Steam
- Open Valheim, pick your character and go to Join Game.
- Choose Add server and paste the address, then enter the password.
- Or add it to Favorites in the Steam server browser once and forget it.
203.0.113.42:2456
The hearth stays lit while your crew is away.
A Valheim dedicated server your crew can sail into any time, with crossplay between Steam and Xbox, no port forwarding and no host PC. Online in minutes, your world, your rules.
Try Valheim free for 24 hGet a Valheim server nowNo card for the trial · From $11.99/mo, 30% off yearly.
- Online in under 5 minutes
- 4 GB dedicated to start
- Ryzen 9 9900X + DDR5
- Free backups
- Your settings, your admin
Onlineup 41d 12:04:33
Serversquad-valheim
0 onlineYour squad decides how many.
- Server started
- Region
- North America
- Memory
- 4 GB dedicated
- Backups
- Free
How many are coming?
Every plan runs on the same hardware with the same backups and the same panel. The only difference is memory, so pick by how many of you play at once.
players
Party plays well with 8.
Squad
$11.99/ monthBilled monthly
4 GB RAM
- Memory
- 4 GB DDR5Guaranteed
- CPU
- Ryzen 9 9900X4 threads · 5.6 GHz boost
- Storage
- Fast NVMe
- Players
- Plays well with 4
A vanilla crew of friends sailing one world at their own pace.
Choose Squador try Squad free for 24 hoursParty
$16.99/ monthBilled monthly
6 GB RAM
- Memory
- 6 GB DDR5Guaranteed
- CPU
- Ryzen 9 9900X4 threads · 5.6 GHz boost
- Storage
- Fast NVMe
- Players
- Plays well with 8
A bigger crew, or a small one with a few quality-of-life mods.
Choose Partyor try Party free for 24 hoursClan
$21.99/ monthBilled monthly
8 GB RAM
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR5Guaranteed
- CPU
- Ryzen 9 9900X4 threads · 5.6 GHz boost
- Storage
- Fast NVMe
- Players
- Plays well with 10
The full ten-Viking world, heavy mod packs, huge builds.
Choose Clanor try Clan free for 24 hours
Every plan includes
- A panel made for your game: settings, players and crossplay, no config files
- High availability: 1 day of credit for every hour we are down
- Memory ready when you need it, no per-player fees
- Free backups every night, a copy kept off-site, restore in one click
- You choose when the game updates, so mods keep working
- DDoS protection included
- Free move from co-op or another host, done by our support
- Online in under 5 minutes
- Free, specialized support from real people, no bots
- Cancel from the panel, never charged after that
Your world, your settings.
Every setting Valheim exposes is yours from the panel. Change it, restart, done. Nobody else has admin, and nobody else gets a vote unless you give them one.
Difficulty, rates, rules, passwords and who gets in. If the game can do it, you can set it. If it needs a config file, the panel opens it for you.
- Combat
- Very easy to very hard
- Death penalty
- Keep your skills, or hardcore
- Resource rate
- Vanilla to triple
- Raids
- None, or every other night
- Portals
- Ore through portals, if you allow it
- Map
- Shared exploration, or fog of war for everyone
Getting your friends in.
No invites to accept, no accounts to link. The server has an address and a password. Paste them in Discord and the setup is over.
Xbox and Microsoft Store
- Start the server with crossplay on and it prints a six-character join code.
- Console and Store players enter that code under Join Game.
The join code changes when the server restarts. It is on the server’s panel page so nobody has to dig through logs.
# squad
server's up. 203.0.113.42:2456
password's in the pins. get in.
Read up, or skip it.
Everything we know about running Valheim, written down. Follow the guides on your own PC, or let the server do it for you.
Corrupted Valheim World: Recovery Steps That Work
Recover a Valheim world safely: rule out a wrong save path, preserve every file and test a known-good backup on an isolated copy.
Valheim Save Location: Find the World You Actually Use
Find the Valheim save location on Windows, Linux, Xbox, Game Pass, or a server, then confirm which copy to protect before you touch it.
Valheim Client-Side Mods: Check Compatibility Before You Join
Check Valheim client-side mods against package requirements, dependencies and server rules before you join a shared world.
Quick answers
How much memory does a Valheim server need?
Our starting recommendations are 4 GB for four players, 6 GB for eight and 8 GB for ten. These are plan recommendations, not measured requirements for every world. Check your actual busy sessions, CPU and memory use, and mod compatibility before choosing or changing plans.
Does Valheim crossplay work on a dedicated server?
Yes. Start the server with crossplay enabled and Steam, Xbox and Microsoft Store players share one world through a join code. Steam players can still join by address.
How many players fit on a Valheim server?
Valheim is built for ten Vikings at a time. Mods can raise that, but the game gets grumpy past it. Pick a plan by how many play at once, not by how many are in the Discord.
Can I bring my existing world?
Yes, and we can move it for free: open a support ticket with a .zip of the world, or your old host’s login details (deleted as soon as the move is done). Since Valheim 1.0 each world is a folder in worlds_local (its .fwl2 and .db2 files plus chunks); you can also upload it yourself and the server continues where you left off. Older .db and .fwl worlds still work: Valheim converts them the first time the server loads them.
Can I use mods?
Valheim community mods commonly use BepInEx. Check each package’s game-version support, dependencies and client/server requirements; not every plugin belongs on every client. Confirm server OS, file access and support for your exact mod list with us before choosing a plan. Console compatibility requires a separate check.
Does the world keep going when nobody is online?
Time in Valheim only passes while someone is playing, but the server itself is always there. Whoever logs in first plays right away, without waiting for a host to boot up.
Are backups of my Valheim world included?
Yes, for free, in two layers. Every server has three panel backup slots you can take by hand or on a schedule, and restore, download or lock in one click. On top of that, Valheim keeps its own copies of the world, and you choose how many and how often in the panel settings.
What happens when Valheim updates?
The server updates every time it starts, because players’ games update themselves and can’t join a server that is behind. You decide: if your BepInEx mods are not ready for the new version, turn automatic updates off in the panel and the server stays on its version until you turn them back on. Players on PC, Xbox and PlayStation all need the same version to join.
Lobby is open
Press start.
Be the friend who got the Valheim server, not the one who kept saying “next weekend”.