Valheim build expert teaches you the perfect roof designs

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There are some real Valheim build experts out there making incredible structures in the early access Iron Gate survival game. Thankfully, some of them are more than happy to share their techniques with other players, and the latest project from one such amazing architect teaches you some great strategies to make perfect roof designs in the crafting game.

Living up to their name, The Friendly Gamer is on a mission to help Valheim players design cooler-looking and more realistic rooftops for their homes and other buildings. As they explain, real-life roofing tends to extend out over the walls of buildings, to ensure that they provide adequate cover and allow space for rain to run off. Using small one-metre wooden beams, they show how to construct ‘roof frames’ along the edge of your structures to build atop.

Once you’ve got the basic structure down, The Friendly Gamer has plenty of options to take it to the next level. Using two different takes on a circular building as an example, they show how to create basic roof frames for a circular dome design, or an arrowhead-shaped advanced frame that gives a fancier-looking roof design. They also explain how to build multi-tiered roofs for an even snazzier finish, with clear and concise examples throughout.

You can see their roofing strategy diagrams on the Valheim Reddit, where they have already gained a hugely positive response from the community. One commenter even remarks, “I am an actual roofer and the sh*t you guys do is impressive and actually translates in real life.” As if that wasn’t enough, they have another set of alternate designs that they describe as “built from the inside rather than the outside.”

If you’re not quite sure what that means, or are more of a visual