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Valheim is one of the most exciting new survival games in years, giving you the full spectrum of Viking life: Mead, boats, swords, and obsessive attention to domestic details. If you want to go a-viking with up to 10 people Valheim‘s the best thing for it, here’s how to set up a Valheim dedicated server or how to host Valheim multiplayer yourself locally. Your multiplayer options might be confusing at first, especially if you need to transfer a world from one type of multiplayer service to another. 

Valheim can have a player host the game locally from their computer, storing the game world as their own personal file and essentially just inviting others into their game world for drop-in co-op. It’s good for a pair or trio who only play together.

Setting up a Valheim Dedicated Server can be a difficult process. There are a lot of steps and a lot of places where something could go wrong. However, if you want to avoid paying someone a monthly subscription just to host a server, then setting up your own is a great idea. The following aims to be a comprehensive guide that should (hopefully) answer all questions you have about creating a Valheim Dedicated Server setup.

Set up a Valheim Dedicated Server

Before you start, make sure you have some kind of notepad editing tool like Notepad++ and that you’ve enabled the ability to edit file extension types….

Valheim is the latest survival crafting game to take Steam’s playerbase by storm, and it’s largely thanks to the game’s multiplayer and PvP functionality. If you’re looking to jump in on the action with your friends, then follow our guide on how to set up your own Valheim dedicated server!

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Valheim is one of the most exciting new survival games in years, giving you the full spectrum of Viking life: Mead, boats, swords, and obsessive attention to domestic details. If you want to go a-viking with up to 10 people Valheim‘s the best thing for it, here’s how to set up a Valheim dedicated server or how to host Valheim multiplayer yourself locally. Your multiplayer options might be confusing at first, especially if you need to transfer a world from one type of multiplayer service to another. 

Valheim can have a player host the game locally from their computer, storing the game world as their own personal file and essentially just inviting others into their game world for drop-in co-op. It’s good for a pair or trio who only play together.

Renting or setting up a dedicated server is a fantastic way to play Valheim with friends. Instead of relying on one person to be the host, your group can have a persistent world to build and explore that’s easily accessible at any time. But a lot of players are struggling with the same problem: Their dedicated server isn’t showing up in Valheim’s in-game server browser. Even if you search for your server by name, there’s a good chance that it just won’t appear for your friends.

It’s a frustrating but well-known issue in the community, and it appears to be caused by Valheim’s in-game server browser not listing every available dedicated server. Until Valheim’s developers find a better solution, there’s fortunately a really simple fix you can try. Some of us at PC Gamer have been trying…