Valheim cheats: all the console commands and cheats you need

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Valheim, a survival game developed by Iron Gate and published by Coffee Stain Studios, hasn't been out long and is already incredibly popular. This Viking spin on the survival-crafting genre is fun to play with friends in a squad, but if you're by yourself, you can use a console command or seven to speed things up. Here's the full list of Valheim console commands and cheats.

Valheim Admin commands

ban [name/ip/userID] – Ban a player from server.
banned – List the banned players for the server.
kick [name/ip/userID] – Kick a player from server.
lodbias [0 - 5] – Set the draw distance for server
save – Save the world state
unban [name/ip/userID] – Unban a player from server.

Valheim Cheat commands

beard - Permanently removes your beard
dpsdebug - Toggles dps debug print on and off
env [env] - Enables debug environment
exploremap - Reveals the entire map
event [name-here] - Starts the event named in brackets
ffsmooth 1 - Adds smooth movements to free camera
ffsmooth 0 - Resets smooth movements to normal
freefly - Activates the free camera
genloc - Regenerate all locations
ghost - Toggles Ghost Mode on or off
god - Enables god mode
goto [x] [y] [z] - Teleports player to the given coordinates
hair - Permanently removes your hair
heal - Full heals you
killall - Kills all enemies that are nearby
listkeys - Lists all global keys
location - Sets spawn location
model [0 - 1] - Switches character model from masculine to feminine
players [number] - Adjusts difficulty, enter 0 to reset difficulty
pos - Shows player coordinates
puke - Resets fullness/hunger, restoring Health/Stamina
raiseskill [skill] [amount] - Raises the named skill by the value entered
randomevent - Starts a random event
removedrops - Removes all items dropped in the area
resetcharacter - Resets all of your character data
resetenv - Resets the debug environment
resetkeys [name] - Resets the key entered in brackets
resetmap - Hides entire map
resetskill [skill] - Sets specified skill level to 0
resetwind - Resets the wind angle and intensity
setkey [name] - Sets new global key
skiptime [seconds] - Skips forward specified time duration
sleep - Skips forward one day
spawn [ItemName] [Amount] [Level] - Spawns item entered in brackets
stopevent - Stops the current event
tame - Tames all nearby Creatures
tod [0 - 1] - Sets time of day, enter -1 to reset time of day, 0.5 to set to noon
wind [angle] [intensity] - Adjusts the direction and intensity of the wind

Valheim Player commands

help – List all commands
info – Print system info
ping - Show current server ping

Valheim is continuing to grow, with well over five million units sold so far. If you're having trouble getting started, consider consulting the beginner's tips and tricks to better understand this open-world Nordic adventure.