This guy should be hired for level design.

Coffee Stain needs to hire you to add more POIs in this game! This would be amazing to find randomly in the game. That is one of the main things missing in this game. Great job.

if iron gate would employ smitty just to build random stuff and make the game look less unpopulated, maybe do some side story around this places.... damn it would be a great improvement for valheim

I want a whole expansion in this vibe.

Imagine a premade map with two dozen locations like those scattered throughout the biomes.. That would elevate the gameplay experience so much. Now let the modding scene grow, add unique bosses/elite enemies in there, prevent players from building anything (Beside maybe beds, camp fires and crafting station) and we pretty much turned Valheim from a survival game to an actual RPG. I'd love to play something like that ngl.

Honestly i think it might be a good idea to reach out the devs, this is awesome

I love finding old ruins in games like this, cleaning them of monsters, tidying them up and repairing them again so that I can use them as a base, especially when you're not that far into the game and you've patched up the stone structures with wood it's really brilliant. I wish places like this could be found everywhere in Valheim.

Yep, I would definitely NOT want to live there. This actually really feels like Tristram. I could just imagine a group of Dungeon raiders discovering a hidden stairwell behind the Church altar only to find King Leorics undead minions waiting for them below. You really nailed the bleak feeling of desolation. Beautiful in a horrid way 😁

This build is absolutely fantastic, and truly fitting for October. Thank you so much for adding what mods you use - I keep forgetting to get them until I see another video from you XD Headed to the Nexus now.

Holy crap this is very well done! 16:32 even added the raven there and made the cinematic even better!, i am glad i found this trending in youtube lol, subscribed.

As an older person I stumbled onto this video and found it surprisingly creative, I enjoyed every minute of it along with your narrative reasoning behind each of the structures. I hope you find a way to turn this creative pursuit into a real way to make a living, you definitely have a talent.

People that make stuff like this blows my mind, i always see things like this and think "i can do that no problem" then vuild my basic ass box house, mad props man keep up the awesome work

I like to build in the swamp. Typically, I find an existing structure (such as a crypt) and build around it. I haven't thought to construct ruins - typically, I construct buildings for me to use when I'm in the area. It might be fun to fill an island or two with ruined structures and villages, all connected by overgrown paths. A world filled with structures like this could be shared so that others who want a world that looks more lived-in can explore its secrets. Unfortunately, anything like this will become out of date whenever a major update comes along.

This is brilliant, you have some serious talent as a world builder with great understanding of lore ideas to create compelling environments too.

talking about stopping and staring is so real to me. I do the same thing when im working on a big build in minecraft all the time.

I couldn’t agree more with all those saying your work needs to be brought to the Big Time! This is such an incredibly immersive and expressive creation! 100/10. I love the background music as well! If anyone knows what it might please do tell!

This is one of the best build videos I've ever seen.

I've never played this game, but this looks so incredibly awesome. This would be such a cool area to stumble into in any game, and its crazy that this was made by a player. Good job dude, it looks so cool!

There is a group of modders (two guys lol) who makes RPG game in Valheim. They already did a bunch of very impressive stuff: 5 cities, some smaller POI, quests etc. I feel like your village should be in there. Absolutely gorgeous design.

WOW! This is a f****ng amazing masterpiece of artwork! The atmosphere is captured so fantastically and the story that the village tells makes your blood run cold. My favorite place is the gallows. The consistency with which you approached this project is simply incredible!

The fact that you instilled so much time and focus on details on this is really impressive. You are one of those who would be perfect in level design of games. Kudos!

this is INCREDIBLE. by far my favorite build you've ever done. thank you for taking the time to do this, and to show us your amazing work!!!

One thing for sure, this game needs locations full of stories like this. You would make a great environment artist for this game or any game actually. Nice work!

Wow. I've seen a lot of builds throughout the years but this feels like the most organic one out of them all. I've worked on my own theme park world of sorts here and there but haven't touched the game in quite a while. This would definitely get me back into the game to recreate near the massive graveyard biome I had carved out if I weren't already playing through BG3 atm. Absolutely my favorite build of all-time.

This is amazing and gorgeous. Honestly it's digital art. Well done!

Dreadful build, horrifying presentation, ghastly video. Loved every second, 10/10 :D Story elements were really well done, really brought the whole thing to life... or death?

I've never watched anything related to Valheim before, and I'm honestly so happy this is my first exposure to it! The town is so beautiful in such a haunting way, and the music you used added so much to the general vibe. Amazing video!!!

Thank you, it was really interesting for me to watch this😊

The environmental storytelling of this build is so breathtaking! Imagine if IronGate Studios hired this guy to make structures like this that can be generated into the real biomes of the game.

Хотела написать, что нужно добавить это место в официальную игру для какого-то веста, но - это уже написали раньше меня 😅. Поэтому просто благодарю за атмосферу, за впечатления и за мои фантазии и истории, которые появились в моей голове, когда я смотрела ваше видео. ❤ Хочу поиграть в этом сохранении, в этой локации) ❤❤❤

Bro this is hauntingly good. I love the care and planning that goes into these builds. You're awesome at storying through design.

glad to see you're starting to get more attention, you deserve it dude. not only are the builds always immaculate and beautiful, the storytelling / presentation of the video is really artistic and excellently done, getting better and better. good shit!

Resident Evil: Valheim is amazing! Your attention to story details is second to none. My favorite build to-date.

absolutely phenomenal build. Wish we could run across poi's like this in game.

Looks like the haunted towns in new world. Awesome work man!

Amazing build, i get a strong Diablo / Vermintide vibe watching this one. Not only you nailed the dark fantasy style but you also got the technical stuff with aged building, combat destructions, very well done sir!

Nice work! You would be a great game map designer :)

my boi. this church is actually the dope sauce. way to go homie. great content!!!!

but seriously, I wish there were more POI that looked this good in Valheim. The devs should seriously consider asking for POI submissions from players at this point. Such great work!

You put a lot of love and care into these builds and they're very beautiful. This is basically art in a video game amazing job. I wish you the best and most creative builds in the future

Y'know, the old jarl useda live out here. It's true. He built his hall right in the middle there. Then it sank into the swamp. So he built another one. That fell over, then sank into the swamp. So he built another one. That burned down, fell over, *then* sank into the swamp. So he tried again. That one burned down, fell over, *blew up,* then sank into the swamp. Then he built this one, which didn't sink - probably because it's sitting on top of all the other ones. Of course he was ruined by then, so he had to sell it. I got the place for a song, and now I just hope it doesn't sink into the swamp. This has been your obligatory Monty Python reference, brought to you by Zoggin Git Industreez. Jokes aside, you did very well on this. Bigtime Diablo 3 "New Tristram" vibes, only overrun and ruined by the dead instead of saved. I hereby dub this place...Niđingsþorpe. Which is just the fancy Norse way of saying "Blight Town". (Oh, and if you wanna pronounce that right, remember that đ, eth, is a soft 'th' like in 'then', and the þ, thorn, is a hard 'th' like in 'thigh'. Nee-th-ingz-thawpa.👍)

Toss a skeleton spawner in the fissures so they actually come out of there. Awesome build btw

I've never played this game, but this town looks like something built for a Necromancer. Also looks like something from Witcher 3.

I’m speechless. I had no idea you could even build something this intricate and creepy in Valheim. Consider me more than impressed

13:07 I know this feeling so well, it feels like a personal attack.

This is a gorgeous build. I don't even leave comments on videos. But I had to make sure you know how awesome I think this build is. Well executed, creative, and unique. I watch a lot of Vallheim build inspo videos and have not yet seen anything like this.

Man, so many of your builds and the narratives surrounding them, should be added to the game as actual random locations. Would make exploration so cool and rewarding.

This earned you a new sub and follower. I love dark and gloomy designs like this. The lighting is incredible, and adding in remnants of battle torn spots is phenomenal. Good job and keep builds like this coming!

I really wish they hired you so that we would have more POIs in this game, just like the one you build. Also 100% agree, that it's the small details that really add up to the overall immersiveness. Outstanding job!

Dude this is incredible, I love that you keep it very simplistic in nature with no gimmicky placement of stuff, just great lighting and good placement of the buildings and walls makes it look so natural and apart of the world. I wish their were places like this in the game to explore. Great job dude

This is incredible! Your building designs are so creative and way beyond what I thought was possible in Valheim. I definitely need to jump back in and mess around with the building mechanics again.

Man I need whatever string library they used in that cinematic track but I suppose I will never know Also congrats on building Seattle

This is one of your best builds yet. So much atmosphere and story telling.

This build looks incredibly cool. Would definitely send a shiver down my spine exploring that place, especially considering how the swamps are already haunting. Great job!

This is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The level of detail and storytelling is amazing and gives so much more depth to your builds. Truly so impressive

great environmental storytelling or lesson in "show, dont tell"

Dude I gotta say, I share the same enthusiasm as you when it comes to world building and environmental storytelling. I just LOVED to get to know your work and all the effort and attention you put into it, its wonderful, pieces of art even. Keep on with the great work, loved the video and how you put it together while explaining what you were trying to do, loved the cinematic at the end aswell. This, what you do here, is truly art.

Amazing work! Finding this randomly in my travels through "just another swamp" would send chills up my spine and completely trigger my imagination and curiosity. All that's missing is a mini-boss to spawn from one of the two fissures and there is suddenly an epic tale to tell back at camp.

amazing work!!! itd be even more creepy (and more taxing on your system) with the HD textures

I've never seen such a well done theme fitting build in Valheim. Great job. I hope we will get one day all available assets from the game to put in in creative mode without using any commands, mods etc.

I just gotta say I have been running some of your videos in the background and I have to say you have been a real inspiration for me in building. Course I don't build in creative so it takes me MUCH longer to build, but I get a lot of joy out of that. Looking at my castle I am working on I get a sense of pride knowing I went out and collected every log and stone type of thing. Regardless, you have helped me a lot in ideas to spruce it up! Look forward to more amazing builds!

This game may be more oriented to the creativity of the player, but hey, if these stuff was existing in places randomly, I think it would give the game 100% more attention. I mean, in a world where games are usually min/maxed and people are focused more on speed runs, this game could actually bring back some actual enjoyment with your creativity and what the game provides so far. Great job man! Keep it up! Hope you get the attention your work deserves.

Man, your builds look amazing! I love how you start with an overarching idea and build gradually what would make sense for your story. In my early building days, I'd start with a massive structure and struggle to fill it with anything because I couldn't generate enough ideas. Letting things grow like this really gives an organic and interesting feeling to a build. I'm a survival player and I love to make builds that tell my story. I like how my bases evolve with my play time (and I definitely spend way more time building than my friends do). I'm assuming a lot of things like coffins and guck sacks you were able to spawn in because of creative mode. I'd like them to add more tools for building without having to cheat stuff in. Loving the direction the game is going, and can't wait to get back into it when Ashlands come out. Thanks for sharing this with us! It's a great feeling to share things with others, and also for me to get a glimpse into someone else's mind.

''This squalid hamlet, these corrupted lands, they are yours now, and you are bound to them.''

Wish I could just stumble upon this stuff in the game. Better than just random little towers or huts.

Very spooky. There must of been thousands of undead erupting from the ground. Amazing depiction of an undead invasion. Great job.

Mind...BLOWN!! Wow dude so much of epic, you should write this story sometime...

I would love for this to be in the base game

My God! This is the best village I've seen in Valheim. Man, you are incredibly talented.

I havent played this game yet, but just watched a lot of videos of it. This video has made the most impact. I got the same feeling as I entered Duskwood for the first time in WOW 20 years ago! As mentioned by others, you should be hired as a level/POI designer, though you might lack the "education" for it, you deliver feelings and a story, and that is in my opinion the hardest thing to learn. Can read in the comments that it actually would be your dream to do, GO FOR IT! You are very skilled for this.

Love the design! Great job!

Bro Holy That church is amazing. I wish all the custom build pieces were just in the game

I was consistently reminded of death and destruction and given vibes of spookyness throughout the video. Thanks for the video. Good luck.

It’s absolutely incredible! Dream big my friend you have a great talent that should be utilized. Showing all of your great creations here is very wise since now they are all immortalized!

i wish villages like this existed, some having npc's with side quests

I am late to the party but I just had to stop by and say DAYUM. This is an awesome concept and this is the type of explorable locations we need to put in this game. WELL DONE!

This is amazing. Build with heart. This is exactly the same thing why I love ELDER RING exploration... it feels like every place has its own story. It explains why I can't find another game like ER that gives me that vibe. If Valheim would be built with your POI I would get what I'm trying to find!

It be great to see larger ruin cities/towns like this in valheim randomly spawned

Wow, that is incredible! That is the best Valheim build I've seen yet, and that's saying a lot. Nice work!

I'm blown away at how good this looks. The cinematic at the end wouldn't look out of place as a trailer for a Warhammer or Diablo game that a team of people would have worked on. Amazing work especially with all the fine detailing.

This is so creative and really inspiring. The church surroundings really put the whole build together for me.

Please create an entire adventure map in this style where we explore a ruined world and all dungeons and bosses are in fully built temples like a mix between Dark Souls and Legend of Zelda. I can offer many hugs and kisses in return.

A lot of people hate the swamp biome, but i love it, the first time i played valheim this place was so spooky the sounds and all, but at the same time fun to explore, very memorable place, to me this is a classic biome of valheim.

Don't even play valheim but the vibe is so good it caught my attention

Absolutely incredible. Thanks you for sharing your process with us - it makes you appreciate the end result so much more!

Holy crap man! You have serious talent. You should be like a civil engineer or something. Very impressive very cool

This gave me Warcraft III plague vibes, excelent work!!

I had a lot of fun with this game at launch, but haven't played it since. That being said, this is bloody awesome, mate. Well done!

man this is so cool! the little details that you came up with are awesome, and the church looks so good looming over the rest of the settlement. Love the effect of the guck in the water and making the church seem like a place where skeletons were emerging from was a awesome idea, i think it came out really cool. Thanks for sharing!! i wish there was a mod that could allow you to place all the things you placed without it putting you into creative mode tho haha, i just wanna have all the in game files / peaceable items available on my regular hammer cuz i love building things in the base game without devcommands/flying around

This is way too cool, congrats on another amazing build :P Always happy to see your videos come out!

Super cool man. First time viewer, keep it up!

This is so awesome! Haven't played Valheim in a long time, might have to get back into it! Thank you for sharing.

This vid actually convinced me to buy Valheim! Since then, I've been loving every second learning the ins and outs of this game. It may take a while, but someday my viking Kolbrún shall have a banquet hall worthy of her. 💪Great work, I look forward to checking out your other builds, lad!

Awesome! I love Valheim's building system more than most because of the logical way you need to build things with support unlike all these other games where you can float an entire structure from one ground contact. You have to put more effort in for sure, but the results just feel better and are more rewarding if you pull of some nice builds. I also think that limitation creates more aesthetically pleasing designs because it taps into what we are familiar with in our own history.

This is looks crazy good! Much better design then most MMO have or even had. XD Great job, i love the design and the ascetic, it well fit together IMHO.

wow smitty.. that was awsome.. all u needed was like that ghost.. in one of the rooms heh. im impressed, so very well done.

They need to hire you for set dressing. This is character. This is everything.

wow, this was awesome dude! good job!

This perfectly fits the ambience the vanilla valheim swamp is going for. Excellent build!

it's so powerful when you have players (HELP) the devs make the game better. that's (IF) the devs noticed.