Digging tunnels?

[Pixelslayer]

So just wondering if anyone knows what the deal is with being unable to dig tunnels in the game? Is it something that is planned to be implemented at some stage or has it been mentioned by the Devs at some point?

[loppantorkel]

No tunnels ever as far as I know. I think it's a limitation of the engine.

[Tachyon]

People have sort of finagled a kind of tunnel by digging underneath those stone outcrops you see on the surface. They don't give way when you dig under them. I haven't tried it myself but maybe you can still do it.

I don't know if the Basement mod...
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/sbtoonz/Basements/
or the Odin's Undercroft mod... https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/OdinPlus/OdinsUndercroft/
...might do what you are after? They both let you build rooms underground, in a manner of speaking. You click on the entrance and you "zone into" the room, which is handy for avoiding raids.

The Basement mod is placed on the ground and a little ladder in a stone patch shows up. Enter it and a medium-sized area is there to build in. The Odin Undercrost is fancier, with a stone stair leading down, and it has 3 huge rooms to build in. It comes with furniture and building parts, too. Seems like fun!

Just in case, I'd be cautious putting anything too valuable into the rooms of either mod though, in case a glitch loses your stuff.

[Hiryukaen]

Originally posted by Slayer5812hi:

So just wondering if anyone knows what the deal is with being unable to dig tunnels in the game? Is it something that is planned to be implemented at some stage or has it been mentioned by the Devs at some point?

Never. Same with being able to build full bases inside dungeons.

[Tachyon]

Oh, further to the above, I forgot about the Build Restriction Tweaks mod https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1606 which lets you build in a cleared-out dungeons and troll caves as well.

[Zep Tepi]

The terrain only exists at one height, not two. It's pretty much hard-baked in.

But you can make a nice base under the Elder's altar, or you can dig a small outpost inside or underneath a large rock. As for tunnels, the only real option there is to dig a trench and cover it with stone floors.

[Zathabar]

Yeah you can Pseudo tunnel still

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2076766753830335194/9835309CD70FC52E46491323D2642DC17539B135/?imw=1024&imh=576&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by Zathabar:

Yeah you can Pseudo tunnel still

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2076766753830335194/9835309CD70FC52E46491323D2642DC17539B135/?imw=1024&imh=576&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true

You can actually build a pretty big area using this method in mountains, or (even better) mistlands.

In the mountains you need to find a cluster of big rocks that are all together, which is not too hard to find. The problem tends to be that ground level changes pretty drastically, so you might need to build a split-level, or multi-split-level when you start hitting the dig limit.

I have only really done this in mistlands to extend the base under the Queens lair, but I've fallen into cracks between the rocks there that took me quite some time to dig out, so I'm sure there's lots of opportunities for a nice sized cave.

[Tachyon]

I don't see much use for tunnels, personally, but that's just me. I find it's much easier to build a basement or use an exiting troll cave or draugr/skellie dungeon, using mods. Plenty of room for all my needs and they don't get raided.

[Maviba]

Originally posted by Slayer5812hi:

So just wondering if anyone knows what the deal is with being unable to dig tunnels in the game? Is it something that is planned to be implemented at some stage or has it been mentioned by the Devs at some point?

No, it's not possible and propably won't in the future because the graphics system used.
It doesn't support it.
You might want to try digging yourself through rocks and use them as a cave.