Locations
Guard Tower — Valheim Location
Guard Tower world-generation rules in Valheim 1.0: how many copies a world places, the biome and altitude it needs, its spacing and footprint, and how far the nearest copy sits from spawn.
Fortress Mistlands Verified 1.0
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Nearest copy over 600 sampled worlds generated by our world map: closest seen 5,962 m, typical 6,040 m, and in 9 worlds out of 10 within 6,104 m — straight-line from the spawn area.
How it generates
| Prefab | Per world | Biome area | Altitude | Min spacing | Footprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistlands_GuardTower1_ruined_new2 | 20 | Median | above 2 m | ≥ 128 m | 20 m radius |
| Mistlands_GuardTower3_new | 50 | Median | above 12 m | ≥ 128 m | 24 m radius |
| Mistlands_GuardTower3_ruined_new | 50 | Median | above 11 m | ≥ 128 m | 20 m radius |
| Mistlands_GuardTower1_new | 75 | Median | above 2 m | ≥ 128 m | 24 m radius |
| Mistlands_GuardTower2_new | 75 | Median | above 4 m | ≥ 128 m | 24 m radius |
| Mistlands_GuardTower1_ruined_new | 80 | Median | above 2 m | ≥ 128 m | 20 m radius |
- Biome area — “Median” means the zone and all eight of its neighbours must share the biome, so it never generates on a biome border; “Everything” may place anywhere inside the biome.
- Footprint is the exclusion radius the generator keeps clear around the piece, not the size of the structure you walk into.
- Per world counts placement attempts, so a number here is an upper bound — terrain checks decide how many actually land (see the sampled-worlds figures above). unique is a separate flag: the table checks it once before placement begins, to skip re-rolling these on a world that already exists, and it does not cap the attempts a fresh world makes.
- Terrain tolerance — the generator allows up to 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 m of height change across the footprint (no minimum) .
Where to find it
Other fortress placements
Find one in your world
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Common questions
- How many "Guard Tower" does one Valheim world place?
- Guard Tower is placed by 6 separate generator rules — Mistlands_GuardTower1_ruined_new2: 20 placement attempts; Mistlands_GuardTower3_new: 50 placement attempts; Mistlands_GuardTower3_ruined_new: 50 placement attempts; Mistlands_GuardTower1_new: 75 placement attempts; Mistlands_GuardTower2_new: 75 placement attempts; Mistlands_GuardTower1_ruined_new: 80 placement attempts.
- Where does Guard Tower spawn?
- Guard Tower generates in Mistlands, under the “Median” rule — the zone and all eight of its neighbours must share the biome. Altitude: above 2 m or above 12 m or above 11 m or above 4 m.
- How far is the nearest Guard Tower from spawn?
- Measured over 600 sampled worlds, the closest copy was 5,962 m from the spawn area, the typical distance was 6,040 m, and in 9 worlds out of 10 it sat within 6,104 m. All distances are straight-line.
- How much space does Guard Tower need to generate?
- The generator keeps a 24 m exclusion radius clear around each placement and requires at least 128 m to the nearest similar placement, with terrain varying by no more than 10 m across the footprint. The exclusion radius is clearance the terrain must offer, not the size of the structure you walk into.