Firepits are made with stones and wood and must be placed on dirt. You can choose to make a proper hearth by building a dirt pit with three walls around, the open wall to the inside of the house as you'll see in the image above, and an angled roof above to vent the smoke and keep rain from dousing your fire. Smoke inhalation will kill you in Valheim just as it does on Earth. You'll want to leave a space in the roof for smoke to escape from your firepit, as smoke inhalation will kill you in Valheim just as it does on Earth. Don't forget a door, of course, and be sure to use those 45-degree angled thatch roof pieces to assemble a simple roof.
Once you've got the workbench covered with a roof and mostly enclosed with walls you'll be able to use it to craft more advanced tools, repair, and even upgrade existing tools by pressing the use key - E on a keyboard, A on an Xbox controller.Īfter the workbench is all set, go ahead and finish up your first house by erecting more walls to finish the enclosure. Pieces can be rotated to fit any way you want, and each building piece will snap onto the corners of others nearby for best fit. The quickest way to get started on the workbench is to build a lean-to, usually achieved by erecting a three-sided structure with two angled roof pieces. If you don't head back to the nearest grouping of trees and start cutting with that axe. Workbenches, beds, and other usable furniture often need a roof in order to function, so be sure you have enough wood to get these built. Placing down a workbench creates a large dashed-line circle that indicates the build radius and in order to construct any building, use this area. Building a workbench is essential to life in Valheim, as it allows you to build structures and other important pieces of furniture.