How To Add Admins In Valheim

Managing player permissions, including granting administrative privileges or banning players, is essential for maintaining a healthy gaming environment. Valheim uses a file called adminlist.txt to handle player permissions.

Setting Yourself As An Admin In Valheim

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and select your Valheim server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files.
3. 3
   Select the .config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/ folder.
4. 4
   Here, find the file named adminlist.txt.
5. 5
   Add a new entry on its own line using the prefix for the player's platform followed by their platform ID. For a Steam player it should look like this:

   V_76561198106341655
   

6. 6
   Restart your server.

The prefix depends on which platform the player is on:

Enabling Console

The Valheim in-game console is disabled by default, here are the steps to enable console if you wish to use admin commands while playing on your server.

1. 1
   Open Steam.
2. 2
   Navigate to Library.
3. 3
   right-click Valheim and enter properties.
4. 4
   Type -console in launch options.
5. 5
   Close the window and start your game.

Using Admin Commands

After setting yourself as admin and adding -console as a launch option you'll now be able to open and use the in-game console, here's how.

1. 1
   Connect to your Valheim server.
2. 2
   Press F5 to open console.
3. 3
   Type devcommands to enable admin commands.

Multiplayer Command List

Now that commands are enabled, here's a list of Valheim multiplayer commands.

Here are all the commands available in a multiplayer Valheim server, commands such as god, heal, freefly and more are only for singleplayer.

Fun Commands

Use them in the chat.