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There are many ways to play Valheim, but a dedicated server that acts as a home for a budding community is one of the best ways to survive.

Valheim puts players in the shoes of a dead Viking, trying to survive in purgatory and prove their worth to gain entry to Valhalla. However, players don’t have to go it alone and can join their friends to explore and survive together. One of the best ways to do this is via a dedicated…

Setting up a Valheim dedicated server is recommended if you want to get godlike bandwidth and enter ping Valhalla when playing with friends.

With over two million copies sold and hundreds of thousands of concurrent players on Steam in the weeks following launch, Valheim already has a huge following.

Though you can enjoy Valheim solo, it’s playing with others where the game comes into its own. If you’re serious about being part of a group who want to come and go from a single world with better hosting, then a Valheim dedicated server setup might be for you.

We’ll run through why you might need a dedicated server in Valheim, what you need to get it up and running properly, the step-by-step setup process and how to join a dedicated server when it’s…

You can play Valheim solo if you choose, but there’s a lot to be said for the co-op experience. The game supports up to ten people in multiplayer, and travelling to purgatory with a whole Viking clan on your side can certainly be a great help.

Whether you’re building a settlement from the ground-up or facing off against nightmarish bosses loosely inspired by Norse mythology (only much scarier), teaming up with other players means more people working to solve the problem.

Because co-op is very much baked in to Valheim’s design, you have a number of good options when it comes to multiplayer.

Smaller groups who always intend to play together can create a locally hosted game. For established groups with more complex requirements, a dedicated server might be the…