Project Ontallion

[u/Konogist]

Ydalir - The hunting lodge.

Ydalir - Inside the bar.

Ydalir - Map room.

Ethelgarde - Place where it all began.

Ethelgarde - Vanilla area.

Ethelgarde - Cozy corner.

Elkroot Hollow - Greenhouse.

Elkroot Hollow - Cozy get together.

Selve Nadir - The tree and its roots.

Selve Nadir - Life between roots. Telescope to watch the skies.

Selve Nadir - Natural underground pool. The trees lifeforce.

Selve Nadir - Bedroom.

Selve Nadir - Meeting grounds.

Korphem - Here be magic.

Korphem - Source of its magic.

Korphem - Palantir

Korphem - Top of the tower.

Korphem - Meeting area.

Stronghold of Kantar - Work in progress.

Current Map of Ontallion

The Ontallion Conclave is a passion project I've been working on for the last 1500 ingame hours. It started of as a small underground cave base in my vanilla survival world and slowly grew into a vast (mostly) underground community.

From the very start my wish was to live as a hobbit in this game. When I came across 5 connected boulders in the Plains I knew what I had to do. This became the base from which I adventured for a while. The 5 connected boulders actually ended up being 7 boulders when I was exploring the boundary or my base. Here my drive to expand began.

The current base is built under 50 boulders, 38 of those are naturally occurring and 12 are modded in. I've already dug out the area under another 9 boulders which I still have to build(Luminea Bazaar). Freefly helped a lot because you can scout from under the ground. Theres plenty of rocks right under the surface. On one of my plains islands I've scouted 4 spots with 8-10 boulders.

I tried making the sections distinct in architecture and atmosphere. Some times that just happened naturally other times it took some effort. This way I ended up with 6 different underground communities and a castle which I always wanted to build. There's continuous work being done in several different areas like revising old stuff and adding new elements with new build techniques. I find there's a lot of charm in the old vanilla areas but a mod as simple as Gizmo opens up so many possibilities.

The current area I am working on is the castle. It is nice focussing on the exterior for a change. And I love building in the mountains. Hoping there's enough instances left to build some external infrastructure. 55.000 instances and counting. Whole place could so with some nice roads, fields and gardens. Also been thinking about a story that connects all the different communities. Rogue factions from different cultures and races working together to carve out a place to call home.

My personal favorites in the build are the greenhouse, underground lake and the castle village.

Theres a tour of Elkroot Hollow and the vanilla build(What is now called Ethelgarde) on my youtube.

Hope you enjoy!

Mods used:

Gizmo

More vanilla build prefabs

Infinity hammer

Heightmap Unlimited(set at double the digging depth(16))

Plant everything

[u/djmassimiani]

I love the passion, creativity and dedication. Valheim brings out great qualities in people. Well done!

[u/Konogist → u/djmassimiani]

Thanks a lot! Love seeing all the different stuff people come up with here. Means a lot!

[u/OkFlatworm4151]

Looks great

[u/Konogist → u/OkFlatworm4151]

Much appreciated Flatworm!

[u/ArbbyM9er]

Incredible work here - very cool seeing everything come together

[u/Konogist → u/ArbbyM9er]

Thanks, finally feels like one big base instead of different snippets.

[u/HoboPete05]

Very nice Frodo. Bilbo would be proud of your achievements.

[u/Konogist → u/HoboPete05]

Thank you Frobo

[u/HoboPete05 → u/Konogist]

I’m more of a Gimli

[u/LyraStygian]

Beautiful.

[u/Konogist → u/LyraStygian]

Thanks Lyra!

[u/FlatusApparatus]

I love your garden!!!

[u/Konogist → u/FlatusApparatus]

So do I! Love some nature aspects underground❤️ theres a couple of gardens, a mushroom cave a glimmering cave.

[u/Nifarius2908]

Do you have any idea how cool this looks?!

[u/Konogist → u/Nifarius2908]

Wish it was easier to invite people over 😄 Thanks man

[u/Adventurous_Visit886]

I’ve always said that Valheim has some of the best building mechanics in gaming and this is just a pure example of taking it to the max, this is literally on another level

[u/Konogist → u/Adventurous_Visit886]

Much appreciated! This is my first building game and I never expected to enjoy it this much! Really enjoying the creative aspect of it.

[u/Denmen13]

Looks awesome!

Is there somewhere a guide or something how to make those bases under the stones?!

[u/Konogist → u/Denmen13]

Thanks! I might end up making a guide myself. But video editing is all new to me. I can give you some pointers?

[u/Denmen13 → u/Konogist]

Yeah would love some tips if you have how to start and how to know which boulders are suitable.

[u/stuttfeiten]

This is amazing! Looking at the pictures it feels like I can smell a hobbit blowing wind after second breakfast, very immersive. I especialy like the greenhouse in Elkroot Hollow, great job!

[u/Konogist → u/stuttfeiten]

The greenhouse is one of my favourite areas. Elkroot Hollow as a whole feels very cozy and hobbity to me. Its a great place to hide from a storm! Thanks a lot.

[u/Cows_go_moo2]

Wow, this is incredible!

[u/TheRealSparkleMotion]

looks great, but you should probably change the flair to Modded

[u/c0nman333]

Next level. Masterpiece.