Valheim dedicated servers generally all receive the update by simply running a Steam Update, there is no special installation or config to enable this. It's a free base game update rather than a paid DLC – Iron Gate's own name for it is Hildir's Request – so there is nothing to buy and nothing to activate. If you have not picked a host yet, our Valheim server hosting plans run that Steam Update from the control panel.
For LOW.MS Customers simply:
- Login to the Control Panel
- Navigate to your server
- Stop your server
- Hit 'Steam Update' on the left hand
- Start your server
Hildir's Request went live on 22 August 2023 in patch 0.217.14, so a Steam Update is all the steps you need to get the content onto your server.
We generally advise that you start a new map, as the new content will only spawn into locations that you've not been to before, which for some players, means they dont get any new content.
For non LOW.MS Customers:
- Download SteamCMD if you don't have it already
- Execute this command: "C:\WhereYouInstalledSteamCMD\steamcmd.exe" +force_install_dir "C:\My\Server\FileLocation\valheim" +login "anonymous" +app_update 896660 validate +quit
