As you may know, in online games there are admins who are responsible for handling the server. With the authority they have, they could see the player data, and notice any changes made to the server.
In Valheim, however, they can do something more. They can actually control the server through the utilization of Valheim console commands. Yes, Valheim also has console commands that can be used to edit or add things.
With these “Valheim cheats”, an admin can easily spawn items, and bosses, or even make changes to the map. For those who want to deal with the admin, it’s advised not to do so as there’s also a command to activate god mode, which basically makes them unbeatable.
Seeing all these interesting perks, it’s understandable that many people also want to become an admin on Valheim server and use the Valheim dev commands. Now, it’s not actually that hard to be an admin, especially if you actually own the server.
Follow the steps to activate Valheim commands below:
How To Become An Admin In Valheim
In this guide, I will show you how this can be achieved in minutes.The first step is to go to Scalacube.com and log in to your account.
Click on "Servers" and then click on "Manage server"
Click "Manage" again.
Go to the "Become admin" tab.
Copy your SteamID into the field and click "Give admin access". Wait for the process to finish.
You are now an administrator and can use admin commands in-game.
Summary:
- Log in to website
- Servers > Manage server > Manage
- Go to "Become admin"
- Add SteamID
Using other Valheim related features can be found on our Valheim server hosting page.
FAQS
Can anyone become an admin?Yes, anyone can be an admin as long as they are given the authority by the owner of the server. Before being able to use the Valheim cheat commands, the owner must give permission or access first.
As you can see in the explanation above, the owner may grant you access by putting your SteamID in become an admin option. That way, you can have all the interesting perks.
Can you use admin commands on Valheim server?
Yes, you can even enable the Valheim creative mode with these admin commands. However, in order to do so, you must first gain access to become an admin. Once you do, you can finally use all the admin commands to configure the server, along with the players inside.
You can start setting some whitelist or blacklist if you want to really restrict anyone random to join your server. Member that is obtained through “invitation” like this is highly loyal and controllable compared to randoms.
Can anyone join my Valheim server?
If you don’t set a particular password, anyone can basically enter your server. Although there will be more people in your server, there’s also a chance that everything got uncontrollable due to misbehaved players.
So, in order to prevent the trolls and scammers, it’s always better to set a password for your server. So anyone wishing to enter it should put in the correct password.
Why are all Valheim servers have passwords?
Still related to the above question, the reason why most servers are password-protected is that they would never let any random people join which can badly affect their healthy server environment.
So rather than having random players who just want to troll around and play without any set of rules to follow, it’s always better to only allow authorized players to enter to make sure that everything is more controllable.