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Much can be said about Valheim and the success that Iron Gate has had with this open world, Viking-styled survival game.

Over recent months there have been countless articles discussing why this game has had such massive success. Although its number of players has started to decline, there can be no denying the wave of excitement it brought to the gaming industry.

If you are not familiar with Valheim (where have you been?) here are a few numbers that might be of interest to you: it had one million downloads within the first week, three million downloads within two weeks and over five million downloads during the first month. The peak number of players online at any one time reached half a million, and whilst the number of people playing now is nowhere near the lofty…

After launching on Steam back in February, the new indie survival game Valheim was able to sell 5m copies in its first month alone despite still being in early access.

Created by a small group of Swedish developers at Iron Gate Studio, Valheim puts you in the role of a fallen Norse warrior trapped in purgatory and you’ll need to explore multiple biomes and craft new items to progress.

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Ever wondered how to set up your own server in Valheim? Valheim is best played in co-op, and local servers dedicated can cause games to lag and have other connection issues. It can be an arduous task, but setting up your own dedicated server has a variety of benefits for your own playing experience and that of your friends. Changes to dedicated servers were also made in the most recent patch update.

The most crucial benefit of hosting your own Valheim server is that it will run for as long as you want, and other players can be playing even while the host is offline. Hosting such a server requires a lot of work from a…

Valheim’s latest patch hopes to reduce latency when playing on dedicated servers, along with a few minor fixes.

Valheim update 0.147.3 has arrived, and it’s a smaller update that hopes to solve some of the latency problems that were introduced in last week’s patches. The biggest change is to dedicated servers which now offer a direct connection to players rather than routing through Steam Datagram Relay (SDR).

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Although Valheim can be played entirely solo, it’s much more fun to load the game up with a couple of friends to play with.

To this end, there are two main ways of connecting with friends in Valheim. Players can either set up a dedicated server, or they can simply run with a local host, both of which have their own drawbacks and advantages.

Choosing between a dedicated Valheim server or playing with a local host

There are two main things to account for when choosing between setting up a dedicated server and just playing with a local host. The first is when/how often players will be playing together, and second is how many players will be playing.

To play with just a few friends who only want to play together, and are willing to wait for everyone to be available to play, local hosting…