Valheim

Valheim Cheats Guide: All Console Commands and How to Use Them

Posted on Jun 26, 2023 by justin

Sometimes you need a helping hand in Valheim to fight enemies, farm items, and complete objectives, as the game can take significant hours of progressing and grinding along the way. For players who are looking to save time or simply cut corners, here we'll go over all of the Valheim console commands and cheats that players can take advantage of.

How to Use Cheats in Valheim

It’s important to mention that Valheim cheats only work in single-player settings. Attempting to use console commands meant for single-player mode in multiplayer scenarios will typically only result in sending normal chats. Players can install mods to extend this functionality but do so at your own risk. Before utilizing cheats and console commands in Valheim, you must first activate Valheim’s console. Generally, you only need to press the “F5” key on your keyboard to make the console appear. But if it doesn’t work, follow these steps:

Close Valheim if it’s running
Go to the Valheim folder in your Steam library
Right-click on the game’s name in the sidebar, then select “Properties”
In the Properties window, select “General,” then go to “Launch Options”
Type “-console” without the quotes under the Launch Options field

If done correctly, return to Valheim, and start a single-player instance. Press the “F5” key on your keyboard, which should now bring up the game’s console. Next, type “devcommands” without the quotes, and press enter. A confirmation should appear, telling you that you can now use cheats in Valheim. Tip: If you’re using an Xbox controller to play Valheim, you can open the game’s console by pressing the Right Bumper, Left Bumper, Right Trigger, and Left Trigger simultaneously. Then, press the Xbox button. Press these buttons again to close the console.

Valheim Cheat List

Below are all the lists available in vanilla Valheim. Players can also type “help” without the quotes in the console for a list of enterable commands.

Character Cheats

god: Makes the character invincible
ghost: Makes the character invisible
heal: Restores health to full
puke: Resets hunger, health, and stamina to default
pos: Shows the character’s current position
hair: Change the character’s hair or removes it
beard: Change the character’s beard or removes it
model [0/1]: Switches your character between masculine and feminine bodies.
resetcharacter: Resets character data
raiseskill [skill] [amount]: Raises a specific skill’s level
resetskill [skill]: Resets a specific skill to 0
clearstatus: Removes all status effects
heal: Restores health and stamina to full
nocost: Building has zero costs
puke: Empties stomach
setpower: Sets current guardian power and resets cooldown

Map Cheats

exploremap: Reveals the entire map
find [text] [pingmax]: Searches specified areas and places pins on them
genloc: Resets all locations
goto [x,z]: Teleports the character to the specific coordinates
location [location]: Spawns a particular location
nextseed: Forces the next dungeon to a seed
nomap: Disables the map for all players
optterrain: Optimize terrain mods
pos: Display the player’s current position
printlocations: Displays the count of all loaded locations
printseeds: Displays the seeds of all loaded dungeons
recall [name]: Recalls all players in the server to the specified player
resetmap: Resets map exploration
resetsharedmap: Resets shared map data
resetspawn: Resets spawn location to default

Warning: Some map cheats will permanently disable world saving. Create a backup file first before entering these console commands.

Mob Cheats

aggravate: Aggro all nearby neutral creatures
killall: Kill all nearby creatures
killenemies: Kill all nearby enemies
killtame: Kill all nearby tamable creatures
printcreatures: Shows the count and level of all active creatures
removebirds: Removes all birds
removefish: Removes all fish
tame: Tame all nearby tamable creatures

World Cheats

env [weather]: Override environment based on weather parameter
event [event]: Trigger specified event
noportals: Disables all portals for current server
players [number]: Force the world’s difficulty to scale based on the number of set players
event: Trigger a random event
resetenv: Disables the environment override command
resetwind: Resets wind behavior to default
save: Force saves the world
skiptime [seconds]: Moves time forward based on the number of in-game seconds specified
sleep: Skips in-game time to next morning
stopevent: Stops any current event
time: Displays the current in-game time
timescale [target] [fadetime]: Sets timescale
tod: Sets time of day based on specified variable

Server Admin Commands

ban [name/ip/usedID]: Ban specified user
banned: Display list of banned users
kick [name/ip/userID]: Kick specified user
ping: Displays ping
restartparty: Restarts playfab party network
unban [ip/userID]: Unban specified user
lodbias: Set draw distance for server

Miscellaneous Commands

bind [keycode] [command and parameters]: Binds a set key to a console command
clear: Clear the text in the console command window
debugmode: Enter debug mode
dpsdebug: Toggle DPS debug print
exclusivefullscreen: Switches between fullscreen or borderless window settings
gc: Displays garbage collector information
help: Displays list of all console commands
info: Displays system information
maxfps [FPS]: Sets maximum FPS limit
printbinds: Displays current key binds
resetbinds: Resets all custom key binds to default
resetkeys: Clear all global keys
setkey [name]: Sets a global key to specified name
tutorialreset: Resets the tutorial data
tutorialtoggle:Toggles all of Hugin’s hints