Building blocks
Vintage Story has a great number of different building blocks, which are accessible at different stages of the player's technological progress.
The player can trade with various NPC traders around the world for building blocks regardless of their current technical progress, however the following lists will focus only on the blocks the player can directly find or craft at their applicable progression stage. Some other blocks like Bookshelves, Wallpapers or ancient ruin blocks can theoretically be acquired at any point of the game, but require the player to venture into ruins below ground. The same applies to aged wood, which can be found in various crafted versions in ruins.
These lists will also disregard containers and various decor items like paintings and flowerpots, as well as misc items like armor stands, rugs or useable constructs like bloomerys, clay molds or light sources.
Requirement: None/ Stone Tools
When starting the game, the player only has access to resources they can scavenge by hand or with basic stone tools. Luckily, this still allows for a variety off building materials and even essentials like doors and fences.
The following list is further divided in lower and higher effort, as some blocks are theoretically obtainable from the very start of the game, but may not be "worth" the time and resources the player would have to invest while simultaneously trying to survive.
Low Effort
Blocks that can be obtained with minimal effort and time investment, and are therefore optimal for starter homes.
Soil based blocks
Blocks that can be crafted with soil of any fertility as part of the recipe, together with sand, clay or dry grass.
Keep in mind that building with soil itself may not work if gravity is enabled for soil on world creation.
Any type of soil can be picked up by hand; although terra preta should be kept for farming instead of building.
Any type of gravel can be picked up by hand. In the standard & wilderness survival world presets, gravel is affected by gravity unless customized.
Any type of sand can be picked up by hand. In the standard & wilderness survival world presets, sand is affected by gravity unless customized.
Cob
crafted from dry grass and soil. Grass can spread on this block similar to regular soil blocks.Packed dirt
crafted from soil. There's an alternative lighter "arid" version which substitutes sand for parts of the recipe.Mud brick
a block or slab version can be crafted with dry grass, clay, soil and sand - or alternatively leave the sand out for a darker version.
Wood based blocks
Blocks that can be obtained directly from trees - like logs - or crafted from the by-products of felling them - like sticks. This also includes utility blocks like ladders, fences, gates and doors.
All recipes in this section require the possession of an axe - except for the ones that only use sticks.
Any type of log can be obtained by felling a tree. Remember to first remove all leave blocks to obtain the maximum amount of seeds and sticks.
Rough hewn fence
crafted with sticks, logs and an axe.Rough hewn gate
crafted with sticks, logs and an axe.Layer of sticks
crafted with a full grid of sticks. This is a solid block for walking and keeping things in/out; it let's rain through but keeps firepits from going out.Rope Ladder
can be crafted with rope and sticks.
Stone based blocks
Blocks that can be crafted with any kind of loose stone as part of the recipe, sometimes together with clay or soil.
Loose stones can be simply acquired by picking them off the ground, but will later also be a by-product of mining.
Different stone types of Cobblestone can either be crafted as a block, stair or slab version with one type of loose stone and clay, or scavenged by hand from existing ruins in the world.
Cobble skull
can only be scavenged by hand from existing ruins in the world.Different stone types of Dry stone fence can be crafted with one type of loose stone. A version with mixed stone types is only accessible after gaining a saw.
Stone path
can be crafted as a block, stair or slab version with loose stones and soil.
Other blocks
Some other building blocks require different main ingredients like dry grass, quartz or clay. All these can be acquired without the use of tools.
Hay
can be crafted with dry grass. It is used as a building block and in a number of recipes, for instance for the various thatch roof pieces.Quartz Glass
can be crafted from sticks and clear quartz bits specifically - if found on the ground.Two kinds of Hardened Clay can be crafted by simply baking 8 pieces of blue or fire clay in a firepit. The red and brown clay versions exist in the game, but can only be acquired through traders.
Higher Effort
Blocks that require considerable investment of time and/ or resources, or require the player to have specific climates or stone types around them which otherwise would require time to search for. It is possible to acquire these blocks, but the player should weight the effort taken.
Stacked bamboo
crafted with bamboo stakes. This block is only viable in warmer climates, which should be to the south of spawn on a normal world setting.Different parts of Slate Roofs - slanted, corner, ridge and tip - can be crafted with loose slate stones and blue clay. The effort to obtain these blocks depends on whether or not the player finds slate rock.
Requirement: Basic metal tools
Once the player has found their first copper bits and ventured into casting metal into tools, they not only gain easier and faster access to already familiar resources, but also some new crafting methods and therefore blocks.
The possession of a pickaxe finally allows to mine ores and minerals as well as loose and whole rocks. Crafting a chisel allows for some advanced crafting recipes, but mainly opens the possibility for complete design freedom, as almost every building block can be chiselled into different forms or even combined with different materials.
Any stone type of whole rock can be obtained by mining out the 6 directly adjacent blocks around it, making the whole stone block fall as an item that can be picked up.
Similarly to rock, any type of whole Ore block can be obtained by mining out the 6 directly adjacent blocks around it, making the whole block fall as an item instead of dropping only the ore chunks inside. This method works for ores, minerals, and even meteor blocks.
Any stone type of Polished Stone can be crafted with a whole stone block, hammer and chisel. Polished slabs can be crafted by splitting a whole polished block with a hammer and chisel in the crafting grid.
Any stone type of Drystone can be crafted with one stone brick and loose stones of the same type. A mixed variant exists, requiring 8 different kinds of loose stone.
Requirement: Anvil & Saw
With enough metal the player can cast their first anvil, unlocking new tools like the saw, and recipes like metal plates. The saw specifically opens the technology tree up, since the ability to produce boards enables the player to create buckets and barrels for liquid storage.
Wood based blocks
With a saw, the player can create boards, a key requirement for all advanced wooden recipes.
Wooden door
can be crafted with boards in the inventory.Wooden trapdoor
can be crafted with boards and sticks in the inventory.Wooden fence
can be crafted with boards and sticks in the inventory.Wooden fence gate
can be crafted with boards and sticks in the inventory.Wooden path
can be crafted with a saw and aged planks in the inventory. Aged planks can only be acquired by disassembling aged wood items found in ruins with a saw.
Brick based blocks
With access to a barrel, the player can start making mortar, an ingredient required to craft clay, stone and refractory brick blocks.
Different kinds of Clay brick blocks can be crafted as a block, stair, slab or chimney version with fired clay bricks and mortar. Brown and red clay versions can only be acquired from traders.
Any stone type of Stone brick blocks can be crafted as a block, stair or slab version with shaped stone bricks and mortar.
Refractory brick blocks
can be crafted with fire clay, various crushed ingredients and mortar. Since the effort to create them is high and they are necessary for the process of steel making, their use as building materials is extravagant.
Metal based blocks
With a steady supply of metal and advanced processing methods on an anvil, the player can create whole metal blocks and other metal based building parts.
Any metal type of Metal blocks can be crafted with plates of that metal type in the inventory.
Different parts of Copper Roofs - slanted, corner, ridge and tip - can be crafted with copper plates.
Metal door
can be crafted with iron plates in the inventory or looted from rare underground ruins.Glass slabs
of all colour variants can be created with a full glass block of the same tint and a saw with inventory crafting.
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