Getting Started
Getting Started with Your Valheim Server: Setup Guide
Your Valheim server installs itself on the first boot. Set the server name, password and world, keep crossplay on, and get your friends in with a join code.
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Valheim is a brutal Viking co-op survival adventure where up to 10 warriors carve out a home in a procedurally generated Norse purgatory.
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Configuration
How to Change the Resource Drop Rate on Your Valheim Server
Turn Valheim resource drops up or down from the Modifiers tab in your server panel. Pick a value, restart, and the new rate applies to your existing world.
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Mods & Customization
Best Valheim Server Performance Mods for Lag and Desync
Better Networking and Serverside Simulations are the only two Valheim mods that cut server lag. What each fixes, who installs it, and how to set them up.
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Configuration
How to Change World Modifiers on Your Valheim Server
World modifiers live on the Modifiers tab in your Valheim server panel. Here is what every value does, and why four of them need the server stopped first.
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Administration
Valheim Admin Commands and How to Become Server Admin
Admin on a Valheim dedicated server means kick, ban, save and the world modifier commands. devcommands and spawn are single-player only. Here is the real list.
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Troubleshooting
Common Valheim Server Problems and How to Fix Them
Friends cannot connect, the join code is dead, a mod does nothing, the server ran out of memory. The most common Valheim server problems, and the fix for each.
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Mods & Customization
How to Install BepInEx Mods on Your Valheim Server
Valheim mods only load on the BepInEx setup, never on vanilla, where a mod file just fails silently. Here is the full install, verify and configure flow.
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Troubleshooting
Valheim Failed to Connect: How to Fix It
Valheim saying Failed to connect? Delete the stale PlayFab account on the player's PC, then check the version, the port and the Public server setting.
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