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Valheim: 27 server guides on world uploads, BepInEx mods and server settings, from Play Your Way, in plain English.
Getting Started
How to make a Valheim dedicated server
Set up your Valheim 1.0 server: share the join code so friends on Steam, Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2 can crossplay, bring your world across and add mods.
Play Valheim Ashlands on your server
Restart to pull the latest Valheim build, then decide whether your old world can host the Ashlands or needs a fresh start. Includes mod notes.
Valheim dedicated server for PS5 and Xbox
No PC needed: run a crossplay Valheim server for PS5 and Xbox players, share the join code, and learn the three jobs that still need a PC.
Server Management
Manage and switch Valheim worlds
See the worlds on your server, switch with World name, import from your PC, download a copy or delete one.
Reset your Valheim world on purpose
Start a fresh Valheim world beside the old one, or wipe it and keep the name. Back up first, then pick a World name.
Save your Valheim world and set autosave
Change how often Valheim saves, how many automatic world backups it keeps, and the safe way to force a save before a restart or a risky change.
Settings & Admin
Add admins to your Valheim server
Make a player a Valheim admin from the Players tab or by ID, then restart. What admins can do, and the F5 console.
Change Valheim world settings on your server
Change world settings on an existing Valheim world without starting over: presets, combat, raids and resources from the Startup tab.
Enable PvP on your Valheim server
Valheim PvP isn't a server setting. Where the in-game PVP toggle is, and how the death penalty sets the stakes for your group.
Find a player's Valheim ID
Where a Valheim player's Steam or Xbox ID comes from, what the format looks like, and how the Players tab fills it in.
Kick and ban Valheim players
Ban from the Players tab, add a ban by ID, unban, and kick with the in-game admin console.
Spawn items on your Valheim server
The base game blocks spawn on a dedicated server. How to use the Server Devcommands mod, and the spawn syntax.
Valheim admin and dev commands
Which Valheim console commands work on a dedicated server, how to open the F5 console, and why devcommands need a mod.
Valheim dedicated server seed: set it or find it
Set the seed on a Valheim dedicated server or read the seed of a world you already have, and what a PS5 or Xbox player can and can't do without a PC.
Whitelist players on your Valheim server
Turn on the Valheim permitted list from the Allowed only tab so only listed players can join, and avoid locking yourself out.
Mods & Plugins
Add Epic Loot to your Valheim server
Install Epic Loot 0.15.4 from the Mods tab with Jotunn, get players on the same version, and change its settings from the server or in game.
Change Valheim Plus settings on your server
Edit the Valheim Plus config file: enable a section, then change carry weight, teleport rules, enemy scaling, workbench range and building limits.
How to install BepInEx and mods on your Valheim server
Install BepInEx in one click from the Mods tab or by hand, add Thunderstore mods with their dependencies, and keep players' mods matching the server.
Install a modpack on your Valheim server
Install a Thunderstore modpack from the Mods tab, know the 30-mod limit before you pick one, and give players the matching list.
Install Valheim Plus on your server
The original Valheim Plus stopped updating in 2022. Install the maintained 10.4.0 fork from the Mods tab and keep players on the same version.
Update mods on your Valheim server
Check Thunderstore for newer mod versions in the Installed view, update one or all, keep your settings, and send players a fresh code afterwards.
Files & Backups
Back up and reset your Valheim character
Valheim characters live on your PC, not the server. Find the files, copy them somewhere safe, or move them aside to start a fresh character.
Upload a Valheim world to a dedicated server
Move a Valheim world from your PC onto your server with World Import: zip it, drop it in, start up. Covers big worlds, old saves and errors.
Valheim world reset or missing? Get it back
Your Valheim server loaded a new or older world: base gone, boss powers kept. Find which world loaded, point it back, or restore an auto backup.
Game guides
Create a Valheim character
What the Valheim character creator offers, where your character file is saved on your PC, and how one character joins any world or server.
Valheim biomes in progression order
The order to tackle Valheim biomes, from Meadows to the Deep North, with each biome's boss and drops and what the Mistlands and Ashlands added.
Valheim bosses and Forsaken powers
Where each Valheim boss lives, what it drops and which Forsaken power it gives, from Eikthyr to Fader, plus what is known of the Deep North's boss.
Get a Valheim server
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A Valheim world from your PC uploads through the File Manager and loads once World Name in the Startup tab matches it. Mods run on BepInEx, uploaded from Thunderstore, and any mod that changes gameplay must be installed by every player at the same version.