Valheim Tips

Public tips and tricks for accessing, using, and running the Valheim servers.

• Keybinds and Shortcuts
• Admin Commands

Keybinds and Shortcuts

Key	Purpose
F2	Player List and Info
F5	Console
Ctrl + F3	Toggle Hud

Admin Commands

Assuming you have been granted Admin privileges on a server, the following commands will be enabled for you. Press F5 to open the console.

Basic Commands

• kick [name/ip/userID] - Kick the user.
• ban [name/ip/userID] - Ban the user.
• unban [ip/userID] - Unban the user.
• banned - Shows a list of banned users.
• ping - Send a ping to the server to ger your latency.
• lodbias [number] - Set distance lod bias. If empty shows actual lodbias. By default 1.5
• info - Print system info

Cheat Commands

To enable Cheat commands, put imacheater into the console. To deactivate, enter it again. This will then unlock the following commands:

• god - enables god mode
• pos - print current player position
• goto [x,z] - teleport
• exploremap - explore entire map
• resetmap - reset map exploration
• killall - kill nearby enemies
• tame - tame all nearby tameable creatures
• hair - ???
• beard - ???
• location - spawn location
• raiseskill [skill] [amount] - raise skill lvl (example: raiseskill run 100)
• resetskill [skill] - reset skill level
• freefly - freefly photo mode
• ffsmooth - freefly smoothness
• tod -1 OR [0-1] - time of day? (unknown)
• env [env] - ???
• resetenv - ???
• wind [angle] [intensity] - set wind
• resetwind - reset wind changes
• god - enable/disable god mode
• event [name] - start event
• stopevent - stop current event
• randomevent - trigger random event
• save - force saving of world
• resetcharacter - reset character data
• removedrops - remove all item-drops in area
• setkey [name] - ???
• resetkeys [name] - ???
• listkeys - ???
• players [nr] - force difficulty scale (0 = Reset)
• dpsdebug - toggle dps debug print

References

1. In Game Console
2. https://guides.magicgameworld.com/valheim-server-admin-commands/