Valheim console commands and how to use them

Surviving in Valheim can get pretty harrowing as you progress through the game. If you’re struggling and need some relief, console commands can provide a way to tweak your experience. Here’s how to activate and use them.

How to enable the console in Valheim

Steam

For the Steam version, just follow these steps.

• Right-click the game in your Steam library and select properties.
• In the textbox under “Launch Options” input -console.
• Launch the game.
• Press F5 during gameplay to open the console.

PC Game Pass

It’s a bit more complicated to enable the console on the PC Game Pass version.

• Navigate to the game’s installation folder. By default, it can be found at C:\XboxGames\Valheim\Content.
• Right-click on Valheim.exe and select “Create Shortcut.”
• Right-click the shortcut and select properties.
• In the textbox beside “Target” add -console to the end (after a space).
• Click Apply (or just OK) and exit the window.
• Use the shortcut to launch the game (you can copy and paste the shortcut somewhere accessible).
• Press F5 during gameplay to open the console.

Xbox

Getting to the console is much easier on Xbox.

• Press RB+LB+RT+LT+menu (the three lines) and the console will open.

How to use the console in Valheim

The console in Valheim can be used for an assortment of things. There’s a massive list of commands that you can do, but not all of them are going to be immediately useful. You can simply type / in the console and it will pop up a list of commands to scroll through.

Most likely, you’re going to want to stick to the cheats.

Valheim Cheats

In order to enable cheats in Valheim, there’s one additional step: you need to type devcommands into the console. Also, note that you can only use these cheats in singleplayer. Most commands can’t be used on multiplayer servers.

Admin commands

If you are set as the admin of a server, you can also use these commands to manage players.