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. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and select your Valheim server.
2. In the sidebar click on Management > File Manager.
3. Select the .config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/ folder.
4. Here, find the file named adminlist.txt.
5. Add a new entry on its own line in SteamID64 format. It should look like this:

   adminlist.txt

   76561198072786081

6. Restart your server.

• Directory.config

  • Directoryunity3d

    • DirectoryIronGate

      • DirectoryValheim

        • adminlist.txt

Enabling Console

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

1. Open Steam.
2. Navigate to Library.
3. Right-click Valheim and enter properties.
4. Type -console in launch options.
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. Connect to your Valheim Server.
2. Press f5 to open Console.
3. Type devcommands to enable admin commands.

Multiplayer Command List

Now that commands are enabled here’s a list of Valheim Multiplayer commands.

Command	Description
ban [SteamID]	Bans the player
banned	Shows the banned players
help	Lists available commands
kick [SteamID]	Kicks the player
lodbias [1-5]	Sets the render distance for the server
noportals	Disables portals for the server
ping	Measures your latency to the server
save	Saves the server
skiptime [seconds]	Skips ahead in seconds
sleep	Skips to next morning
unban [SteamID]	Unbans the player

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

Command	Description
blowkiss	Blows kiss
bow	Bows
challenge	Try if you dare!
cheer	Woohoo!
comehere	Follow me!
cower	Show your fear
cry	T_T
dance	Dances
despair	When you enter the swamp
headbang	Headbangs
kneel	Kneels
laugh	Hahas
nonono	No?
point	Yes, you!
roar	Fear me!
s [message]	Shouts your message
shrug	Hmm
sit	Rests your legs
wave	Waves