tigcr Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 I am new to Vintage Story. I know about mud bricks and making rammed earth. I am sure there a lot more early game building blocks I should know about. Please enlighten me.
Solution LadyWYT Posted February 7 Solution Report Posted February 7 Just now, tigcr said: I am new to Vintage Story. I know about mud bricks and making rammed earth. I am sure there a lot more early game building blocks I should know about. Please enlighten me. Welcome to the forums! Really depends on what you'd like to build with. Cobblestone can be created by surrounding a piece of clay with eight stones of the same type. Wattle can be created using a knife and sticks, and you can make various colors of daub from grass, dirt, sand, and clay to smear on the wattle for a rougher or smoother look, depending on how much daub you smear on. An axe can be used in conjunction with logs and sticks to create rough-hewn fences and gates, and you can use an axe on logs to get quarter-log blocks(which are nice for a log cabin look). A regular pickaxe will let you mine raw stone blocks, though you'll want to be careful when placing them as they can't really be picked back up afterwards(not the case for refined stone). If you have access to a hammer and chisel, you can also polish stone blocks, break them down into slabs, and break them down further into bricks. Surrounding one brick with eight regular stones of the same type will yield a drystone block. A hammer and chisel also lets you craft a quern, which you will need for more advanced blocks like ashlar and plaster, as well as grants you access to the chiseling system in general. A saw will allow you to saw logs into planks, which you can turn into building blocks as well. If you need a window, quartz glass can be crafted using clear quartz and sticks. Roof tiles can be made from clay, and thatch roofing can be created from thatch or haybales. 1
Robert Johnson Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 (edited) Here's a few I heard you and LadyWYT not mention: cob, arid packed dirt, and stone paths, all of which can be found here, along with the normal packed dirt and your rammed earth: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Soil_Blocks There are also hay blocks: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Hay It should also be mentioned that even just having firepits, but especially once you start firing clay in pit kilns, pay attention to the types of blocks you make your floors, walls, and ceilings near these things out of, lest you burn your humble abode to the ground. Flammable blocks such as hay as well as any kind of wood nearby is a real no-no if you don't feel like frantically patting your house out. Also watch out for grass nearby as that can also catch and trigger massive brushfires, or even worse, a forest fire, should the grass be near a lot of trees. It should also be noted that there are many different kinds of ruined structures that can generate in the world. The surface ones of these at least are made from different kinds of cobblestone, depending on the biome they are in. This cobblestone, as well as the kind you can craft, can all be broken by hand. It does not need a pickaxe like in that other block game. One of these structures, a large, rectangular arena like thing with an arched entryway on one of its long sides, is quite perfect for an early game base, especially if you dig out all the sand and gravel in the bottom all the way to the stone. It has an interior dimension of several dozen blocks by several dozen blocks. It also has a stair area, which I assume is like the seating, around the interior of the walls leading up to the top perimeter of the structure, great for seeing your surrounding s and if there are any dangers lurking nearby. You might keep an eye out for these while you're exploring as they are hard to miss on the map. Even if you build your own home initially, these ruins in particular, as well as the one that looks like an old temple, can serve as excellent outposts on the frontier. Speaking of ruins, do keep an eye out for cracked vessels in or around them. Almost every ruin usually has one, with some of the larger ones, like the arena and temple mentioned previously, sometimes having two. It might take a bit of digging around the structures to find them, however, once you get an idea of where they are located for each ruin, finding them becomes easier. These cracked vessels contain a lot of really nice, early game resources, like seeds for planting, extra materials to make early game items with, and even copper tools sometimes. Some of the seeds are even exclusive to these vessels, so if you want a full garden, seek these out. Edited February 7 by Robert Johnson 1
LadyWYT Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 27 minutes ago, Robert Johnson said: It should also be mentioned that even just having firepits, but especially once you start firing clay in pit kilns, pay attention to the types of blocks you make your floors, walls, and ceilings near these things out of, lest you burn your humble abode to the ground. I've not had a firepit burn anything down, but a pit kiln will absolutely set things on fire.
ItzWalterino Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 My absolute favourite is wattle and daub combined with thatch roofing, and when i enter the copper age to make beams i quickly do so 1
Dark Thoughts Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 On 2/7/2026 at 11:06 PM, Robert Johnson said: There are also hay blocks: And strewn straw, and cob. Rammed earth also has like 5 different textures to cycle through. There's also two types of packed dirt. Stone paths are also accessible early on. On 2/7/2026 at 11:06 PM, Robert Johnson said: It should also be mentioned that even just having firepits Firepits do not spread fire. The only risk here is if you accidentally target a flammable block instead of the firepit when lighting it.
Broccoli Clock Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 If only someone had created a Rammed Earth wiki entry, more people would know about it. For me, (dark) mudbrick, wattle and daub, and rammed earth tend to be my go-to at the beginning. The latter of those has multiple textures (6?) so keep placing it into the crafting square to get the one you like. I find I use that for my forge floors too, when I get round to making a specific area for it. Mixing up the different rammed earth textures makes it really pop visually.
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