is an odd amount of tiles wide.
Wood Roof Cross 26°	Use this to support 26° Thatch Roofs.
Wood Pole 1m	Use this as a support for structures, normally under them touching both the structure and the ground for support.
Wood Pole 2m	Use this as a support for structures, normally under them touching both the structure and the ground for support. Can also be stacked to make pillars or placed in water to make docks.
Wood Beam 1m	Use this as a roof support.
Wood Beam 2m	Use this as a roof support.
Wood Beam 26°	Use this as a roof support.
Wood Beam 45°	Use this as a roof support.
Wood Iron Pole	Use this as a support for structures, normally under them touching both the structure and the ground for support. Can also be stacked to make pillars or placed in water to make docks.
Wood Iron Beam	Use this as a roof support.
Wood Dragon Adornment	Use this to adorn your roof or walls with a dragon head.
Stone Wall 4x2	Use this as a wall for your buildings.
Stone Wall 2x1	Use this as a wall for your buildings.
Stone Wall 1x1	Use this to cover up half slots filled up by roofs or to make waist high walls.
Sharp Stakes	Build these outward facing stakes to damage any enemies that approach the pointy ends.
Stakewall	Build these as an outer wall to your base.
Roundpole Fence	Connect these to build outdoor waist high fences that can be jumped over.
Log Pole 4m	Use this as a pillar for your buildings.
Log Pole 2m	Use this as a pillar for your buildings.
Log Beam 2m	Use this as a roof support.
Log Beam 4m	Use this as a roof support.
Stone Pillar	Use this as a pillar for your buildings.
Stone Arch	Use this as a pillar for your buildings.
Stone Floor 2x2	Build this as flooring for your buildings.
Iron Gate	Use this to create a bigger two-door openable gate into your building.
Stone Stair	Use this to allow you to ascend one half-wall upwards.

Furniture

Structure	How to Use
Bed	Build this and interact with it to sleep and set your spawn point. It adds a comfort level of 1.
Dragon Bed	Build this and interact with it to sleep and set your spawn point. It adds a comfort level of 2.
Chest	Use this to hold items. It has 10 slots.
Reinforced Chest	The Reinforced Chest is used to hold multiple items. This chest has 24 slots to hold items.
Personal Chest	Use this to hold items. Only the player who places this down can have access to the chest.
Stool	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Chair	Increases comfort level by 2 when placed.
Bench	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Raven Throne	Increases comfort level by 3 when placed.
Lox Rug	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Sign	Interact with it to write text onto it. It displays the text in-game on the sign.
Item Stand (Horizontal)	Use this to lay down items on a table.
Item Stand (Vertical)	Use this to hang an item on the wall.
Hanging Brazier	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed. Be careful as it generates smoke.
Standing Green-Burning Iron Torch	This is a standing light source that uses Guck as fuel. It brightens the surrounding area.
Standing Wood Torch	This is a standing light source that uses Resin as fuel. It brightens the surrounding area.
Standing Iron Torch	This is a standing light source that uses Resin as fuel. It brightens the surrounding area.
Sconce	This is a light source that is hung on walls. Use resin for fuel.
Table	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Wolf Rug	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Deer Rug	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Black Banner	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Blue Banner	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
White and Red Striped Banner	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Red Banner	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Green Banner	Increases comfort level by 1 when placed.
Yuleklapp (Yellow)	No use as of now.
Yuleklapp (Green)	No use as of now.
Yuleklapp (Red)	No use as of now.
Jack-o-turnip	No use as of now.
Maypole	Increases comfort level by 1 when in a room. Build around it when found.
Yule Tree	Increases comfort level by 1 when in a room.

What Are Buildings?

Buildings are structures in Valheim that allow you to do several things.

Craft Better Items

Some buildings are crafting stations that allow you to craft better items, and some buildings improve these crafting stations.

Process Items

Some buildings allow you to process and refine raw materials to higher levels. This can be as simple as cooking meat to something as complex as smelting metal or making flour.

A Variety of Other Uses

There are too many different uses you get from buildings to list, some that include transporting heavy tools to creating wormholes to different buildings, and more.

How to Construct Buildings and Build Structures

Basic Building

Use a Hammer and then right-click to access the build menu.

You can select items depending on the category. Simply click on the category and click the item you wish to construct.

Once you select an item, the item will appear in front of your crosshairs and it can be rotated with the scroll wheel, canceled with right-click, or placed with a left-click. Alternatively, you can disable its snapping function by holding Left Shift.

Stability

When building your base, you will notice some pieces turning from green to red and breaking. This is because that piece is not stable enough. The stability of a piece depends on how many pieces away it is from a "Grounded" piece, which is a piece that is touching the ground. Understanding how stability works is the first step to making the building of your dreams!
Structural Integrity and House Building Guide

Durability

Another reason why your building might break is due to it losing its durability. This is the health of the object, once it hits zero it will break. There are two ways for the durability to go down.

Rain and Decay

If you leave wooden buildings out without a roof or submerged in water, they can rot and decay down to 50% durability max. This will make it be easier to be destroyed. It will even start to look like it's rotting and decaying.

Damage

Another way of losing durability is taking damage from attacks. These can destroy buildings,

Repairing Buildings

You can repair buildings with your hammer for free! This will not cost any materials but will require you to be near the required Crafting station. To repair, you will swap to your hammer, right-click then choose the repair option. Now you can left-click on highlighted buildings to repair them back to full health!

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