Knowledge for your next saga.

Personal Iron Gate

The personal gate is a special in-game addition to Sunshine Alley .

Progress Plus

On Hardcore, a fallen character remains a ghost around spawn. Hardcore deaths permanently mark that character as dead. The character can remain in ghost form around the starting area but cannot resume ordinary gameplay or interact with items and buildings. Moving too far from spawn returns the ghost to the starting area. Choose another character to continue playing.

Respawn System

Nearly everything respawns, but on different timers. from stumps quickly. Stumped trees regrow after days (IRL). If you hover over the tag item left behing it will show a timer - most times Copper, silver, stones, structures, mostly anything destroyable will respawn after days (IRL). will without vanilla respawn will respawn in hours.

Ward

Sunshine Alley Wards are different from the Vanilla game. Wards are for Individual use to protect your bases and property. Territories are used for communal facilities. Expired wards continue to protect your Base from being claimed by someone else. Note: Unwarded Bases are not safe from being claimed by other players Wards give a protected area of 32 metres. It is a cylinder of infinite height. Mob spawn: Unlike Vanilla wards, these will prevent mob respawn in its full radius.

Unattended Combat Protection

Warded build pieces have extra combat protection when permitted defenders are absent. For building pieces linked to an enabled ward, combat damage is suppressed while no owner or explicitly permitted player is being rendered nearby. A stranger does not count as a defender. When a permitted defender is present, the server's configured ward damage reduction applies instead. This concerns combat damage to linked pieces; it does not replace structural support or ward permissions.

Rain Protection

An active ward helps keep uncovered building pieces from weathering in rain. Building pieces connected to an enabled, non-abandoned ward are treated as protected from ordinary rain wear. This is useful for outdoor decks and exposed wooden details. It does not remove the ordinary need for structural support, and it does not promise protection from Ashlands or lava damage. Keep the ward charged and check its coverage rather than assuming every nearby piece is linked.

Build Zoop Rows

Preview and build a row of up to ten repeated pieces. a piece in , then tap Confirm to enter the repeated-row preview, called zoop . Aim to either side of the locked piece to change the row length. Origins are spaced 2 metres apart by default; hold the 1 metre or 4 metre spacing modifier to change that. Hold Confirm for one second to build the row, or tap it again to leave zoop. Every piece uses normal materials and placement checks; a blocked preview cannot start building, and construction can stop if resources run out. You can change zooping distances in .

Build Todo List

Ctrl-click build pieces to make a construction to-do list. Hold Ctrl and click a piece in the build menu to add one to your to-do list. The list appears beside the build menu and offers buttons to adjust quantities by 1 or 10. Click a list entry to select that piece for building. Placing a listed piece reduces its remaining quantity automatically. The list is saved for your character. When opening , the will show up next to the inventory.

Build Search All Categories

Search all hammer build categories with one shortcut. Use Quick Search in enhanced build mode to equip a hammer from your inventory, open the build menu, show all categories, and focus the search field. You can immediately type the piece name. The default key is N; your configured key appears in the build helper panel and Keyboard & Mouse settings. You still need to have discovered the piece and carry the correct materials.

Build Save Piece Shortcuts

Save favourite build pieces to your own building shortcuts. While is active, hover a piece in the build menu and press a Build Mode slot key to save it. Press that key while building to select the saved piece and equip its required tool from your inventory. There are ten bars of ten slots; hold the Switch Build Bar Modifier and scroll to cycle bars. By default the slots use 1 through 0 and the bar modifier is Ctrl. Assignments are saved separately for each character.

Build Save Item Shortcuts

Your building shortcuts can hold inventory items as well as pieces. In , open your inventory, hover an item, and press a Build Mode slot key to assign that item type to the current bar. The shortcut later finds that item in your inventory and uses or equips it. This can keep a hammer, hoe or useful consumable close at hand without depending on its inventory position. Using a combat weapon through a slot exits enhanced build mode. You can scroll between multiple build bars by holding CTRL and using scroll wheel. There are 10 different build bars you can use.

Build Preview Item Stands

Preview an item on its stand before placing the stand. Select an item stand in , open your inventory, and click a compatible item. The build preview shows the selected item attached to the stand. Place the stand to attach that item from your inventory after paying the stand's building costs. Click the same item again to clear the selection. The item must remain in your inventory and still be compatible when the stand is placed.

Build Copy Piece

Point at an existing build piece to select another just like it. In , aim at a piece and use Copy Build. This selects that piece and copies its rotation, including any tilt. You must know the piece and carry a build tool that can place it. The target can be up to 30 metres away. Find the Copy Build binding in settings or the build helper panel.

Enhanced Build Mode

Hold H to enter and exit enhanced build mode (keys can be changed). ESC instant out of build mode (panic, combat). A new build hotbar on the bottom of the screen for keys 1-0. Hold Alt and Scroll wheel to cycle through different hotbars. Mouse over any build piece, terrain actions, serving tray items and click any key from 1-0 to assign the operation to hotbar. Mouse over any items, weapons, tools, food, and click any key from 1-0 to assign the item to hotbar. Clicking weapon action equips weapon and turns off build mode. Inside enhanced build mode, keyboard shortcuts works different. it's with building in mind. no more equip hammer before opening build menu, right click anywhere! or copy build pieces directly without hammer equipped. We know what you want in build mode! Copy build piece default to Mouse 4 Copy build rotation default to Mouse 5 Hold placement by clicking H, now you can move around and see how it looks before you commit. and of course, you can nudge the piece exactly 1m in all 3 axis with arrows and page up/down. Once you're happy, hold left mouse button to confirm placement. Quick search default key N, again, no more equip build hammer, open menu, look for search bar... just N and start typing! Quick search support very basic math, no more open calculator to calculate how much Iron your boat can carry. Repair mode default key F (forsaken power disabled in buildmode, who needs Bonemass Buff when fighting doors?), hated the effort to equip hammer, o

Colored Sign

Colored Signs are a fun and decorative addition we have introduced. These signs can spice up your builds and help organize your storage system. Reflecting light, they serve as useful decoration pieces. You can create Colored Signs using the building hammer. They have a normal wood cost, but the coloring materials vary depending on the desired color. The materials required for each color are as follows: Yellow Mushroom{{:buildpieces:yellow_mushroom.webp ?25x25}} Surtling Core{{:buildpieces:surtling_core.webp ?25x25}} Freeze Gland{{:buildpieces:freeze_gland.webp ?25x25}} Guck{{:buildpieces:guck.webp ?25x25}} Here is an example of using the signs for decoration purposes, with the display from . Have fun using Colored Signs to enhance your builds!

Trading District

The Trading District is a hub where players can trade their goods and sell wares to others on the Sunshine Alley servers. This central location is designed to make trading more accessible, offering unique opportunities for players to acquire and sell valuable items. The main building, houses the Trading NPC , who facilitates buying and selling. Players can interact with this NPC to access the marketplace, while the surrounding buildings serve as decorative outposts from the biomes currently featured in the game. Additionally, you’ll encounter story-related NPCs here, which you can unlock as you progress through the chapters of the Sunshine Saga . For biomes like Plains , Mistlands , and Ashlands , unique traders are available. These traders allow anyone to sell specific items such as black metal scrap , carapace , and proustite powder . Unlike Haldor, these biome traders offer unlimited selling capabilities , providing a solid and consistent income of coins.

Portal Hub

The Portal Hub on all servers allows players to claim one portal to their main home base and personal portal network. Select a portal with no name on it. Label your Portal with your in game Name and link it to a portal at your base The portal at your base must allow for easy return to the portal hub. You may secure your base and other portals from visitors if you please. The making of traps or one way trips is not allowed with any of your portals. Because of this it is strongly recommended that the portal at your end is outside, and on solid dirt, or a floor immediately above dirt. Holes under the floor will become a trap if/when the floor resolves after the player arrives and an irritated Thane will demolish your building to release the player. If there are no available Portals you may approach a Thane to take over an abandoned player's portal. This is particularly important on the Main Server as some players go quiet in between releases but do return. Portals are taken on a "first come, first served" basis. If you desire a particular portal to be closer to a team mate then swaps/exchanges require agreement from both parties. The portal Hub on progression also has access to the Boss locations. This is a Sub-Portal Hub on Main And access to The Starter town, Haldor, Hildir and Community facilities that are not at the Starter town The Portal Hub on Main has access to several sub-hubs for specific activities - See .......

Outposts

Outposts are portals spread over the map on . You access them from Please avoid building too close to Portals at the other end These are an excellent way to get to places outside the core of the world.

Inspire Hub

The Inspire hub is on the Main server Access is from the inner ring. This Hub links to Buildings and Locations that have significance due to style, scale etc. Most of them are huge so you need to allow at least 5 minutes for the site to load when you portal in. If you are interested in building beyond mere fuctionality then they are worth a visit. You may also wish to visit the

Crystal Meth

Crystal Meth is a public facility on the Sunshine Alley that uses standard smelters for processing raw scrap materials like tin , copper , iron , and silver . In addition to its smelting capabilities, the facility can produce coal from wood. The building is a multi-story area capable of producing wood and transporting materials to the smelters below. To reach Crystal Meth, travel to the northern side of the .

Territories

Territories are the way we protect the Towns and other public places on the Server. They show up on the Map ad coloured disks. players cannot built in Them, or do earthworks The intent is: to limit anything that increases lag for the Bosses To protect Towns and other places of interest No building or landscaping is allowed in a Territory. The exact restictions are shown in the Map when you hover your cursor in the Territory. Top right corner of the map. This varies depending on the nature of the territory. At Towns this is required to allow acess to the Town by all players but to limit who can build/demolish there etc. To build in these locations you need to submit your plan/idea to a Thane to have it approved as a petition to the King. Approval is rare so you need a GOOD Reason.

Progression Server

Progression Server Welcome to the Progression Server , the starting point for your Viking adventure! This server offers a unique, community-driven experience tailored to a slower progression pace, enhanced by mods to create an MMO-like atmosphere while maintaining a near-vanilla Valheim feel. Below, you’ll find everything you need to know to embark on your journey.

Eternal Server

Main Server Welcome to the Main Server - This is also sometimes referred to as Sunshine Alley in the Menus To get here you have worked through a Progression Server and defeated all the Bosses.

Gizmo

Gizmo Gizmo is a building addon developed by , and includes further enhancement made for our servers exclusively. Allowing you to rotate build pieces in any direction and rotation divisions. This allows you to rotate build pieces an all 3 dimensions, and increase the number of rotation steps. Rotate objects in all three axes using modifier keys and the scroll wheel Intuitive gizmo helps visualize rotations Increased rotational snap precision Rotate in the Y (Green) plane with no modifier keys Rotate in the X (Red) plane with LCtrl Rotate in the Z (Blue) plane with LAlt Reset an axis by holding its modifier and hitting T Increase / decrease resolution with Numpad + / Numpad - You can also change to your own liking. Note: In NoMap servers this mod is enforced as it prevents the default rotation from pointing towards north.