Valheim 1.0 Deep North base building: clear snow, 67\u00b0 roofs and Timberwood, Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry recipes, and a one-trip outpost plan.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[883],"tags":[],"blog_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valheim"],"acf":{"redactor":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Building in Valheim<\/a>'s Deep North<\/a> works differently from every other biome because the ground itself fights you: the 1.0 patch notes list snow as a new mechanic \u2014 it piles up thick enough to block placement until it is cleared. This guide covers the two ways to clear it as of Hotfix 1.0.10, what the new 67\u00b0 roof sets, Timberwood and Scalewood pieces add to the build menu, what the Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry cost and do, and a build order for a first outpost \u2014 what to bring, where to put it, what goes up first \u2014 so the first trip north is a base and not a scouting run.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p> The 1.0 patch notes list this under New Mechanics in plain language: \"The snow has fallen thick and deep; best clear it away before you can build!\"<\/strong> Before you drop a foundation anywhere in the Deep North, look at the ground: a snow layer means nothing places until it is gone. Hotfix 1.0.10<\/a> (11 September, all platforms) settled how clearing works: punching no longer removes snow<\/strong>, and landing on snow without walking onto it now removes it<\/strong> \u2014 so a jump onto each patch clears a build site with no tool at all, slowly. The Snow Shovel<\/strong> is the fast way: its recipe unlocks when you pick up an Ember, which comes from an Eternal Pyre \u2014 placed with the Fader Relic, so in a normal playthrough it sits behind the Ashlands boss \u2014 and it is crafted at a level-3 Black Forge from 5 Fine Wood, 4 Flametal and 2 Embers (recipe from community guides such as Deltia's Gaming and All Things How; not in the notes). Aim at the snow and swing; each hit exposes ground.<\/p> What this means for site choice: pick flat ground you can clear in one go, and if you are shovel-less, keep the footprint small and accept the jumping. Clear a margin around the planned walls, not just the floor \u2014 the notes say building only works on cleared ground, and a wall that lands on a snow edge will not place.<\/p> Tip<\/p> Advice written before 11 September about punching snow away describes the launch build. On the current build it is jump-and-land or the shovel.<\/p><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The New 67\u00b0 Roof Sets, Timberwood and Scalewood, Explained","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" 1.0's build menu grew by a lot: the notes put the total at 80+ new buildable pieces plus 5 crafting-related build pieces. Four of those are matched 67\u00b0-angle sets of four pieces each \u2014 Ashwood, Shingle Roof, Thatch Roof and Wooden \u2014 so the older families get a steeper pitch to match the new snow load. Separately, the notes list a 10-piece Timber Poles and Beams set and a 5-piece Decorated Timber set running up to 67\u00b0, and a 15-piece Scalewood Wall set with 26\u00b0, 45\u00b0 and 67\u00b0 angled and inverted variants. The table below lists the sets by what 1.0 added; the older 26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces of each family are still there.<\/p> On the Timberwood Drawbridge<\/strong>: the 1.0 list names a Drawbridge, a Rustic Drawbridge and a Timber Drawbridge, and Iron Gate's own Hotfix 1.0.12<\/a> calls the piece the Timberwood Drawbridge \u2014 the same piece under two labels. After launch players reported that a Cart would not fit through it; 1.0.12 states \"it's now easier to fit the Cart through the Timberwood Drawbridge\". That fix is on the Steam build for now and is due on the other platforms in an upcoming hotfix. For everything else new in the update, the Deep North update overview<\/a> covers the full content list.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Set"},{"header_text":"Pieces added in 1.0"},{"header_text":"Angles of the added pieces"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Ashwood"},{"cell_text":"4"},{"cell_text":"67\u00b0 (26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces existed before)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Shingle Roof"},{"cell_text":"4"},{"cell_text":"67\u00b0 (26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces existed before)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Thatch Roof"},{"cell_text":"4"},{"cell_text":"67\u00b0 (26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces existed before)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Wooden"},{"cell_text":"4"},{"cell_text":"67\u00b0 (26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces existed before)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Decorated Timber Poles and Beams"},{"cell_text":"5"},{"cell_text":"up to 67\u00b0"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Timber Poles and Beams"},{"cell_text":"10"},{"cell_text":"26\u00b0 \/ 45\u00b0 \/ 67\u00b0"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Scalewood Wall"},{"cell_text":"15"},{"cell_text":"26\u00b0 \/ 45\u00b0 \/ 67\u00b0, left\/right, inverted"}]}],"size":"default"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry: What's Confirmed, What Isn't","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":5564,"caption":"Illustration: a kiln and a foundry in the snow \u2014 the two stations a Deep North base is built around","alt":"Two unlit stone and timber crafting structures stand covered in snow in a misty clearing."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The patch notes name two new production stations, Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry, and stop there \u2014 the notes are a changelog, not a recipe book. The recipes come from press guides written in the live game: PC Gamer's Intricate Key walkthrough<\/a> (9 September, with screenshots) gives both, and other outlets match it. Frigid Kiln:<\/strong> 10 Frostcore, 20 Stone, 5 Ice; the recipe appears when you pick up Ice, which you mine from the slippery ice patches with a black metal pickaxe; the kiln burns Ice into Liquid Frost and needs more Ice as fuel. Frost Foundry:<\/strong> 10 Frostcore, 15 Iron, 20 Stone; the recipe appears when you touch your first Frostcore in the Winding Tunnels; fed with a Cast and Liquid Frost it produces the item \u2014 the Intricate Key in about a minute, per PC Gamer. Casts come from Moulds found in the tunnels plus Bloodgold from Gammeltrolls. We have not re-measured these numbers in our own world; if a later patch changes them, the in-game recipe screen wins.<\/p> Timberwood is the other new material the base runs on: the notes list it both as a material and as plantable, so it can be grown, but give no grow time or seed source, and the piece costs for the Timber furniture families are not in the notes either. That is the one open gap here \u2014 everything else about the stations is documented, just not by Iron Gate.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Station"},{"header_text":"Recipe (PC Gamer, 9 Sep)"},{"header_text":"Recipe unlocks when"},{"header_text":"Makes"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Frigid Kiln"},{"cell_text":"10 Frostcore, 20 Stone, 5 Ice"},{"cell_text":"You pick up Ice (black metal pickaxe on an ice patch)"},{"cell_text":"Liquid Frost from Ice; needs Ice as fuel"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Frost Foundry"},{"cell_text":"10 Frostcore, 15 Iron, 20 Stone"},{"cell_text":"You touch a Frostcore in the Winding Tunnels"},{"cell_text":"Deep North gear and the Intricate Key from a Cast + Liquid Frost"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Step-by-Step: Setting Up a Deep North Outpost","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"A first outpost in one trip: what to bring, where to put it, what goes up in which order. Quantities for the stations are PC Gamer's; the layout is our reading, not a rule.","steps":[{"title":"Pack before you sail \u2014 one list, one trip","description":"Build and name the home-side portal before you leave; a portal only places inside a Workbench’s range, so the landing needs its own bench first. Carry: a second portal (20 Fine Wood, 10 Greydwarf Eyes, 2 Surtling Cores), a Workbench (10 Wood), a Campfire (5 Stone, 2 Wood) with about 20 Wood as fuel, a Bed (8 Wood), roughly 60 Wood for a 4\u00d74 floor, walls and a roof (our estimate \u2014 the 26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces are cheapest), 40 Stone and 15 Iron for the two stations (20 Stone each; the kiln also wants 5 Ice you mine on site), a black metal pickaxe for Ice, frost protection (Frost Resistance mead or Wolf\/Lox gear), and the Snow Shovel if you have Embers. Frostcore (20 for both stations) cannot be packed \u2014 it comes from the Winding Tunnels on site. That is the whole shelter-plus-stations list; everything else is the second trip.","image":null},{"title":"Choose the site","description":"Flat ground within sight of an ice patch (you slide on it \u2014 that is the Ice) and, if you plan to cast keys, near a Winding Tunnels entrance. Avoid slopes: snow on a slope is cleared piece by piece and a 67\u00b0 roof needs a level footprint.","image":null},{"title":"Clear the footprint plus a margin","description":"Shovel, or jump onto each patch and land without walking; punching does nothing since 1.0.10. Clear at least one extra tile around every planned wall.","image":null},{"title":"Workbench, then portal, then shelter","description":"At the landing, clear a patch and place the Workbench first \u2014 nothing, including a portal, will place outside its range. Then the portal, named to match the home-side one you built before sailing; that is the way back, and it works the moment both ends share a name. Only then the floor of roughly 4\u00d74 metres, walls and any roof set (26\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 pieces work; the 67\u00b0 sets are for the look and the pitch), a Campfire or Hearth inside for warmth and the Rested buff, and a Bed to set the spawn.","image":null},{"title":"First run into the tunnels","description":"Frostcore for both stations (20) and a Mould or two. Mine 5+ Ice on the way back \u2014 picking it up unlocks the kiln, touching Frostcore unlocked the foundry.","image":null},{"title":"Frigid Kiln, then Frost Foundry","description":"Place the kiln near the ice you will keep mining, the foundry next to it so Liquid Frost travels one step. Both need their own cleared ground. Stock the kiln with Ice; it is fuel as well as input.","image":null},{"title":"Outpost or base \u2014 decide now","description":"A portal, bed, workbench and kiln is an outpost you can leave. A production base adds the foundry, storage, a Stonecutter for stone pieces and the Timber or Scalewood sets \u2014 that is the second trip, with Timberwood gathered or planted on site.","image":null}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What You Need Before You Can Build in the Deep North at All","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Nothing in the notes gates entry to the Deep North behind a boss: the biome arrives with a new boss, Kall Fimbulbringer, and a Jotun invasion event, but you can sail there and build the moment you can survive the cold. What progression does touch is comfort: the Snow Shovel needs Embers, Embers need an Eternal Pyre, and the Pyre needs the Fader Relic \u2014 so in a normal playthrough the shovel sits behind the Ashlands boss, while jump-clearing works for anyone. The stations need Iron (Swamp), a black metal pickaxe (Plains) and Frostcore from the Deep North's own tunnels. For the full materials rundown \u2014 Frostcore, Ice, Bloodgold and the rest \u2014 the Deep North materials checklist<\/a> lays out what to stockpile, and the boss order breakdown<\/a> covers what each earlier Forsaken gates on the way north.<\/p> The honest cost in time is the tunnel run, not the building: two stations want 20 Frostcore and 40 Stone between them, and Frostcore is found overhead in the Winding Tunnels, which are full of enemies. There is no official hour count for any of this; budget the first base as two sessions \u2014 one to clear, portal and shelter, one to bring back Frostcore and stand the stations up.<\/p>\n<\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Common Misconceptions About Building in the Deep North","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This worked at launch and stopped on 11 September: Hotfix 1.0.10 removed punching as a way to clear snow and made landing on snow clear it instead, alongside the Snow Shovel. Any guide describing punch-clearing is describing the launch build.<\/p> They are not in the patch notes because patch notes are a changelog; they are documented in press guides written in the live game, with screenshots, and the outlets agree with each other. What is fair to say is that Iron Gate has not published them and a balance patch could change them \u2014 which is why the in-game recipe screen is the final word.<\/p> Hotfix 1.0.10 went to all platforms; 1.0.12 \u2014 the Forge of Potential fix, the item-stand fix for unloaded worlds, the Cart through the Timberwood Drawbridge \u2014 is Steam-only for now, with the other platforms \"in an upcoming hotfix\". Iron Gate also notes that the patch could not be uploaded to Switch 2, so crossplay between Switch 2 and other platforms is temporarily unsupported (a Steam default_old<\/em> beta branch is the published workaround). Read any \"fixed\" claim, including ours, with the build in mind.<\/p> Warning<\/p> Don't pull high-level fish, weapons or armour off item stands without a backup save. Hotfix 1.0.12 fixes the durability-and-upgrade loss only for worlds that had not yet loaded 1.0; Iron Gate says it is still looking into a better fix for worlds already played in 1.0.<\/p><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: Is Deep North Building Worth Diving Into Yet","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Our Take<\/p> The pieces are plentiful and the two stations are cheap once you have Frostcore; the real constraints are the tunnel run for Frostcore and which build you are on when you read a \"fixed\" note.<\/p> The 67\u00b0 sets and Scalewood walls are real, named and ready once the ground is cleared, and the kiln-plus-foundry pair costs 20 Frostcore, 40 Stone, 15 Iron and 5 Ice by the published recipes (10 + 10 Frostcore, 20 + 20 Stone) \u2014 a single tunnel run and a mining stop. What still deserves caution is version drift: 1.0.12 is Steam-only as we write, the item-stand bug is only half fixed, and Iron Gate has not put recipe numbers in writing, so check the recipe screen before you set out with a shopping list.<\/p><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This table separates what the studio has confirmed from what comes out of press previews, and what is still just circulating. Every link below was fetched before publishing.<\/p>\nMyth: You Can Still Punch Snow Away<\/h3>
Myth: The Kiln and Foundry Recipes Are Unknown<\/h3>
Myth: Every Hotfix Is on Every Platform<\/h3>
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
Claim<\/th> Where it comes from<\/th> Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Snow must be cleared before building works in the Deep North; Snow Shovel added; Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry named; 80+ new build pieces<\/td> Valheim 1.0 patch notes (Steam, 9 Sep 2026)<\/a><\/td> Official<\/td><\/tr> 1.0.10: punching no longer removes snow; landing on snow removes it (all platforms). 1.0.12 (Steam only): easier to fit the Cart through the Timberwood Drawbridge; item-stand durability fix for unloaded worlds; Switch 2 crossplay temporarily unsupported<\/td> Hotfix 1.0.10 & 1.0.12 (Steam, 11 Sep 2026)<\/a><\/td> Official<\/td><\/tr> Frigid Kiln 10 Frostcore \/ 20 Stone \/ 5 Ice, unlocked by picking up Ice; Frost Foundry 10 Frostcore \/ 15 Iron \/ 20 Stone, unlocked by touching Frostcore; Intricate Key steps<\/td> PC Gamer, Intricate Key guide (9 Sep 2026, in-game screenshots)<\/a><\/td> Press guide, tested in game<\/td><\/tr> Frost Foundry recipe and function (matches PC Gamer)<\/td> All Things How<\/a><\/td> Press guide<\/td><\/tr> Snow Shovel: recipe unlocks on picking up an Ember; crafted at a level-3 Black Forge from 5 Fine Wood, 4 Flametal, 2 Embers<\/td> Deltia's Gaming<\/a>, All Things How<\/a><\/td> Community guides, consistent<\/td><\/tr> Outpost layout and two-session plan<\/td> This guide<\/td> Our reading<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"Do I need to beat a specific boss to build in the Deep North?","answer":"No. The notes gate nothing behind a boss; you can sail there and build as soon as you can survive the cold and clear snow by jumping onto it. The Snow Shovel is the comfortable tool and, in a normal playthrough, it sits behind Fader: its recipe unlocks when you pick up an Ember from an Eternal Pyre, which is placed with the Fader Relic."},{"question":"How do I clear snow without the Snow Shovel?","answer":"Since Hotfix 1.0.10, landing on a snow patch without walking onto it removes the snow \u2014 jump onto each tile. Punching no longer works on any platform."},{"question":"What do the Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry cost?","answer":"Per PC Gamer's in-game guide: Frigid Kiln 10 Frostcore, 20 Stone, 5 Ice (recipe appears when you pick up Ice); Frost Foundry 10 Frostcore, 15 Iron, 20 Stone (recipe appears when you touch a Frostcore). The patch notes do not list recipes; check the recipe screen if a later patch changes them."},{"question":"Does the Cart fit through the Timberwood Drawbridge?","answer":"On the Steam build since Hotfix 1.0.12, Iron Gate says it is \"easier to fit the Cart through the Timberwood Drawbridge\"; the fix reaches other platforms in an upcoming hotfix."},{"question":"How many new building pieces does 1.0 add?","answer":"The notes give one overall figure: 80+ new buildable pieces plus 5 crafting-related build pieces. There is no separate official count for 67\u00b0 pieces alone."},{"question":"Can I grow my own Timberwood?","answer":"The notes list Timberwood as plantable, separate from the raw material entry, so yes \u2014 but they give no grow time or seed source, and we have not measured it ourselves."}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"How snow, 67\u00b0 roofs, Timberwood and the Frigid Kiln work in Valheim 1.0's Deep North, with what the patch notes confirm and what they don't."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5567,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions\/5567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}