How much RAM does a Valheim server need?

Start at 4 GB for vanilla Valheim with a full group. Use 6 GB once you add a mod list and a large base, 8 GB for heavier mod lists and long-running worlds, and 12 GB for big modpacks or several worlds side by side. Valheim keeps explored terrain and built structures in memory, so an old world costs more than a fresh one.

How many players can join a Valheim server?

Ten. That is Valheim's own limit rather than a plan limit, and every plan includes all ten. Larger plans buy headroom for mods, bases and long-running worlds, not extra slots.

Can I move a world I have already started?

Yes. Upload the world's .db and .fwl files through the panel file manager or over SFTP, then set the world name in the Settings tab so the server loads it.

Yes, by installing BepInEx and your mods through the panel file manager or over SFTP. There is no one-click mod installer for Valheim in the panel — that exists for Minecraft only — so mods are a manual upload.

Does the server update itself when Valheim updates?

Yes. The server checks Steam for a newer Valheim build every time it starts, so a restart is all an update needs. You can turn that off in the panel if a mod needs an older build.

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Valheim server hosting that keeps your world running

Q: Can Xbox and Microsoft Store players join?

Yes, by switching crossplay on in the panel. With crossplay on, Valheim stops accepting direct connections and everyone joins with a six-character join code instead of the server address. Crossplay is off by default so the address the panel gives you works.

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Why not just host it yourself

A world that does not close when one person logs off

Valheim's in-game hosting ties the world to one player's session. Everyone else has to wait for that person to be online, their upload carries every other player, and the save lives on their machine. A dedicated server removes all three problems at once.

Raids still land, crops still grow and the day still passes while you are at work. Your friends join whenever they like, on their own schedule, at the same address every time.

The world files are yours: download them from the panel file manager or over SFTP whenever you want, and upload a world you have already started rather than beginning again.

What you get

On every plan

All ten player slots: Ten is Valheim's own limit. No plan here gives fewer.
An address you can share: Copied from the panel, or a free yiorashost.com name of your own.
Automatic Valheim updates: The server updates itself from Steam every time it starts.
Backups both ways: Valheim's own rotating world backups, plus panel backups you take yourself.

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Crossplay

One switch, one trade-off

Crossplay lets friends on Xbox and the Microsoft Store join a Steam group. It is a single toggle in the panel, and it changes how everyone connects — so it is worth knowing which one you want before you invite people.

Crossplay off (the default)

Everyone joins with your server address under Join IP. The panel can show who is online, and the server can appear in the community browser if you switch that on. Steam players only.

Crossplay on

Xbox and Microsoft Store players can join. Valheim then stops accepting direct connections, and everyone joins with a six-character join code instead of the address.

You can switch between them whenever you like — it takes a restart, and nothing about the world changes.

Sizing

How much RAM a Valheim server needs

Player count is not what drives it — every server is capped at ten. What grows is the world: Valheim holds explored terrain and built structures in memory, so a world you have played for months costs more than a fresh one, and mods cost more again.

Meadows

4 GB

Vanilla Valheim with a full group. The right starting point for most people.

Black Forest

6 GB

A mod list and a base worth defending, or a world several months in.

Swamp

8 GB

Heavier mod lists, and worlds that have been explored a long way out.

Mountain

12 GB

Big modpacks, or several worlds kept side by side on one server.

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Getting started

Four steps from order to first night

1

Order a plan

Your server is built automatically, with its own password already set.
2

Open the panel

One click from your dashboard — no second account, no second password.
3

Set the name and password

The Settings tab holds both, plus the world name and crossplay.
4

Share the address

Copy it from the Home tab. Friends paste it into Join IP and they are in.

Step by step, with screenshots: connecting to your Valheim server.

Let the world keep going without you

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