Valheim Server Hosting
Valheim server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
A small group with the portal rule, raid frequency and death penalty settled before anyone spawns in.
Custom builds from $9.00/month
- RAM
- 8 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- CPU
- 1.5 vCores
Standard
The ten players Iron Gate build Valheim for, on a world explored well past the Plains.
- RAM
- 12 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
Heavily explored worlds with BepInEx or ValheimPlus loaded, and crossplay bringing console players in.
- RAM
- 16 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 2.5 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 15% with longer billing periods
Built for Valheim: crossplay on from the first boot, and a world you can fork
Valheim is a ten-player game, so a server here is not about slots. It is about which backend it runs on, and what 1.0 on 9 September does to a world your crew has explored.
Your friends on Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2 can see the server
Iron Gate: "If you do not include this argument, the Steam backend is used, which means only Steam users can see and join the Server." That argument is -crossplay, and on 9 September the roster it governs grows to Xbox, PlayStation 5 and Switch 2. Servers here boot with it on. Is Valheim Crossplay? PC, Xbox, PS5 & Switch 2 Explained
You can start a 1.0 world without giving up the old one
Iron Gate warn that "biome generation will only work properly on areas that have not yet been explored", so a coastline your crew sailed two winters ago is already on disk. A server loads whichever world matches its World Name, so a new name leaves the old pair beside it. How to Upload Your Existing World to Your Valheim Server
Nobody gets to rehearse 9 September, so we keep the copy
Iron Gate have ruled out a public test branch for 1.0 — asked directly, the answer was "No." — so nobody boots a 1.0 server against their own world first, and every BepInEx plugin should be assumed to stop on the day. A world is a .db and .fwl pair, copied off-site daily. Valheim Version Mismatch and Update Problems
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Powerful Server Management
Every server comes with our feature-rich game panel — manage your server from anywhere with no technical expertise required.
Live Server Console
Monitor your server in real time with a built-in console, live CPU, memory, and network graphs, plus one-click start, restart, and stop controls.
Full File Manager
Browse, upload, edit, and manage all your server files directly from the panel — no FTP client needed. Drag and drop uploads, bulk actions, and more.
Startup Configuration
Fine-tune every aspect of your server with an intuitive variable editor. Selects, toggles, and validated inputs replace fragile command-line flags.
One-Click Backups
Create on-demand or scheduled backups with one click. Lock critical snapshots, download them for offsite storage, or restore any of them yourself.
Network & Allocations
Every server gets a dedicated port allocation behind always-on DDoS filtering. Ports are assigned when the server is built and matched to our firewall rules, so the ones your server needs are open before you log in.
Global Server Network
Pick a data center close to your players. The times below are measured live from your own connection, not quoted from ours. View all locations.
Valheim servers deploy from four locations. Dallas sits in the middle of North America and is the usual default for a community spread across the United States. Ashburn covers the East Coast and is the shorter hop for players in the eastern states and eastern Canada. London serves the UK, Ireland and the western edge of Europe, and Frankfurt sits central for Germany, the Nordics, the Benelux countries and most of Eastern Europe. Between them the four cover North America and Europe end to end.
The figures beside each city were measured by your own browser a moment ago, so read them as a fair guide to what players near you will see rather than a number we picked. If you choose the wrong one, moving is free: open a ticket and support migrates your server files to any available location at no charge.
What our customers say
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Valheim dedicated servers — for older worlds, and more of them
A Valheim world gets heavier as it gets older — every building piece, every dropped item and every tamed boar is world state the server keeps simulating, and BepInEx and ValheimPlus add to it. A dedicated machine is for the community running several of those at once: a main map, a modded one, a build server, all up all the time.
A single world for a normal group is well inside a shared plan, which resizes from the panel as the base sprawls.
Run it on our game panel
Hand us the machine and we deploy it onto the same GameServerKings panel you already know — one-click installs, mods, backups, and 24/7 support, managed on your behalf.
Or manage it yourself
Prefer full control? Take root access and run it your way. The box is yours end to end — we just keep the hardware and network humming underneath.
Valheim Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Valheim server.
Valheim
Kick, ban and save work on a dedicated server; the spawn and fly cheats do not, whatever your admin rights say.
Tell the still-maintained mods from the abandoned ones, and know what the 9 September 1.0 patch is going to break.
Move the base you already built onto the server, without it generating an empty new world over the top of yours.
Boot the world, get friends onto it, and avoid the password rule that quietly stops a new server from starting at all.
After a patch, players get locked out and the server drops off the list. Restarting fixes it, or one of four lookalikes.
Decide between hosting from your own game, joining someone else's server or running your own, with console friends in mind.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Valheim server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run a Valheim server?
A Valheim server here starts at $9.00 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1 vCore · 8 GB RAM · 20 GB storage
- $9.00/mo
- Fully loaded
- 2.5 vCores · 16 GB RAM · 40 GB storage
- $41.50/mo
- Dedicated IPv4
- Optional add-on
- +$5.00/mo
- Longer terms
- Paid annually or up front
- 5–15% off
RAM is the number worth getting right: Valheim loads the zones your players have explored, so memory use grows with the map they have opened up.
How quickly will my server be ready?
Your Valheim server is provisioned automatically within about a minute of payment. You'll receive login credentials to your inbox so you can connect straight away.
Do game updates install automatically?
Yes. Your Valheim server is kept on the current game build automatically — you don't need to patch it by hand or open a ticket when the game updates.
Can I install mods and plugins?
Absolutely. You have full file access via our control panel and FTP/SFTP. Install any mods, plugins, or custom configurations — we don't restrict what you run on your server.
What if I need to upgrade my resources?
Upgrading is instant. You can change your memory, storage, or CPU priority from your client area at any time without any downtime or server migration.
Is DDoS protection included?
Yes. Every Valheim server includes enterprise-grade DDoS mitigation at no extra charge. We absorb attacks at the network edge — your players won't notice a thing.
Are backups included?
Yes, and in two ways. Your Valheim server is backed up automatically every 24 hours to off-site storage, so there is a recent copy to fall back on if the machine itself fails — you do not have to set anything up for that. On top of it, every plan includes five backup slots in the control panel that are yours to use: take one with a single click before a wipe, an update or a mod install, or set a schedule so they run on their own, and restore or download any of those five whenever you like. Neither costs extra.
Do I need a dedicated IP?
Only if you want one. A dedicated IPv4 address gives your Valheim server its own entry in the in-game server browser and puts it on the game's default port, so players can connect by typing just the IP address. Without one your server shares an IP with other servers and uses its own port instead — it runs exactly the same and your friends can still join, they just need the IP and the port together. It costs $5.00 a month if you decide you want it.
Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
We offer a 72-hour money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied for any reason within the first 72 hours, contact us and we'll issue a full refund — no questions asked.
Can I switch server locations?
Yes. Contact our support team and we'll help you migrate your server data to any of our available locations at no charge.
Still have questions?
Our support team is available 24/7 and typically responds in under 5 minutes.
Open a support ticketDeploy Your Valheim Server.
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