Valheim

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Valheim

Developers
	Iron Gate Studio
Publishers
	Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
	Unity
Release dates
Windows	Early access
Linux	Early access
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival, Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy

Valheim is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person survival and adventure game.

The game was released to early access on February 2, 2021 on Steam, reaching over three million sales 17 days later.

General information

Official subreddit

Official Discord

Steam Community Discussions

Essential improvements

Improve the performance in OpenGL mode on Linux for AMD/Intel

Running the game with mesa_glthread=true %command% on Steam greatly improves the performance when running on Linux with Mesa driver library for AMD/Intel GPUs in order to utilize multiple CPU cores. Not required in Mesa 21.1

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/prefs

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

HUD Settings

Hide HUD The default hotkey to toggle the HUD is Ctrl+F3

Exclusive Fullscreen mode

Command line parameter
See Command line arguments. Type in -window-mode exclusive

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		10	Co-op, Versus PVP can be turned on. Off by default

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Dedicated

Issues fixed

Game runs poorly on Vulkan in AMD on Linux

Force OpenGL mode
Run the game with -force-opengl or -force-glcore, additionally you can also run with mesa_glthread=true %command% -force-opengl (or -force-glcore) for a much better performance. Will be fixed in the upcoming Mesa 21.1

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Glide	4.5	Alternate API on Linux
Vulkan	1.2	Default API on Linux

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	2.6 GHz Dual Core	Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 series DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Other		Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Any up to date version
Processor (CPU)	2.6 GHz Dual Core	Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 series	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Other		Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.