Workbench trick ?

[Goritude]

I remember long ago we had to place workbenches in base to prevent monsters from spawning into the base.
Is this trick still needed ?

[Rhapsody]

You don't need to use just workbenches: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base

[Heimdall]

As far as I know anything player built has that effect, but workbenches are still easiest for this purpose as they draw a dotted line for the effective radius and are just 10 wood.

[FissionChips]

No, not just anything, not by far. The list of pieces was already posted by Rhapsody.

[Zep Tepi]

It is still advised to start with workbenches so that you can see the range, but after you have that figured out, you can replace the bench with something else on the list. I often use campfires for that. They don't have to be refueled in order to work.

[FissionChips]

I tend to stick with workbenches and build them into tiny ugly huts around the yard, or into walls/ceilings. I like having the building coverage. Later on I start encasing pillars of layered crafting tables in stone, if I'm really serious about a location and building.

On the other hand I'm not above just chucking some bonfires out past the perimeter wall to push back spawns some more and aid illumination. Most things won't attack fire since it hurts them.

[knighttemplar1960]

I use the walls/ceiling trick for the work benches. Outside I have a gardening supplies hut that holds my seeds and a item stand that holds the cultivator. I have a workbench inside the hut that is out of view and a forge so I can repair the cultivator without having to go back inside the main base.

There is a work bench hidden inside the beehive area. The guard shacks at the gates hold, work bench, forge, and stone cutter so that stone walls and iron gates can be repaired. The hay loft in the barn holds and hides a couple more work benches and my boars and wolves.

Outside in open areas I'll dig down and put the work bench there and then use shift click to leave a gap in the flooring I cover it with so it won't break. (Camp fire works for that too). Open walkways get torches or a pole with a sconce If I'm worried about aesthetics or path obstruction.

The work bench for my dock is hidden above the ceiling of the boat house. The boat house (one on the north end and one on the south end of the island) holds all the materials to rebuild a Karve and long boat, a cart for ore, and a portal that goes to the main base.

Its actually surprisingly easy to get aesthetically suitable antispawn coverage after you have finished construction with the work benches. Though I have noticed that it doesn't stop birds or deer from spawning inside if you built over a spawn point.

[Maelstrom]

It's still the same system - certain base items stop spawning, including workbenches. Workbenches are easiest though because you need full coverage anyway for building and repairing and they have a convenient circle indicator.