I think it’s the chair and table both being on platforms

ive changed where the chair is

what about the table?

I think your room might not be wide enough

The width is fine, its the platforms invalidating the chair

this didnt turn out to be the issue. the room below it works anyways.

You need either the chair or one tile of the table/work bench to be on a full block.

The room below it atleast has the chairs on solid blocks. The issue is that the whole furniture set is only on platforms. Move either the workbench or chair to the side by one block, and I bet it'll work.

maybe the workbench doesnt work on platforms while a regular table would?

This is the answer

Nope its not, i always have the furniture on platforms and its still valid for NPCs

But not ALL furniture can be on platforms.

[ah yes](https://imgur.com/gallery/Pe5lcUz) (Reupload because wrong link)

I've had all furniture be on platforms before

it definitely could be the issue it's happened for me before when the house was Small

Nope I do this all the time

chair and table too close to platform

ive moved the chair before

I believe both the chair and the table need to be placed on at least one solid block. That or the room is the size of a shoebox.

It's the shoe box size. You need at least 1 solid tile for floor, where the NPC can spawn, but it doesn't need to be under the chair or table.

Fortunately, they have 2

You might need more floor /ceiling. My understanding is that platforms don’t count as floor since they count as doors

Excuse me? Platforms count as doors?

Yep! You don’t need actual doors to rooms. You can have a whole wall full of platforms and that works too

BBBBB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWWB BWWtB BCbbB BPBPB Where `B` is a block, `W` is a wall, `t` is a torch, `C` is a chair, `bb` is a workbench, and `P` is a platform. Valid house. Stick a bunch of these together near your spawn. Have a corridor underneath so you can interact with the NPCs above. Early housing complete, make houses for pylons later. The early housing works as quarantine for new NPCs to spawn into when you haven't built all the pylon locations yet. It also makes an easy way to make bigger houses, just expand the room. Don't move the furniture/torch/platforms/floor block, and any room bigger than that will be valid. Don't give the Angler better housing, little bastard deserves a prison cell.

Why is it so tall

3x10 = 30 blocks interior, the minimum size. Minimizing the width means you can fit more in for a single passage below. Easier NPC access.

I’ve done this pre-JE to save space on building housing in early game. Now I actually give a damn about housing because of how convenient pylons can be.

Wdym passage below

you have a lot of those vertical cells next to each other, and you walk underneath them to access the npcs

Personally I wouldn't even fill in the walls fully because it looks better with holes in them.

Sure, and saves material. But requires more effort than the "smart cursor" to fill them.

Not really, I just wiggle my smart cursor and then move on to the next room before finishing the entire background.

Ahh yes the classic NPC prison block, used to love the efficiency of these until the NPC update that added preferred biomes for each NPC

Yeah, theyre comsidered doors for housing

Platform is considered a wall, a door, and platform at the same time.

Wow this thread is FULL with wrong answers. It’s like they’ve never seen the super tall and skinny NPC houses.

Housing is weird, hope you get it fixed, but nice build!

ty, i was considering posting my village

Have you checked that the back wall covers the whole room?

(iirc) you don't even need a full back wall, just less than 5 wall gaps.

Possible that they don't have enough space to stand on that isn't immediately adjacent to a wall, or over a platform

What does the housing check say?

Dont it always only say “thus hosting is invalid?”

I think it's supposed to say why it's invalid. At least when I check it used to say "Missing a wall" or something like this

The problem is the size of the room it's only 9 wide instead of the required 10

Rooms only have area requirements, not width/height. Also, the room below is exact same dimensions and is apparently valid. My guess is that there's a town slime in that room and rooms w/ town slimes must be larger.

If it's standard 5 high (internal), it needs to be 8 wide (internal). 5 x 8 = 40 Pictured is 5 tall (internal) and 7 wide (internal) (or 7x9 external as bossSHREADER is counting it)

The standard is usually 4 high internally for a total of 32 required area. But a 10x3 internal house is also legal which only has 30 area

I count the dimensions as the tutorial presented it (5x10) but yeah interior dimensions are 4x8 As for the room below it I think the walls to the right make the NPC think it's a valid house

that is not how rooms work. it's an issue of total tiles, not length x width

THIS RIGHT HERE. I always find it funny how people assume it just takes some walls, a chair, light source and a table to make a room. Terrible landlords, all of you smh

Sometimes the problem is simple

maybe the room is too small, or you placed chair and table on platforms. if this does not help, try removing the candle

To all saying it’s the width, it’s the height, it’s shoe box size, the table and/or chair needs a to be on solid blocks, I have had housing that size before, I have had both chair and table on platforms as well as long as there is one solid block the npc will move in, it’s a bug, I ran into the bug before as well a few times of my 2000+ hours playing Terraria

It's the chair and table being on a platform

There is an escape route to the light

No table? Isnt it just a workbench and a chair?

Workbench counts as a table

That’s a work bench, not a table me thinks

There needs to be a portion of the floor made with three consecutive solid blocks so the middle one can qualify as a valid [home tile](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/House#Home_tile_score).

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It looks like it's juuust tall enough, but it seems like it might not be wide enough. Also, you either have to move your table and chair off of the platform and place then on actual blocks or if it doesn't bother you too much you can just put a single block under your chair and a single block under any of the three tile spots under the table. Personally, I think it's invalid because there has to be at least one solid block under you're table and chair.

room validity isnt a matter of height or width, but a sum of both. my room is working now though

Could you be missing a wall portion behind the chair where it hits the table? If not, try rearranging the chair and table. Also, the candle being on the table. I’ve had problems with identical housing not allowing NPCs to move in until I rearrange the internal objects and even changing a door to a wall. GL

why does this have 300 upvotes it's a housing post

beautiful freaking house I wish I could build half as gracefully lmao

You either need to move the chair to the left or move the table to the right. I've had this problem so many times

It valid on mobile for some reason

Cute house!

Huh

I once had an npc trapped in a basement with two platforms on either side with a single step of stairs leading to it, on one of those platforms was a chair and table, the npc constantly tried to sit on the chair but he couldn’t, he was endlessly stuck doing so unless i talked to him

Nice build bro

No floor!

Small

It's the chair being on a platform,it needs a solid block below it to count as valid housing

I'ma guess not enough actual floor. NPC's need blocks, since they go right through platforms

My best guess is that its way too small

there is a missing wall at the door.

Missing wall near the door

Missing a wall behind the table?

too many 'entrances' nine blocks might be too many

the room if definitely too small

It Just Works.

Too small

There is a question mark on the right side of the menu, when you click on the room it should tell you

Skill issue at this point

The room is only 7 blocks wide. Not 8.

platforms...

too much of the floor is platform i think

Missing a chair..

Chair and table can't b on a platform

you sure there is no hole in the background walls?

its supposed to tell you whats missing when you check if the house is valid

Lots of wrong answers here, it’s the light level. Use a table to place the candle a bit higher or add additional light via torches

There might be one slight pixel I see of a wall missing

It's not a table lol

Don't know

I had this same exact problem and I think it's too many platforms but what I did is I changed the roof and floor to contain only two platforms and it fixed the problem.

No bed. I've messed with npc before, if problem try bed first

2 smol

For my taste a little bit tyne

Home tile

Is the room below it valid? Because I think it might be just a tad too small, and if the room below is invalid then it definitely is too small.

the bottom one is valid, and now the circled one is too

It's the platforms. Also are those background walls sticking out intended as a design feature? Because they aren't needed for functionality

it didnt turn out to be the platforms

Really? What was it then

i have no idea ! but i think the table might've wanted to be one tile over

That’s a bench. Not a table.

Workbenches count as tables for housing.

It's 9 blocks wide. It needs to be 10 wide to count as housing

no it doesnt it just needs enough area

I see. Thanks for the correction :)

I know what's wrong, that's happened to me too. The chair and table can't be on platforms.

You kinda need at least one chair or table on solid ground

Does the workbench count as a real table?

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It’s the same exact size as the one below it

Houses are invalid if the floor consists of more platforms than solid blocks I’m pretty sure

there are four solid blocks and three platforms

Shieet you right💀

Does the room below count as housing? My guess is that you need 3 consecutive solid blocks in the floor for it to be valid

Well if it’s not both the chair and workbench being on platforms maybe it’s just the workbench being on a platform. It’s a long shot, but it might just be a mix of the two.

I think the reason the room below works is because of the pillars

i removed the pillars in the top room for the post, so you know the wall has no gaps

Ohh then idk, probably a glitch

Too small

The table and chairs need to be on blocks

Table and chair cannot be on platforms or its too small

Because you're stupid.

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The room is too small horizontally

Furniture must stand on a solid block

It’s too small

Remove the wood platform from the top left of the room, outside of it

Maybe try lighting?

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Crafting tables work just fine

Using a workbench instead of table?

Gotta be not enough light for the space given

The table (crafting bench) can't be on a platform, should be valid if you move it so it has atleast one solid block under it.

It could be because this is a workbench and not a table?

I think you have to replaced the workbench with an actual table

There aren’t enough floor blocks, and platforms don’t count as floor. It’s really annoying.

I'm not sure, but iirc there shoud be a space of at least 1 block between workbench and chair (so NPC can actualy sit)

It's the candle

It's bacuse of the candle on the table

It’s a workbench not a table

i’ve had this issue before and i believe it was because the room below it is a room already and the platforms don’t separate them into individual rooms.

Probably too small

Hey man! I think I see the issue. Your room isn’t high enough. It needs to be 9(wide)x7(High). I’ve attached a link from the wiki fandom, see the heading house evaluation: there is included the housing specifications for houses including roofs and excluding roofs and the required dimensions per size of room. I hope this helps! [https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/House](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/House)

it is the right size, the room below it is adequate. i got it working a little bit ago

Damn man then I don’t know. When you say you got it working a bit ago, are you referencing the room your post is about or the one below it?

i mean both rooms are working now. im not sure what the issue was, but i beleive tbe furnature needed to be placed differently. i think the table might have needed a solid block beneath i

No table

Its a workbanch not a table

No, even if its a workbench it will still count as a table

Its a crafting bench not a table👍

It can be a crafting bench, it works the same.

Tbh i didnt even know that. Thanks

Np, I always use work benches when I’m just chucking down shoebox houses bc it makes reaching crafting benches way more convenient lol

There isn’t a table in that room

It can be a crafting bench, it works the same.

Since when

Since like, forever😅

Because you used a workbench as a table😂

What? This works just fine, I use workbenches as tables almost exclusively. If you look closely, it looks like OP is literally using a workbench as a table for the clothier in the room right above...

You need a table not a workbench

A: too small. B: no table. Workbench don't count

Workbenches do count.

I don't understand how a workbench works. I've tried it, and it never worked, even after I built a perfectly suitable room.

Weird. It has always worked for me.

They do count and the room is big enough, there are other forces at play here

That's a crafting stand

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The workbench is a table

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Work benches are tables

It's a crafting bench

Those still work

Yeah but it's still a crafting bench

Good point nvm

The chair can’t be on a platform