Valheim Wiki Stability colours
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Blue | Grounded / fully stable |
| Green | Strong |
| Yellow | OK — watch extensions |
| Orange | Weak — short extensions only |
| Red | Will break / cannot place further |
Core wood poles carry vertical stability farther than regular wood. Stone is heavy but strong when founded on terrain. Rule of thumb: core-wood vertical spines every few metres; don't cantilever floors off orange beams.
Comfort & Rested
Rested duration ≈ 7 + Comfort minutes (Comfort 1 = 8 min). Stack furniture:
- Fire / hearth (required for Comfort to apply outdoors rules — need roof + fire)
- Bed, chairs, table, banners, rugs, armour stand, hot tub, etc.
- Each unique Comfort piece adds; duplicates often don't stack
Aim Comfort 10+ in the main hall (≈17 min Rested) before hard biomes; 15–17 for Ashlands/Deep North staging.
Smoke & weather
Enclosed fires without chimneys/openings kill you with smoke. Chimney patterns: open roof hatch, 45° smoke channel, or Kingdom quiet hearths. Ashlands builds face ash/lava wear — use stone and check support.
Layout habits
- Portal room with spare portals labelled
- Smelter row downwind / outside main hall
- Farm plots inside walls before Plains
- Ward covering core chests
On Brandan's server
Tools: Parchment Tool (Kingdom castles), Odin's Hammer / Stone Chisel (elevators, drawbridges, compost). BuildSpace raises station radius (no-op until configured — start 1.5–2×). Larger radius + megabases = fewer workbench spam posts.