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.
Valheim is a brutal Viking co-op survival adventure where up to 10 warriors carve out a home in a procedurally generated Norse purgatory.
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.
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.
Valheim server lag is rarely a hardware problem. Fix rubberbanding and desync: crossplay and the PlayFab relay, zone owners, the 64 KB cap and base size.
Crossplay sends Valheim traffic through the PlayFab relay. Here is how to turn it off in your panel, why Public server must be on, and how players join by IP.
Set or change your Valheim server password in the panel, keep it 5 to 20 characters, avoid the world name trap, and see exactly what players type to join.
The Delete PlayFab account button clears the crossplay login Valheim saved on your PC and fixes Failed to connect on a Steam-only server. Steps with screenshots.
Your Valheim server updates itself on every restart. Here is how to restart it from the panel, check the new build installed, and handle mods that break.
Xbox, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 players join a Valheim dedicated server with the crossplay join code. Here is where to find it and the exact steps.