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Cheats and command codes can help make a game more interesting. Many games have a way to activate cheats, making it easy to tweak a game to your liking. This holds true forValheimas well. In this Viking-themed survival crafting game, you may access a variety of commands and cheats.
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In this guide, we are going to go over every cheat and command that you may use in Valheim. Additionally, we will take a look at how to enable the ability to use them. The words ‘Cheat’ and ‘Command’ can be interchanged; overall, they are both strings of text that you enter into the game to get a desired outcome.
Updated July 05, 2025:We’ve added a video guide to this article that teaches you how to use cheats in Valheim.
The Command Console
Before you may use cheats, you will need toactivate the command console.This is where you will type in the cheats that affect the game.
Depending on where you are playing, the steps to activate the console are different.
Activating The Command Console On Steam
On Steam, it’s relatively easy to activate the command console.From your game library, right-click on Valheim.This will open a menu; select"Properties…“at the very bottom.
Now, you will be on a new, pop-up window.From the General tab, type the following into the ‘Launch Options’ bar.
you’re able to now exit this menu and start the game! To use the console,press F5 and type in the following.
Now, you may use cheats in Valheim, which we will take a look at later.
Activating The Command Console On Xbox
To activate the command console on Xbox, you will need to hold down the following buttons.
Keeping all four buttons down,you will now want to press the Menu button.This will open up the console. Like with Steam, you will need to first type in the following before you can use cheats.
Activating The Command Console On Game Pass
Lastly, let’s take a look at how you’re able to activate the command console on Game Pass. To do so, follow the steps listed below.
After doing this, you can now start the game!To use the console, press F5 while in a game.Remember, you will still need to type in the following before you can use the cheats.
Complete List Of Commands & Cheats
Now that you know how to activate the command consoles, let’s take a look at the actual commands and cheats that you may use.
help
Displays all possible commands
info
Displays system information
ping
Displays ping
save
Force saves the game
ban [name/IP/userID]
Bans a player
unban [name/IP/userID]
Unbans a player
banned
Displays all banned players
kick [name/IP/userID]
Kicks a player from the server
lodbias [1-5]
Sets draw distance
restartparty
Resets network on crossplay
maxfps [FPS]
Sets maximum possible FPS
tutorialtoggle
Toggles hints from Hugin
fov [any number]
Adjusts field of view
dpsdebug
pos
Displays coordinates
exploremap
Reveals all of map
resetmap
Resets map to no exploration
Debug Mode
Debug mode isessentially a creative mode.To activate it, type the following into the console.
In this mode, you can use the following commands
Toggle no resource mode
Kills all enemies
Removes all dropped items
Fly
On Xbox, you can use the following commands to get similar effects.
What It Does
god
Toggle to become invincible, with the ability to instantly kill any enemy in one hit
ghost
Toggle to become invisible to enemies
raiseskill [skillname] [value]
Raises a select skill
resetskill [skillname]
Resets a skill
heal
Heals you completely
puke
Resets hunger, removing any food effects
model [0/1]
Changes character to other body type (masculine or feminine)
beard
Removes your beard (this cannot be undone)
hair
Removes your hair (this cannot be undone)
resetcharacter
Resets character data
killenemies
Kill all enemies
killtamed
Kill all tamed creatures
nocost
Makes all crafting require no materials
aggravate
Aggravates neutral mobs
recall
Recalls all players to your position
tame
Tames nearby creatures
location
Sets spawn location
goto [X], [Z]
Teleports you to specific location
event [name]
randomevent
Trigger random event
stopevent
Stops event
tod [0-1]
Sets time of day
skiptime [seconds]
Skips forward in time
sleep
Skips to next day
players [0-10]
Adjusts difficulty level based on player count
removedrops
Removes dropped items
env [environment name]
resetenv
Resets environment
wind [angle] [intensity]
Adjusts wind speed and direction
resetwind
Resets wind
freefly
Activates freecam movement
ffsmooth [0/1]
Sets smooth movement for freecam
listkeys
Lists global keys
setkey [key]
resetkeys [name]
Resets keys
removekey [key]
Removes specific key
Using Commands To Spawn In Items
Lastly, let’s go over the command used to spawn new items. The command format remains the same for all spawns, which you can check out below.
This can be used tospawn in certain items and mobs. If you are trying to spawn in an item, then you don’t have to enter a level, as this is only used for mobs.
There are a lot of possible spawns, so we recommendheading over to the Valheim wikifor a complete list of every possible command. This has an updated list, filled with hundred of possible commands. If you have spawned in too many items by accident, don’t forget to use ‘removedrops’ to get rid of all items laying around.
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