Valheim Help
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Getting Started
(2)How to Connect to Your Valheim Server
Connect to your Valheim server on WinterNode by IP, filtering the community server list, using Steam launch parameters, or joining from Xbox, PlayStation 5, and Switch 2 with crossplay.
Valheim Server Quick Start Guide
Change your Valheim server password, set a custom server name, secure access with a whitelist, and ban players using player IDs or names on WinterNode...
Tutorials
(9)Backing Up Your Valheim Server
Learn how to back up your Valheim server on WinterNode, including where 1.0 stores world data, restoring backups, automatic backup settings, and manual backups.
How to Become an Admin on Your Valheim Server
Add your Valheim player ID to adminlist.txt to become an admin on your Valheim server, and install Server_devcommands for commands like sleep.
How to Enable Cheats on Your Valheim Server
Cheats like fly, god, and spawn do not work on a Valheim dedicated server without a mod. Install the Server_devcommands BepInEx plugin on your own game client and join the server admin list to use them.
How to Find Your Valheim World Seed
Find the seed of any Valheim world. Covers the world select screen and printseeds for singleplayer, and the server console and Player.log for multiplayer servers.
How to Reset Your Valheim World on Your Server
Wipe your Valheim server for a fresh world by removing only the world save in worlds_local, keeping your Server Options, admin list, and mods.
How to Update Your Valheim Server
Update your Valheim dedicated server using the Auto Update server option. Covers vanilla servers, BepInEx and Valheim Plus servers, and whether you need a new world afterward.
How to Change Valheim World Modifiers
Adjust Valheim combat, resources, raids, and portals on your WinterNode server using the Server Options page or the in-game admin console. No mod required.
Import Your World to a Valheim Server
Import your Valheim world to your WinterNode server, covering the 1.0 folder save format and the older .fwl/.db pair, with steps for local, cloud, and server transfers.
Modding Your Valheim Server
Add mods to your Valheim server using BepInEx or Valheim Plus. Download plugins from Thunderstore, Nexus, or Hexium and upload them to your server.
Troubleshooting
(1)Reference
(5)Valheim Admin Commands
Native Valheim admin commands for kicking, banning, and unbanning players, saving the world, and changing world modifiers from the in-game F5 console. No mods required.
How to Find a Player ID in Valheim
Find a Valheim player ID for banning, whitelisting, or admin access. Since Valheim 1.0 this is the V_ prefixed ID from the in-game F2 player list.
Valheim Server Configuration Guide
The jumping off point for configuring Valheim Servers hosted at WinterNode using the Game Control Panel or server configuration files.
Valheim Player Limit
Valheim servers cap at 10 players. There is no max players setting to raise, and the mods that lift the cap depend on BepInEx being current with the game version.
Valheim Server Options
Reference for every Valheim server option on WinterNode: server name, password, world, auto update, crossplay, public server, server modifiers, player limit, backup interval, and beta branch.