Rent a high-performance Valheim server on fast hardware. Instant 60-second setup, free mods, always-on DDoS protection and 24/7 support — from $10.99/mo.
ONLINEEvery plan includes DDoS protection, NVMe storage, one-click mods and 24/7 support. Upgrade or downgrade anytime — no setup fees.
Prices in USD. * Slots are performance-based, not licence-capped. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Premium hardware, real protection and a control panel built for gamers — not sysadmins.
Your server is online in under 60 seconds — pick a plan, pay, play. No waiting, no manual config.
Always-on, multi-Tbps filtering on every plan and location keeps your world online through any attack.
High-clock AMD Ryzen cores and NVMe SSD storage deliver zero-lag tick rates and fast world loads.
Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Warsaw, Stockholm, Milan and Madrid — host close to your players for low ping.
Install modpacks and plugins straight from the control panel — no files, no fuss.
Real humans on live chat and tickets, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on every plan.
A rented server keeps your world online after the friend who used to host logs off, so the crew can farm, sail and build on their own schedule. According to the official Valheim Wiki, the dedicated server does not simulate the game itself. It holds the world in memory, relays traffic, checks the ban and permitted lists, and writes the save. The first player to enter an area simulates it, so one weak client can make a base stutter for everyone. The server's own heavy work is generating terrain as you explore and the periodic world save, which defaults to every 30 minutes.
Most admin decisions go in the launch line. -crossplay switches to Iron Gate's PlayFab backend so players on any platform can join with a join code. Without it the server stays Steam-only and players connect through Join IP. -preset, -modifier and -setkey set world modifiers such as hardcore death penalty, no raids or nomap. In permittedlist.txt, adding a single player locks everyone else out. To move an existing world, upload its .db and .fwl pair over SFTP and match the -world name.
Starter's 4 GB on 2 vCPU suits a fresh vanilla world for a small group. Plus gives you headroom as the world file grows over months of building. Pro's 8 GB and third vCPU is for a long-running world or a heavy BepInEx modpack. Players cannot connect when the server version differs from their game, so update from the panel after every patch. Several 1.0 hotfixes have shipped since the September 9, 2026 launch.
Iron Gate offers no official mod support and no Steam Workshop, so modded Valheim runs on BepInEx. That means the BepInExPack_Valheim loader plus plugins from Thunderstore. The panel installs both in one click, or you can upload plugin DLLs over SFTP. Valheim Plus continues as the community Grantapher fork. Server and clients both need it, and with serverSyncsConfig enabled, joining players receive the server's settings for the session.
Your Valheim server comes with the full GGameHost panel. Click through to see what you get.
Five steps, about two minutes. No command line, no port forwarding.
Choose the Valheim plan that matches your group. Starter suits a small private world; you can upgrade in one click later without losing anything.
There is nothing to install and no server to configure by hand. Payment goes through and your machine provisions itself in under a minute.
Your login is the email you signed up with. The panel shows live CPU and RAM, a real console, and one big Start button.
Pick your version, set the slots and allocate 4–8 GB. Mods and plugins install from the panel — no FTP, no config files by hand.
Copy the address from the panel and send it to your group. Plans here run up to 10 (more modded). That is the whole job — the server stays online whether or not you are.
Seven European locations, each with always-on DDoS protection and NVMe storage.
Pick the city closest to most of your Valheim players and tell us when you order — we deploy your server there.
See all locations →Valheim is a Medium-class game. For a smooth experience we recommend 4–8 GB RAM, scaling with player count and mods. CPU clock speed matters most for tick rate — our high-clock AMD Ryzen hardware keeps Valheim fast even under load, and you can upgrade in one click as your community grows.
Iron Gate's FAQ states that servers are capped at 10 players, and describes Valheim as a co-op game meant to be played with a couple of friends rather than an MMO.
The Thunderstore listing for the MaxPlayerCount mod refers to the same vanilla maximum of 10 and describes raising it through a configuration file; that mod's page states that it only needs to be installed on the server. Iron Gate's FAQ also states that the studio does not officially support mods, so a raised cap is a community solution rather than a supported feature.
All figures below are community measurements and recommendations, not stated in the official docs.
That last point is the one to weigh when picking a plan: a world that fits comfortably at launch will use more memory months later.
Cross-platform play runs on Iron Gate's crossplay backend (PlayFab). With it enabled on the server, players on any platform can join, according to Iron Gate's dedicated server guide.
