Reddit user Abaconsandwich recently shared an image of their Valheim sundial that tracks time between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM in an open area outside their base. Like with other survival games that include a day/night cycle such as Minecraft, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Grounded, Valheim has a limited time in which the sun is out before nighttime takes over the map and makes doing some things far more difficult. Because of the duration of a day varying from one survival game to the next, Abaconsandwich sundial may help Valheim fans avoid the dreaded run through the Black Forest at night.

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Abaconsandwich’s sundial is visibly located in the Valheim’s Meadows biome which is the first that players will visit, and it has about 21 wooden poles of two different lengths. A tower of these wooden poles acts as the shadow caster in Abaconsandwich’s sundial which shows the dark line pointing towards before noon at the time of their screenshot. Noting that each object in Valheim casts a shadow, Abaconsandwich realized that they could track the trajectory of the in-game sun using this sundial method, though another Reddit user has created an alternate method of telling time in the survival game.

Although Abaconsandwich’s sundial has about half of a clock to portray the time of day, Reddit user Lauranthalasa has made a clock tower that has a much smaller full clock in the middle of a panel of wooden poles. Like Abaconsandwich’s sundial, Lauranthalasa’s build needs to face North to South in order to accurately track time, but unlike Abaconsandwich’s, this one can be placed inside a fortification given its design. While Abaconsandwich’s in-game clock goes from left to right in order to follow the Valheim sun’s movements, Lauranthalasa’s clock tracks the full day like the sundial featured in Genshin Impact.

Beyond simply tracking time during the day, Valheim players may also track the moon’s movement using the same methods. Because both of the aforementioned sundials are made using basic Valheim wood, many players could mimic the builds for themselves so that they can more accurately track time in the game as well. Many Valheim took to both posts to express enthusiasm for the innovative use of common items, while Lauranthalasa’s sundial may be the more practical option given the limited ground space required.

Valheim is available now for PC.

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