Originally posted by Asheira:

Greydwarves are supposed to fear fire,
but I'm not sure if that would keep them away from attacking a workbench, when you place a torch next to them.
That would help to see attackers during night times though.
Which is also another thing:
Spawns at night are a lot more common for greydwarves,
so it might be a good idea to sleep them away when close to a black forest.

I have grey dwarves attacking torches on my porch all the time :-(

Aracj

Greydwarves are supposed to fear fire,
but I'm not sure if that would keep them away from attacking a workbench, when you place a torch next to them.
That would help to see attackers during night times though.
Which is also another thing:
Spawns at night are a lot more common for greydwarves,
so it might be a good idea to sleep them away when close to a black forest.

brutes and shaman do not fear fire
if they are spawning near your base, check around for a greydwarf nest, or dig a moat/ditch around your camp

Thank you for your information and advice for the garden and spawn !
And QG is Headquarter for you haha (QG = "quartier général" in french)

Originally posted by Inostranka:

Thank you for your information and advice for the garden and spawn !
And QG is Headquarter for you haha (QG = "quartier général" in french)

Ah cool. Thanks for the info!

Workbenches suppress spawns within 20 meters. They don't need to have a roof on them to do that. Cutting the grass will make it easier to target enemies if they are there but won't affect the spawn rate.

Player base structures all have this effect. You can look this up in the wiki.
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base

Originally posted by Vivian, Lady of Dawn and Dusk:

Workbenches suppress spawns within 20 meters. They don't need to have a roof on them to do that. Cutting the grass will make it easier to target enemies if they are there but won't affect the spawn rate.

Player base structures all have this effect. You can look this up in the wiki.
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base

This, the link has all the items that prevent spawns within 20m. I have a shack in my garden center for storing tools and supplies with a work bench, then a wall around it all under 20m out.
Note no spawn zones are in a sphere so if you still have spawns inside your walls you'll need to figure out where the gap is.

Just curious.. what is QG?

If you have problems with spawning in your garden same as it happens to me, i actually have greys, boars, deers. And my garden is a huge one. The only way i've found to get less crops damages is to make little areas with fenses inside the garden. When they spawn they can't no more damage all the garden but only a small amount of veggies.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Just curious.. what is QG?

Same. QG?