Valheim server hosting

Valheim officially supports up to 10 players on a dedicated server. LOW.MS offers plans from 8 to 64 slots, with the larger slot counts intended for communities running mods that lift Valheim's vanilla 10-player cap. The vanilla game is best experienced with 2-10 players.

Yes. From the 1.0 launch on September 9, 2026 it covers every platform: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, plus PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2. Crossplay has to be enabled at both ends, on the server and by the joining player. On our servers crossplay isn't a toggle in Service Settings. It's set by which predefined line your server starts with in Commandline Manager, so you pick the crossplay line there. Once it's running, console and Game Pass players join with a six-digit join code rather than an IP and port. You can read that code from the pause menu in game, or from the server log. One myth worth correcting, because we used to repeat it here ourselves: enabling crossplay does not stop BepInEx mods loading. The flag only moves the server onto a different matchmaking backend and leaves the mod loader alone. The real limit is that console players can't install client-side mods at all, so anything client-side shuts them out whatever the server is running. Server-side mods are fine either way. There's a full walkthrough in our crossplay and join codes guide.

Absolutely. Valheim has a thriving mod scene built on BepInEx and Thunderstore, with thousands of mods available, from quality-of-life tweaks and building tools to performance optimisers and full gameplay overhauls. The easiest route is our panel's built-in Mod Manager, which installs popular BepInEx mods with one click and no manual setup. For anything outside the curated catalogue, open a support ticket and we'll get it installed for you, since for security the panel blocks customers from uploading .dll files directly. Worth correcting something this answer used to say: mods and crossplay are not mutually exclusive. Turning crossplay on doesn't stop BepInEx loading, and server-side mods keep working normally. What does bite is the console side, because Xbox, PlayStation and Switch players can't install client-side mods at all. So if you want console friends in the world, stay vanilla or stick to server-side-only mods. Our mod installation guide walks through the whole process.

You can connect three ways: via the Steam server browser (add your IP and port to favourites), via the in-game Join Game menu (search by name or click Add Server), or, if you have crossplay enabled, using a six-digit join code for cross-platform play. Your server IP and port are displayed in the LOW.MS control panel. The join code works differently, because it comes from the crossplay backend rather than from us. Read it from the pause menu once you're in the world, or from the server log. It's tied to the session, so it can change when the server restarts. Worth checking it again after an update.

Yes. Copy your world's .db and .fwl files from your local saves folder ("worlds_local" inside %appdata%\..\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim) and upload them via the LOW.MS file manager. Set the world name in your server settings to match the uploaded world, restart the server, and your existing world will load with all your progress intact. If you play through Game Pass rather than Steam, your world sits in cloud storage first. From the Valheim main menu choose Manage Saves, then Move to Local, and it drops into worlds_local as the usual pair of files. Worlds created on an Xbox console can't be exported at all. For what does and doesn't carry across, including the fact that characters stay on each player's own machine, see How to Move a Valheim World to a Dedicated Server.

There are two separate systems here, and it's worth knowing which is which, because they protect you from different things. Valheim runs its own backups with no setup from you. The world auto-saves every 30 minutes by default, and the server keeps a rolling chain of four backups, one recent plus three older ones. That happens on every Valheim server we run, and it covers you for a crash or an unclean shutdown. Cloud Backup in the panel is the second layer, and it's the one that saves you from what Valheim's own chain won't: a bad mod update, a world you've overwritten, a rollback you only noticed three days later. It's a button rather than a background job, so add it to Scheduled Tasks and you get a copy written off the server on whatever schedule you pick. Restoring is Cloud Restore, in the same panel. I'd set that schedule up on day one rather than the day you need it. Most people don't, and then 1.0 update day arrives.

A vanilla Valheim server runs comfortably on 4-6 GB of RAM, but modded servers and worlds with large builds benefit from more. All LOW.MS Valheim plans include 10 GB of RAM as standard, significantly more than most competitors who include only 2-4 GB at their base tier. If you need more, you can upgrade to 15, 20, 25 or 30 GB at checkout or later from the panel.

Add your Platform User ID to the adminlist.txt file and restart the server. Iron Gate's format is [Platform]_[User ID] and it's case sensitive, so a Steam player looks like Steam_76561197960287930 and an Xbox or Game Pass player like Xbox_2535416401464117. You can read a player's ID from the F2 panel in game, or from the server log when they connect. Edit that file through Configuration Files in the panel rather than File Manager. The panel keeps its own copy of the admin list and regenerates the file from it, so a hand edit made in File Manager can get overwritten later. Once that's done, the vanilla admin commands that actually work on a dedicated server are kick, ban, unban, banned and save, plus help, ping and info. Two commands you'll see listed elsewhere are worth knowing about: noportals is real but doesn't work remotely on a dedicated server, and lodbias only changes rendering on your own client, so neither does what most guides claim. Valheim's full devcommands set (god mode, fly, spawn and so on) is restricted to single-player by Iron Gate and doesn't work on a vanilla dedicated server either. If you want that on a dedicated server, install the Server devcommands mod by Jere Kuusela from Thunderstore.

Your Valheim is set up instantly after payment, allowing you to start hosting without delays.

Yes! Our user-friendly control panel gives you full control over game modes, maps, and server configurations over your Valheim server.

We provide 24/7 support for your Valheim server through live chat and email to assist you with any questions or technical issues.

Absolutely. If you're not satisfied with your Valheim server. We provide a full refund within the first 5 days.

Our Valheim servers use top-tier Intel or AMD hardware to ensure your server runs super smoothly!