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Explore our knowledgebase for game server hosting tips! Find helpful articles on server management, game installation, modding, and troubleshooting.
Your Valheim server has two backup systems and they cover completely different things. What Valheim's own rotation keeps now that 1.0 stores worlds as folders, what a LOW.MS backup holds (and what it leaves out), and how to restore in the right order.
September 13, 2026
Updated to Valheim 1.0 and the Deep North looks the same? Existing worlds only generate the new biome in unexplored land. Iron Gate's own wording, plus your four options and what each costs.
August 2, 2026
A complete guide to setting up and connecting to your Valheim dedicated server on LOW.MS, including first-time configuration, connecting with friends, crossplay with Xbox, PlayStation 5 and Switch 2, and uploading a 1.0 world.
February 3, 2026
Installing BepInEx mods on a Valheim dedicated server: how it works on your own box, how the Mods tab does it for you on a LOW.MS server, what Valheim 1.0 changed for mods, client-side setup with r2modman, and troubleshooting.
March 2, 2026
Check Valheim server status in two minutes: a Steam outage, a PlayFab crossplay outage, a dedicated server behind on the 1.0 update, or your own server offline.
Valheim 1.0 is out and the 1.0.12 hotfix followed two days later. The order to update in: back up first, update through Steam Update (a restart won't do it), what the new world folders mean, what crossplay changes, and what to check when players can't connect.
August 3, 2026
Whether a Valheim mod runs on the server, on each player's PC, or on both decides who can join and who gets kicked. How to tell the three apart, why console players changed the maths at 1.0, and how to install each kind on a LOW.MS server.
Valheim dedicated server crashes on startup? Read the Console for the line that explains it: a bad password, a mod not built for 1.0, a corrupt world, a half-finished update.
Fix a Valheim join code that won't resolve: grab the current code after a restart, turn crossplay on, match the 1.0 build, and spot a PlayFab outage before you touch the server.
A version bump the size of 1.0 breaks essentially every BepInEx mod until authors catch up. How to tell a broken mod from a broken server, get back online first, and reintroduce mods without guessing.
Where Valheim saves its worlds on your PC, what a 1.0 world folder and an older .db and .fwl pair look like, and how to upload either to your dedicated server and point the server at it.
June 7, 2023
A comprehensive guide to configuring your Valheim dedicated server, including world modifiers, admin commands, server launch parameters, and permission management.
February 17, 2026
Fixes for the common Valheim dedicated server problems since 1.0: can't connect and version mismatch, lag and long loads, world not saving or reset, mods not loading, crossplay join issues.
March 17, 2026
Every Valheim world modifier, preset and key explained: portal settings, raids, death penalty, the percentage keys, what to pick for solo play, and how to change them without wiping boss progress.
Hildir's Request is a free base game update rather than a paid DLC, so there's nothing to buy and nothing to activate. Here's how to get it onto your Valheim server, and why you might not see the new content straight away.
June 18, 2023
A full up to date list of commands you can use whilst you're an admin.
January 16, 2025
A quick guide on using the adminlist.txt file on your server
Valheim failed to connect or "incompatible version" after 1.0? Restart the server so it updates, then check the join code, password, crossplay flag and mods. Every fix, in order.
The three reasons a Valheim server gets stuck booting: a corrupted world ("World load failed mid-file, check backups"), a mod that hasn't been updated for 1.0, and a password that clashes with the world name. Plus incompatible version fixes.
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