A player-built, immersive, medieval town called Skara Brae within the PC survival game Valheim. This project consists of world files that can be downloaded and run in Valheim to allow players to explore Skara Brae. No Valheim mods are required.
Valheim, the PC survival game based on Norse mythology, offers a rudimentary set of in-game building tools that can be used to create a rich variety of player-built structures and buildings.
This project contains world files for a town called Skara Brae, home to a large number of unique and interesting buildings, arranged in the layout of a typical medieval town.
Additionally, this project also contains versions of Skara Brae that offer a scavenger hunt player quest, allowing one or more players to search for secrets within and outside of Skara Brae, to lift a curse placed on the town by Odin.
Want to watch a walkthrough of exploring Skara Brae, without needing to download and run the Skara Brae world files? Check out Real Grogg's awesome recorded livestream of playing and beating the Skara Brae scavenger hunt player quest.
Lower-performing computers may encounter frame rate performance issues running worlds containing large numbers of player-built structures, such as those within Skara Brae, especially if those structures contain lit torches and fires. As such, this project offers four versions of Skara Brae, based on performance impact caused by light sources. From order of least demanding to most demanding, the versions are: mostly unlit; outside torches lit; all torches lit; all torches and fires lit. Players should choose and install the version most appropriate for their computer hardware.
Additionally, this project also contains versions of Skara Brae that offer a scavenger hunt player quest, allowing one or more players to search for secrets within and outside of Skara Brae, to lift a curse placed on the town by Odin.
Choose the version of Skara Brae to install from the Releases page, based on computer performance and whether the quest is desired, and download the corresponding world files.
Copy the Skara Brae.db and Skara Brae.fwl world files into your Valheim worlds directory, usually located in Windows user directory C:\Users\<YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE>\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds. You can use the directory alias %UserProfile in your path address if you prefer: %UserProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds
Some building structures and design elements feature inspirations from other Valheim community members, including:
- The central castle exterior was inspired by the Versaugh's amazing church build
- The old council tower exterior was inspired by LoLozaurus_Rex's Overlook tower
- The captain of the royal guard's house exterior was inspired by Robert N. Adam's article on the Valheim Hearth and Home update
- The fireplace in the Duke's inn suite was inspired by Exoskelethor's glass fireplace concept
- The window shutters on the Alderman's manor were inspired by DeHeerArends' castle window shutters
- The peasant village well was inspired by Re-actor.net's article on surviving Valheim's first day and night
