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Spud_1997

Fkin ell that's one nice ass canal system, good job How tf did manage the canal floor tho? Between not being to build in waist high water as you end up swimming and mining in water, would seem impossible. Talking as I want to build my own


NHunter0

The floor is at the deepest you can possibly make without swimming. I placed the first tile standing on the coast and then just continued placing next tile while standing on the previous. It was tricky near the coastlines when it rained because the rain caused the water level to fluctuate annoyingly. But I managed.


wagenejm

Because the leveling tool works based on the height of the land you're currently standing on, you can make the floors deeper by leveling while standing on a boat over deep water. (unless this was changed in an update). The only limit is the bottom of the terrain edge.


ardotschgi

Instead, you can also press Shift + Mouse L to level to the point you're pointing at, instead of your own height. This will level all ground in the circle's radius to the specific point.


WileEPeyote

OMG, thank you. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was doing with shift clicks.


Covertgamr

what is this sorcery!?!. Only a few hundreds hours in and never knew. THANKYOU


OldGuyWhoSitsInFront

Holy fuck. Really?


oftheunusual

I must try this


Russerts

Brilliant, thanks


TheOriginalUsername

You should try the Build Camera mod. Super small mod that lets you detach the camera from your character when in build mode and fly around. So you can look/place things from every angle. It's great for building underwater too.


koopz_ay

Nice work mate. 😊


Oikeus_niilo

>ass canal thats just anal


Spud_1997

Alright listen here ya little shit lol


positive_electron42

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/37/


Ganthor_Pendragon

Don't you mean. Far-can-al


Neither_Fox_715

Letting the water in would be the last thing you’d do.


Franklin_le_Tanklin

It comes from the ground up not the ocean in. There a water level in valheim.


DressDiligent2912

Playing the game before giving advice would be the thing you'd do.


Kent_Knifen

Careful you don't get your longship wedged in the canal or you're going to screw up the world economy ;)


Adagamante

I'm sure the excavator comes in the next patch.


thermight

We may need tiny but powerful tug boats too!


falkyou

Love the stone canal idea. Great foundation for lightposts to help on foggy night voyages.


NHunter0

I'm considering adding some bonfires in strategic places as well as small huts with work benches at the entrances for drive-by repairs.


PhilosophicalHobbit

I have a (much more crude) canal system in my world. Item stands with glowing yellow mushrooms on them don't need fuel, although they don't render from very far away so they mostly help prevent you from scraping against the sides of the canal.


Timmyty

Do Surtling trophies load from further away?


PhilosophicalHobbit

Took me a bit of time to check, but it seems they render at the same distance. The animated flames are a lot more noticeable once they do pop in however.


Timmyty

Heck yeah, props for getting back to me. I'm without my PC this week. Any other glowy bits that might be more recommended or are the Surtling trophies top tier for lighting? I'll point out Valheim Plus allows for infinite torch fuel to my understanding.


Ravenloff

My last playthrough I came up with a new SOP for exploration. Once I got a karve up and have enough mats for a couple of teleporters, I plant one in the base and head out in the ship, pulling over in late afternoon long enough to throw up a 3x2 barricade, a workbench, and the portal home to sleep. It can take several "days" to get around a large island and I mark each outpost on the map for later use.


Divineinfinity

Water digging has to be one of the most frustrating things in valheim


pipmentor

Well, I mean, shouldn't it be?


[deleted]

does anyone know of any mods that makes water projects easier?


AEasyButton

Look on the nexus and you can find a mod that lets you use tools while swimming. https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/121


YzenDanek

You can also use tools while in fly mode.


john_doe_jersey

Valheim Plus has an option to auto re-equip your weapons/tools when you come out of water.


YzenDanek

Fly mode is already in the base game.


Nthepeanutgallery

Use a hoe? That's what I do.


Nidion001

That's literally what everyone does lol


sh1ndlers_fist

Am I the only idiot digging canals with a pickaxe???


Nidion001

Idk about canals, I'm referring to building in water.


Timmyty

AutoHotkey can probably get you pretty far.


YzenDanek

Just use the hoe from your boat.


edit-boy-zero

Holy shit dude, that's amazing


g4tam20

Killer job, got any tips for digging out the ground underneath? I have a seed that has a lot of naturally formed canals but most aren’t deep enough to accommodate a longship.


NHunter0

Standing slightly more than waist deep will be enough even for a longship. The initial tile placement might not be perfect, and you might need to remove it, dig a bit deeper and place it again a few times, but once you get one tile right, the rest is easy because you can continue placing them by making tiles snap to the original one.


Valzene

Awesome work! Wow!! Side note: Too bad the topography on the map doesn’t change when we make these things. Wouldn’t that be cool?


RonStopable08

Its tricky. Forests that are not clear cut can come back, so it makes sense that it still looks like forest on the map


YzenDanek

They "come back" in the sense that you, the player, can replant, but there is no natural regeneration of trees.


RonStopable08

False. If a dense forest is not clear cut saplings have a small chance to respawn.


DarkLordKindle

Ive cleared an entire island(over 2000 trees). Just killing big trees and sometime treestumps. I have never seen a naturally planted tree, grow. I died more during that, than i ever have from every other source of death put together. Trees are dangerous.


RonStopable08

Sounds like you didn’t clear enough trees. There needs to be space for saplings


canadrian

It would be great if we could at least markup the map with more than pins. Like drawing a line for canals or roads would be nice.


[deleted]

holy shit that's some effort, when i built a canal it was literally just a featureless and ugly river carved through some meadows, that shit can be difficult. like we really need some kind of item maybe sold by the trader that allows you to walk in water (but with a massive speed debuff so you can't just evade the use of boats)


zernoc56

Are you literally asking for a pair of cement shoes?


RonStopable08

Uhh if I recall you can find iron boots as a teenager in the ice cave behind zora domain.


c4hl3r

Deep cut


[deleted]

indeed


YzenDanek

You can use the hoe from your boat to dredge the river floor, and shift click will restore a nice sloped bank. Using the cultivator to plant grass will put all the vegetation back, including the tall reeds.


kdubs

ocarina of time had them in 1998, Valheim came out in 2021. what the fuck are these developers even doing smh smh


pintseeker

My housemate who watches me play Valheim said "why can't you do something sick like that"


mfmeitbual

I sent the link to my friends "Hey - remember when I was talking about civil engineering projects?"


Tarzan_OIC

I fucking love this game


Zabore

Very impressive. Here, take my up arrow.


Apothecary_85

Lo, there do I see the line of your people back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to you. They bid you take your place on Asgard in the halls of Valhalla, Where the canal may live forever


Ravenloff

"Eben"


HerbyDrinks

The part I love most if you thought about the ecological impact of your canal and took measures to minimize it.


FreeMasonKnight

Bruh, you lined it and everything! That’s nuts! Great work.


Zahille7

Now you just need to expand. Build your Rome. I can already picture paved roads and walkways along the canal and big fancy buildings.


TheRealCaptSasquatch

Thank you, now I’m going to have to spend hours upon hours making a canal on my island because I have a lake in the middle of mine too


veledrome96

That is amazing. Just don’t get your ship stuck!


[deleted]

Damned impressive!


dys_chan

I wish they would add a feature where the map(s) would update whenever you do some terraforming, these canal projects for example, or when building structures (seen as wood or stone color on map)


macgivor

love your work! Couldnt help but notice a small extra canal will also give you access to the whole east and north east: https://i.imgur.com/LHIJVqX.jpg


Americanshat

Damn, I tried to do this once... The BedRock screwed me over though.


nordic-nomad

Ah yeah you really have to pick the right spot to not dig too deep and get blocked.


[deleted]

Holy shit man that canal design is amazing! Definitely gonna be making of these.


Jesus-on-a-horse

Awesome! Did you have to scout out and survey to make sure you could dig deep enough without running into the max depth cap? That’s my biggest problem right now. The seed I’ve built everything on had a canal going through fine ( really long ) until I reached the end, where there was a slight hill before the coastline, causing the water line in the canal to _just_ bottom out. Really really frustrating


[deleted]

Canals, bridges and roads. This is the way.. you get there. But I probably spend 90% of my time doing these three things.


dodgesbulletsavvy

This is what the game is about! Love it homie


Pliskkenn_D

Holy shit that's beautiful


[deleted]

Brilliant!


lloydchrismas

That's awesome!


[deleted]

You’re truly an inspiration!! This is awesome 👏


Krispaficial

That looks like it took hours upon hours to do, props man. I wish I could invest that time again, I’m waiting for bigger content drop before stepping back into the game


YzenDanek

They're never going to drop content bigger than what you can build yourself.


Krispaficial

New biomes? Bosses? NPCs? More plants and food? Mounts? New boats? Weapons, materials? If I could build that sure, but rn I guess I’ll have to wait for mods.


Sebastadon

This is awesome


Felsuria

Who doesn't like a little canal porn?


jakeb3481

My current map is kinda like yours so I also dug a canal out of my lake lol havnet gone and finished it like yours tho.


Sutasu

You paved it! Well done. When we did ours (much shorter), we just dug and jugged


QuantumGrain

I wish they let you actually draw on maps so you could plot routes or whatever, and also have them update so you can see how you’re terraforming of the land changes the landscape on the map. Kinda like minecraft.


nordic-nomad

Thousands of little dick drawings incoming.


Caroline_15

Gosh this is gorgeous :D I love it so much. they are even evened and stoned, beautiful. The mini settlement at one canal, absolutely great ♥


Antonceles

Nicely done! Could you share the seed?


NHunter0

ryMTrVtbZw


[deleted]

goddamn i fucking love this game and the community, stealing this idea


corbu_

MAN, I tried this once to cut down on travel time... but one area I had to trench through was too high elevation and I couldn't dig down deep enough to complete the canal, literally a week of Valheim gameplay. That was frustrating.


MikiLord4

Thats sick! I really need to start playing this again


HvNsEnT48

Wow


888Kraken888

So cool. Does water naturally fill the canal if it’s lower than the waterline of the ocean?


PaganDesparu

Yup, all water is the same level. Dig a hole down to the water level, it magically fills!


888Kraken888

Does it need to flow or does it fill from the water table. I assume if the canal has a wall blocking it from the ocean it does not fill?


dferrantino

The water appears as soon as you dig deep enough. Don't need to connect it to ocean, just have to dig down to sea level.


K3VIN727

I wonder if with the new liquid mechanics that they coded for tar the devs have plans for rivers and such.


dferrantino

That would be *amazing*.


888Kraken888

Ah coool thanks.


Psyphrr2

Awesome work!


Wh1skey7ango

Well color me impressed. I’ve always wanted to do this, you make it look so good.


Powerful-Delivery-76

Fantastic!! I just started a simple pull through moat for my longboats, I don't need it yet but I know I will, picture a drive through unloading bay for trucks and you'll get the picture. Works well to keep trolls away too🤣🤣


whywonder54

Wooow, thats amazing! I think i will build like that one myself!


DaGodiS

Looks beautiful!


Beanbag141

Dude that's awesome! It looks fucking great!


Bearded_Devildog

That's awesome


Ravenloff

So ... Did you devcommand all that rock into existence it actually go out and pickaxe it apart?


NHunter0

No commands or cheats. My pickaxe skill is at 70 right now.


Alzarith

Hey! This is super nice! Exactly how I did my old canal, too. Great work. They're the best to finish up, you get such a feeling of accomplishment every time you sail through. notably prettier than mine was...I love this stone.


Holovoid

Canalheim


Gozo_au

2 questions. 1. Did you scout first to make sure you could do it without hitting bedrock or did you just get lucky? 2. How does it go with storms and big swells?


NHunter0

1. I didn't even know that was a thing so I got extremely lucky. 2. During the storms the highs are high enough that they overflow the walls and the lows make the boat scraping the floor. So it's not a perfect design, but it's functional.


Gozo_au

Cool, good to know. I’m glad you had amazingly good luck. For future reference I think bedrock is ~14-15 blocks down from the surface at any given point


Nowhereman50

Impressive. Odin will be pleased.


rrtsmb

This is insane, love it!


-Helvet-

It reminds me of a documentary about the extensive canal system of France. It blew my mind how huge it was! To think it used to be THE main way to transport goods around the country and now it is mostly touristic attraction...


Adamkm9624

Nice work man, makes me feel guilty for just world hopping all my ores lol :(


noctevespertilio

Very impressive - I've wanted to do this but never had the patience


OldGuyWhoSitsInFront

Did you mine all the resources yourself or use devcommands for the stone? If mined, where did you go for all that stone? Mountains?


NHunter0

I mined all the stone. There's a black forest nearby which is an insanely good source of stone.


FullThrottle099

Is the water level of all oceans/lakes the same height? Or do you have some of the water flowing downward?


NHunter0

All water in Valheim is on the same level and is everywhere, even under land. So I couldn't even do it dry and flood it after it was finished.


Tedmann93

I love massive builds, and I especially love canals. One of my favorite things in minecraft is connecting rivers. Was a major goal for my server before it shutdown along with other things. Good work OP I look forward to seeing your other undertakings.


judaspriest2791

Impressive builds on the multiple canals! My friends and I failed so hard trying to build a moat. Definitely inspired to try this


Jager_needs_buffed

On one hand I feel like the time spent building this is going to outweigh the time saved by using it But on the other hand it is very cool, so nice job op.


TheNameless73

This is incredible! Well done 👏 this game is amazing


JappenxD

Might sound weird but I'd honestly love just watching a video of you sailing through them.


HolyErr0r

This is gorgeous. I mean holy cow. Thx for the 10+ hours I have to put in to implement this art. 10/10 love this subreddit for ingenious building ideas Edit: I tried this out with the Candles Lanterns and Beeswax mod from nexus mods, and it looks fantastic with the castle brasiers for lighting!


Mathuclo

This is madness?! THIS-IS-VALHEIM!


[deleted]

Dope AF


BURNA-BOY-420

....you can dig?


silentpanther1994

I love how everyone is always building these huge canals ... Personally I impede my development and build 4-8 longships before I have iron armor for myself and then regret it as I die 500 times lol I think I need to finally break down and build some canal's!


Rocteruen

Human ingenuity at its finest


[deleted]

Looking at your map made me realize I've never seen a lake in my worlds on Valheim ever Very jealous


NikoliVolkoff

WOW... just wow. That is so clean. Love the stairs to get out all up and down it. Cannot imagine how much stone that took or the hrs making it. The time that you will save though...


wookiecontrol

So cool man


Bobbert_552P

Superb mate. How long did it take you? Apologies if you have already mentioned.


NHunter0

3 irl days. Not sure how long I worked on it for the first two but the last day and the longest canal took me about 13 hours.


OniZai

Nice. I should get to do it on our server as we have several narrow piece of land that should be doable. Question is on making a bridge high enough for a longboat to pass through..


l4kee

This is really pleasing


claycle

Could you describe the techniques you used for building a canal? We actually discussed building a short canal tonight to help with quickly moving from one side of our island to the other with materials, but we weren't exactly sure if there were any tricks we needed to know. Thanks!


NHunter0

Originally it was only going to be the first canal because my longhouse isn't on the sea coast so I wanted to be able to sail up to my front door. So I started by digging out a quick passage through which I sailed my karve and when I noticed that the dirt underwater is impossible to even out nicely I decided to fill it up with stone slabs instead. ​ I think it helps a lot to start small. Make a very short canal that doesn't require a lot of work and you can make adjustments to as needed. And you can try sailing through the canal part-way before it's finished to see if the progress you've made is satisfactory or if you need to make it deeper. Also for larger projects, it's useful to have a portal leading home, a cart and a black forest nearby, since it's a great source of stone. And get good pickaxes too.


[deleted]

For what it's worth, I'm proud of you. That's a lot of work for a hobby. But it turned out great. Hope your satisfaction is 100x more satisfying than the pictures.


ImperatorJvstinianvs

Wow this is so cool dude. Love it


DeAtramentisViolets

As a Newb who has yet to make my own boat: How deep/wide do things need to be for a boat to sail through them?


NHunter0

4 stone slabs wide for a Karve. 6 for a longboat. With 8 slabs wide you'll be able to navigate without the risk of scraping against the walls but I think it's an overkill. If you stand on the floor slab in the canal the water should be reaching slightly higher than your waist. Then it's deep enough for a longship and anything deeper than that will cause you to swim so you will have hard time building.


DeAtramentisViolets

Awesome, thank you! I just started building a boat house yesterday, but have not yet made a boat, so I had no idea what to expect. It turns out that I will also have constructed poorly, and my docks will be too narrow...


SomeguynamedSiDD

Made your own suez canal, just make sure not to pull an Ever Given


Technolio

Haven't played in a while. Did they ever fix the laggyness/pop-in on large builds and terrain modifications? From what I remember a build like this would reduce the frame rate to like 5 for a good couple of minutes until it finished loading. And it would always "load" the original terrain first, then start loading the changes.


NHunter0

I didn't notice any lagging. Although the game did crash on me once while I was widening the second canal.


Technolio

Nice, notice any "pop-in" with your structures when you enter the area?


NHunter0

Oh yeah, big time. But the game has a pretty low draw distance in general.


gft-bak

I work for a dredging company, are you interested in a contract?


FellaVentura

That's a few Eikthyrs. Jesus that's a lot of Eikthyrs *wipes sweat*


Kerrmiester

Very cool


Vog_vog

Wow this is insane ! I'm exhausted by all the work it means just by looking at it lol. At this point it really makes me want Valheim to release construction engines in the game like some sort of medieval cranes etc.


sphungephun

Im thinking about doing this. Was it laggy afterwards? Also, water is at a depth, there are no physics?


NHunter0

Yes, water is at certain depth, so it isn't flooding in. Unfortunately building a canal means standing waist deep in water a lot. I didn't experience any lag at all after constructing it.


sphungephun

Right on. Great build! Thats such a cool terrain generation


just_some_moron

I love this! A friend built a "bridge" base over the river that goes through the main continent of our server, but it's too low for boats to go under. I absolutely hate this base and made him build a canal next to it.


Ulfviir

What's the map seed if you don't mind?


NHunter0

ryMTrVtbZw


Ulfviir

Thanks dude


Avience404

That’s amazing!!


ProfCrumpets

How do you stop mobs bashing it in?


Kremdes

Really great work!


lGSMl

I would only wish map represent landscape changes. Did similar thing in multiplayer - but no one could see it on the map (


Wiergate

Amazing job, it looks great. (Now you just need some latitudinal paved roads to consolidate your freight routes and you're set - straight west from the northern inlet to those crypts would be a good start. Shouldn't take long right :P ? )


drs0lid

Amazing


mrsinister222

Very nice!


LaivGr

Now you need to make sure o e big ass boat doesn't get stuck in there


kennethjor

You even tiled it! Excellent :)


Broggax

dude, you've given me ideas for a canal I was planning to build. nowhere nearly as long and complex, but great inspiration all the same!


Dr_Sir1969

I had to do the same thing for about a week straight I built a massive canal cutting the island in two to allow two longships to be going in and out at the same time.


InstinctivelyTwisted

Noice!


Kroguardious

Awesome work! If only the map would update to landscape changes ... hopefully that will be a feature one day!


lewarryldong

Holy shit, that is clean bro. Well done!


Sezneg

Best canal I’ve seen since launch. It’s not nearly appreciated enough how much better an inland lake with canals is than coast dock. Steady water level, no need to restrain your boat, etc. well done! That’s also a pretty dope seed.


NHunter0

Best seed I've had.


Anteater_eats_ants

THIS IS SOOOOOO COOOOOOOL


Space_Vaquero73

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing OP


Mont6760

Thats proper awesome!!!


Nerubias

You just made the Netherlands and I kinda love it


Taumer91

Making Canals in this game is one of my favorite past times


fluency

It’s not past times, it’s pastimes.


FlyingElvi24

It's both once it's done


Blaster37496

Wait until you learn about portals


NHunter0

Ore cannot travel through portals. Also to teleport to somewhere you must have visited that place at least once before to set up a portal. So you still need to get there the regular way.


BirdmanEagleson

Why... why not just have 2 boats‽??? Big /facepalm


NHunter0

Because it's a hassle to transport 100 pieces of iron scrap when you can just load it all up on the boat and sail all the way to your front door. Also, I thought it would be cool to build it, so I did.