Tower of the Gear Heart

[Skrug]

I built a tower overlooking a mining outpost. I could use some tips on how to build buttresses and quickly use the chisel to add detail.

Edited August 27, 2025 by Skrug

[Maelstrom]

40 minutes ago, Skrug said:

quickly use the chisel

 

You have exceeded the computational capacity of my brain.

[LadyWYT]

6 hours ago, Skrug said:

quickly use the chisel to add detail.

No such thing as "quickly chisel". Creative placements of slabs, stairs, and complementary block types are the faster way to add some detail to a build, much like builds are detailed in the other block game. Support beams are another option, though they can be tricky to place.

The chisel simply lets you refine certain details even further, and chiseling takes quite a bit of time even if you have mods that improve on the vanilla chisel tools.

6 hours ago, Skrug said:

I could use some tips on how to build buttresses

The main advice I would have, when it comes to building various things, is when it comes to adding details, it just has to look believably functional. For example, if you build a house floating in the air, that's not very believable, because there's nothing supporting it. A house built on a floating island, in contrast, is much more believable despite the fact the islands don't float, because now there's something to support the house. 

When you're adding various features, decorative or not, it's a good idea to be thinking of why it's designed the way it is. Form follows function, and all that. If it's a defensive tower, you'll probably want to build battlements, squared silhouettes, or make supporting pieces thicker in general in order to give the build some weight and make it feel like a proper imposing fort. If it's more of a status symbol, then you might opt for a more delicate design--fewer heavy/thick pieces and more flowing shapes and lines rather than squared silhouettes, along with some elaborate designs chiseled into the surfaces.