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Roof Styles

The Roof shape (sometimes called the Slope shape internally) reveals a set of style options in the sidebar once selected. There are nine styles in total, ranging from the universally compatible Sloped to highly specific decorative caps that only work with one material. This guide covers every style and tells you exactly what works with what.

Selecting the Roof Shape

Find Roof (or Slope) in the Shape section of the sidebar. Once selected, a Roof section appears below Shape showing the nine available styles as icon buttons. The material palette also updates to show only roofing-compatible materials.

The Nine Styles

Sloped — all materials

The standard roof ramp: a full-width diagonal panel that rises from one edge of the cell to the opposite edge. This is the foundation of almost every roof layout — it's the main run that covers the majority of a roof's surface area. Because it works with every roofing material, you can mix it freely with any palette you're using.

Hipped — all materials

An outer corner cap — the piece you need wherever two Sloped panels meet at an outside corner of the roof. Without a Hipped piece, outside corners leave a triangular gap. Like Sloped, it's compatible with every material. Use Rotate to orient it correctly for each corner.

Valley — all materials

The inner counterpart to Hipped: place it wherever two roof surfaces meet in an inside corner or channel, such as where a dormer meets the main roof, or where two wings of a building join. Also works with every material.

Flat — all materials

A low flat cap, typically used at the peak of a roof to close off the top. It sits at the same low height as the bottom edge of a Sloped panel, creating a flush cap that terminates a roofline cleanly. Works with every material — place it along the ridge after your Sloped panels to close off the peak.

Dormered — Brick only

A Sloped ramp with a raised centre section on the front face — the classic dormer window silhouette. The raised portion is decorative and creates the distinct protruding-window appearance of a traditional dormer. This style is exclusive to the Brick material and will not render correctly with any other material selected.

Decor — Brick, Stone, Tiled, Wavy Roof, Scale Roof

The same low flat cap as Flat, but with a curved half-cylinder ridge tile along the top — the traditional decorative ridge tile you'd see on European buildings and classic construction styles. Compatible with Brick, Stone, Tiled, Wavy Roof, and Scale Roof. Use it in place of Flat for a more ornate ridge finish on those materials.

Fish — Tiled only

A flat cap topped with a decorative gold fish ornament — the classic Japanese roof finial (鯱, shachi) traditionally placed at the ends of ridge lines. This style is exclusive to the Tiled material and will not appear with anything else selected. Place it at the ends of a Tiled roofline for a distinctly East Asian architectural look.

Awning — Scale Roof only

A quarter-circle canopy profile that bows outward over the space below — the curved overhang shape used for covered walkways, market stalls, and shop fronts. This style is exclusive to the Scale Roof material. It shares Scale Roof's crafting recipe (1 Stone + 1 Brick, yield 10) and supports colour tinting — double-click or double-tap the swatch to open the colour picker.

Fancy — Wavy Roof only

A two-block-wide ramp with a scalloped valance and a round medallion along the front eave. This is a decorative overhang rather than a structural roof piece — it creates an elaborate, layered eave profile for ornate building styles. Exclusive to Wavy Roof, shares its recipe (1 Stone + 1 Brick, yield 10), and supports colour tinting.

Material Compatibility Summary

A Typical Roof Workflow

Most roofs follow a consistent pattern:

1. Use Sloped for all the main run panels across the body of the roof.
2. Place Hipped pieces at every outside corner where two slopes meet.
3. Place Valley pieces at every inside corner or channel.
4. Use Flat or Decor along the ridge to close off the peak.
5. Add Dormered, Fish, Awning, or Fancy as accent pieces once the main structure is in place, if your chosen materials support them.

Styles like Dormered and Fish are best treated as accent details rather than primary structural pieces — add them last, once the main roof geometry is established.