Valheim Cheats – Command Console Cheat Codes

The best thing about playing video games is the fact that everyone can play them differently. Of course, some might argue that this is not all that good of a thing and that it can cause issues between players. However, when you’re playing a single-player game you can feel free to do your own thing and play how you want.

Valheim is a game that offers both multiplayer and single-player. Nevertheless, some friends may not appreciate your playstyle if it involves cheating. And besides, Valheim cheats are automatically turned off for this game mode. For that reason, you’ll probably want to be looking at this guide only when you’re playing Valheim alone.

It’s no secret that pretty much every game has a command console where you can enter cheat codes. The main function of these is for developers to do bug testing and check if certain game features work. However, they may also leave them in the game to allow players more freedom in how to play their game.

Whether you’re looking to regain some hard-earned lost items or you don’t want to worry about materials and just want to relax while building your house, we’ve got you. Use our Valheim cheats list to achieve anything you want in this open-world survival game! Without further ado, let’s get cheating.

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How to enable cheats in Valheim and how to use them?

There are different ways to enable cheats in Valheim depending on the platform you’re playing on. Valheim is currently available only on PC and Xbox. Luckily, Valheim cheats are available on both of these platforms.

The methods are different for the Steam version and PC Game Pass version of Valheim.

To be able to use cheats and console commands in Valheim, you’ll need to enable them. For the Steam version, you’ll first have to find Valheim in your Steam library and right click it then select Properties. Find the General tab and the Launch Options field. In this field, type in “-console” and close the window. Then you have to enable the cheats in-game by pressing F5 to open the console commands box and type in “devcommands”. 

The PC Game Pass version is a bit more tricky. You’ll have to navigate to the game’s installation folder and find Valheim.exe. Then, right-click the file and select Create shortcut, then drag it to your preferred location. Now right-click the shortcut, select Properties, and add “-console” in the Shortcut tab to the end of the Target field. Don’t forget to click Apply before clicking OK to close the window. If you want to use cheats, you have to launch the game from this shortcut. This lets you press F5 to open the console commands box just like in the Steam version.

To enable cheats on Xbox, simply hold down LT, RT, LB, and RB then press the Xbox menu button. This opens the console commands box where you can also type in “devcommands” to enable cheats.

Special note for Steam users, you’ll have an additional step before you can activate cheats in Valheim. Find Valheim in your Steam library and right click it then select Properties. Find the General tab and the Launch Options field. In this field, type in “-console” and close the window. 

Now that you’ve done this, you can use any cheat in the game by typing it into the console command box. To turn off cheats, you just have to type in “devcommands” into the box again to disable cheats in Valheim.

Now we get to the fun part which is using the Valheim cheats!

PC Cheat list for Valheim

The following is a list of all available cheats for Valheim on PC.

Player Commands

These commands don’t count as cheats as you don’t have to enable dev-commands to use them. You can also use these in the chat window by writing “/” and then the command you want.

• bind [keycode] [command] – Binds a custom command to a Unity keycode.
• challenge – Challenge emotion.
• cheer – Cheer emotion.
• clear – Clears the console window.
• fov [number] – Changes field of view.
• hidebetatext – Toggles beta text visibility.
• help [page] [pages = 5] – Shows available commands.
• info – Prints the current system information.
• lodbias [number] – Sets the draw distance for the server from 1 to 5.
• nomap – Toggles map visibility and the nomap global key on servers.
• noportals- Toggles the noportals global key on servers.
• nonono – Nonono emotion.
• optterrain – Converts all terrain modifications before Update 0.150.3 in the nearby area to the new system.
• point – Point emotion.
• ping – Pings the server.
• printbinds – Prints current custom command binds.
• printseeds – Prints seeds and positions of nearby dungeons.
• resetbinds – Removes all custom command binds.
• resetsharedmap – Removes shared map data from the cartography table.
• resetspawn – Resets the spawn location.
• respawn – Kills the player character.
• restartparty – Restarts the playfab party network.
• s – Shouts a chat message.
• say – Says a chat message.
• sit – Sit emotion.
• thumbsup – Thumbs up emotion.
• tutorialreset – Resets viewed tutorial messages.
• tutorialtoggle – Toggles whether tutorials are shown.
• unbind [keycode] – Clears all custom command binds from a Unity keycode.
• wave – Wave emotion.
• W [player name] – Whispers a chat message to a player.

Admin Commands

You can only use these commands if your SteamId is in the server’s admin list.

• ban [name/ip/userID] – Bans the named user.
• banned – Shows a full list of banned users.
• kick [name/ip/userID] – Kicks the named user.
• save – Forces the game to save.
• unban [name/ip/userID] – Unbans the named user.

Cheat Commands

These are the commands that will interest most players. They can manipulate game progression, which makes them cheats. You won’t be able to use these on a multiplayer server, only in a single-player save file.

• addstatus [name] – Adds a status effect (Rested, Burning, SoftDeath, Wet, etc).
• aggravate – Aggravates neutrals within 20 meters.
• beard [beard#] – Permanently changes your beard, if you omit the argument it removes the beard.
• clearstatus – Removes any status effects.
• dpsdebug – Toggles dps debug print on and off.
• env [env]- Sets debug environment from variables: Clear, Twilight_Clear, Misty, Darklands_dark, Heath clear, DeepForest Mist, GDKing, Rain, LightRain, ThunderStorm, Eikthyr, GoblinKing, nofogts, SwampRain, Bonemass, Snow, Twilight_Snow, Twilight_SnowStorm, SnowStorm, Moder, Ashrain, Crypt, SunkenCrypt.
• exploremap – Reveals the entire map.
• event [name] – Starts the named event.
• ffsmooth 1 – Adds smooth movements to free camera.
• ffsmooth 0 – Resets smooth movements to normal.
• forcedelete [radius=5] [*name] – Removes objects within a given radius (up to 50 meters). If an id is given, only objects that contain the name on their id will be removed. It’s impossible to remove the following: Players and tombstones, Valkyrie, Points of Interest (locations), Dungeons and their rooms, Vegvisirs, Boss stones at the start temple
• find [text] [pingmax] – Finds matching objects and pings them on the map. Pingmax defaults to 1; if greater, will place pins on the map instead.
• fly – Toggles the fly mode.
• freefly – Toggles the free camera.
• gc – Shows garbage collection information.
• genloc – Redistributes all unplaced locations.
• ghost – Toggle the ghost mode, making enemies ignore you.
• god – Enables god mode.
• goto [x] [z] – Teleports the player to the specified coordinates.
• hair [hair#] – Permanently changes your hair, if you omit the argument it removes the hair.
• heal – Heals you to full Health.
• itemset [name] [keep] – Spawns a premade item set. Without the ‘keep’ flag, all current items will be dropped. Item set names are:
  • Meadows: Skills set to 1. Wood/flint weapons with a Bronze pickaxe. 
  • BlackForest: Skills set to 10. Wood/flint weapons. 
  • Swamps: Skills set to 10-20. Bronze weapons and armor. 
  • Mountains: Skills set to 25. Iron weapons and armor. 
  • Plains: Skills set to 35. Silver weapons and wolf armor. 
  • PlainsBoss: Skills set to 40. Blackmetal weapons and padded armor. 
  • Mistlands: Skills set to 70. Upgraded Blackmetal weapons, padded armor. 
  • MistlandsGear: Skills set to 70. Mistlands weapons and carapace armor. 
  • MistlandsMage: Skills set to 70. Eitr armor, all magical staffs and Eitr food. 
  • MistlandsWarrior. Skill set to 70. MIstlands weapons and carapace armor. 
  • Fisherman: Skills set to 40. Fishing rod, 50 of each bait, 5 of each Fish and Fenris armor.
• killall – Kills nearby enemies and tamed creatures,
• killenemies – Kills nearby enemies.
• killtame – Kills nearby tamed creatures.
• listkeys – Lists all global keys.
• location [name] – Spawns a location instance. Permanently disables saving.
• location [name] SAVE – Spawns a location instance. Saving is not disabled.
• model [0-1] – Switches character model from masculine to feminine.
• nextseed – Forces the next dungeon to a seed (regenerates it). Permanently disables saving.
• nocost – Toggles the no cost mode (same as in the debug mode).
• players [number] – Adjusts the difficulty scale. Entering 0 resets the difficulty.
• pos – Shows the player’s coordinates.
• printcreatures – Prints the counts and levels of active creatures.
• printlocations – Prints the loaded locations with their distances and offsets to the player.
• puke – Resets fullness and hunger.
• raiseskill [skill] [amount] – Raises (or lowers) the named skill by the value entered.
• randomevent – Starts a random event.
• recall [name] – Teleports all players matching the name to your position. Without name argument, teleports all players.
• removebirds – Removes all active birds.
• removedrops – Removes all item drops in the area (same as in the debug mode).
• removefish – Removes all active fish.
• removekey [name] – Removes a global key.
• resetcharacter – Resets all of your character data.
• resetenv – Resets the debug environment.
• resetkeys [name] – Removes all global keys. 
• resetmap – Hides the entire map.
• resetskill [skill] – Sets specified skill level to 0.
• resetwind – Resets the wind angle and intensity.
• save – Forces the game to save the current world state.
• setkey [name] -Adds a global key.
• setpower [name] – Sets the current Forsaken power and resets the cooldown (GP_Eikthyr, GP_TheElder, etc).
• skiptime [seconds = 240] – Skips forward, changing day number and time of day. Note that pretty much everything stops working. Enemies will stop spawning, animals and plants will stop growing, and your crafting stations may stop working until you revert to the original time.
• sleep – Skips forward one day.
• spawn [entity name] [amount] [level] – Spawns specified entity (see ItemIDs for a list of spawnable entities).
• stopevent – Stops the current event.
• tame – Tames all nearby Creatures.
• test [value] – Toggles a test value. 
• oldcomfort: Reverts to old non-optimized comfort calculation.
• time – Shows the current time and whether sleeping is possible.
• timescale [target = 1] [fadetime = 0] – Sets the speed of time. Up to 3x speed. Fadetime sets the transition duration. Value 0 pauses the game. Freefly works while paused.
• tod [0-1] – Sets time of day. 0 and 1 are both midnight. 0.5 is noon. -1 revert to default.
• wind [angle] [intensity] – Adjusts the direction and intensity of the wind. angle = degree vector from 0 to 360 (0 is wind from south, 270 is wind from east going clockwise) intensity = value from 0 to 1.0

Xbox Cheat list for Valheim

Xbox players will be happy to know that all the Valheim cheats on PC will also work on the Xbox version of the game.

What are the most popular console cheats in Valheim?

Some of the most popular Valheim cheats are definitely the ones that directly affect the player. Most players will spawn in items and reset their hunger state.

Here is a list of the most popular console cheats in Valheim that we think you’ll definitely want to use:

• exploremap – Reveals the entire map.
• fly – Toggles the fly mode.
• ghost – Toggle the ghost mode, making enemies ignore you.
• god – Enables god mode.
• goto [x] [z] – Teleports the player to the specified coordinates.
• heal – Heals you to full Health.
• itemset [name] [keep] – Spawns a premade item set. Without the ‘keep’ flag, all current items will be dropped. Item set names are:
  • Meadows: Skills set to 1. Wood/flint weapons with a Bronze pickaxe. 
  • BlackForest: Skills set to 10. Wood/flint weapons. 
  • Swamps: Skills set to 10-20. Bronze weapons and armor. 
  • Mountains: Skills set to 25. Iron weapons and armor. 
  • Plains: Skills set to 35. Silver weapons and wolf armor. 
  • PlainsBoss: Skills set to 40. Blackmetal weapons and padded armor. 
  • Mistlands: Skills set to 70. Upgraded Blackmetal weapons, padded armor. 
  • MistlandsGear: Skills set to 70. Mistlands weapons and carapace armor. 
  • MistlandsMage: Skills set to 70. Eitr armor, all magical staffs and Eitr food. 
  • MistlandsWarrior. Skill set to 70. MIstlands weapons and carapace armor. 
  • Fisherman: Skills set to 40. Fishing rod, 50 of each bait, 5 of each Fish and Fenris armor.
• killall – Kills nearby enemies and tamed creatures,
• killenemies – Kills nearby enemies.
• killtame – Kills nearby tamed creatures.
• nocost – Toggles the no cost mode (same as in the debug mode).
• pos – Shows the player’s coordinates.
• puke – Resets fullness and hunger.
• raiseskill [skill] [amount] – Raises (or lowers) the named skill by the value entered.
• spawn [entity name] [amount] [level] – Spawns specified entity (you need the Item ID to spawn the entity).
• tod [0-1] – Sets time of day. 0 and 1 are both midnight. 0.5 is noon. -1 revert to default.

How to hide Valheim UI

You can hide the Valheim UI by pressing CTRL + F3. On Xbox, just hold LB and press pause.

How to Spawn Any Item and Monster

Spawning any entity using Valheim cheats is simple. You need to use the following command:

• spawn [entity name] [amount] [level]

The entity name refers to the name of the item or character you want to spawn. The amount refers to the number of entities you want to spawn. If you’re looking to spawn monsters, level refers to the level of the mob you want to spawn and can only be a value between 1 and 3.

You’ll need the Item ID of the entity you want to spawn, whether that’s an item or a monster.

All Valheim Spawn Commands

You can find the item IDs of all entities in the game below. Combine them with the spawn command to spawn the entity in your Valheim game. Note that capitalization is important when entering the item ID of the entity. If you don’t capitalize properly, the entity won’t spawn.

Each list lists the name of the entity and then its item ID.

Monsters

• Abomination – Abomination
• Blob – Blob
• Oozer – BlobElite
• Growth – BlobTar
• Boar – Boar
• Boar piggy – Boar_piggy
• Crow – Crow
• Deathsquito – Deathsquito
• Deer – Deer
• Drake – Hatchling
• Draugr – Draugr
• Draugr elite – Draugr_Elite
• Draugr Archer – Draugr_Ranged
• Perch – Fish1
• Pike – Fish2
• Tuna – Fish3
• Cave tuna – Fish4_cave
• Fenring – Fenring
• Ghost – Ghost
• Fuling – Goblin
• Spear Fuling – GoblinArcher
• Fuling Berserker – GoblinBrute
• Fuling shaman – GoblinShaman
• Gjall – Gjall
• Greydwarf – Greydwarf
• Greydwarf brute – Greydwarf_Elite
• Greydwarf shaman – Greydwarf_Shaman
• Greyling – Greyling
• Leech – Leech
• Leech (cave variant) – Leech_cave
• Leviathan – Leviathan
• Lox – Lox
• Lox calf – Lox_Calf
• Neck – Neck
• Odin – odin
• Gull – Seagal
• Seeker – Seeker
• Seeker Soldier – Seeker Soldier
• Serpent – Serpent
• Skeleton – Skeleton
• Melee Skeleton – Skeleton_NoArcher
• Rancid remains – Skeleton_Poison
• Stone Golem – StoneGolem
• Surtling – Surtling
• Root – TentaRoot
• Training dummy – TrainingDummy
• Troll – Troll
• Wisp – Wisp
• Wolf – Wolf
• Wolf cub – Wolf_cub
• Wraith – Wraith

Armor

• Bronze plate cuirass – ArmorBronzeChest
• Bronze plate leggings – ArmorBronzeLegs
• Fenris coat – ArmorFenringChest
• Fenris leggings – ArmorFenringLegs
• Iron scale mail – ArmorIronChest
• Iron greaves – ArmorIronLegs
• Leather tunic – ArmorLeatherChest
• Leather pants – ArmorLeatherLegs
• Padded cuirass – ArmorPaddedCuirass
• Padded greaves – ArmorPaddedGreaves
• Rag tunic – ArmorRagsChest
• Rag pants – ArmorRagsLegs
• Root harnesk – ArmorRootChest
• Root leggings – ArmorRootLegs
• Troll leather tunic – ArmorTrollLeatherChest
• Troll leather pants – ArmorTrollLeatherLegs
• Wolf armor chest – ArmorWolfChest
• Wolf armor legs – ArmorWolfLegs
• Megingjord – BeltStrength
• Deer hide cape – CapeDeerHide
• Linen cape – CapeLinen
• Lox cape – CapeLox
• Cape of Odin – CapeOdin
• Troll hide cape – CapeTrollHide
• Wolf fur cape – CapeWolf
• Bronze helmet – HelmetBronze
• Drake helmet – HelmetDrake
• Fenris hood – HelmetFenring
• Iron helmet – HelmetIron
• Leather helmet – HelmetLeather
• Hood of Odin – HelmetOdin
• Padded helmet – HelmetPadded
• Root mask – HelmetRoot
• Troll leather helmet – HelmetTrollLeather
• Yule hat – HelmetYule
• Dverger circlet – HelmetDverger
• Wishbone – Wishbone

Equipment

• Blackmetal axe – AxeBlackMetal
• Bronze axe – AxeBronze
• Flint axe – AxeFlint
• Iron axe – AxeIron
• Stone axe – AxeStone
• Cultivator – Cultivator
• Fishing rod – FishingRod
• Hammer – Hammer
• Hoe – Hoe
• Antler pickaxe – PickaxeAntler
• Bronze pickaxe – PickaxeBronze
• Iron pickaxe – PickaxeIron
• Stone pickaxe – PickaxeStone
• Abyssal harpoon – SpearChitin
• Blackmetal atgeir – AtgeirBlackmetal
• Bronze atgeir – AtgeirBronze
• Iron atgeir – AtgeirIron
• Battleaxe – Battleaxe
• Crystal battleaxe – BattleaxeCrystal
• Crude bow – Bow
• Draugr Fang bow – BowDraugrFang
• Finewood bow – BowFineWood
• Huntsman bow – BowHuntsman
• Club – Club
• Fenris claw – FistFenrirClaw
• Blackmetal knife – KnifeBlackMetal
• Abyssal razor/knife – KnifeChitin
• Copper knife – KnifeCopper
• Flint knife – KnifeFlint
• Silver knife – KnifeSilver
• Bronze mace – MaceBronze
• Iron mace – MaceIron
• Porcupine – MaceNeedle
• Frostner – MaceSilver
• Banded shield – ShieldBanded
• Black metal shield – ShieldBlackmetal
• Black metal tower shield – ShieldBlackmetalTower
• Bone tower shield – ShieldBoneTower
• Bronze buckler – ShieldBronzeBuckler
• Iron buckler – ShieldIronBuckler
• Iron shield – ShieldIronSquare
• Iron tower shield – ShieldIronTower
• Knight shield – ShieldKnight
• Serpent scale shield – ShieldSerpentscale
• Silver shield – ShieldSilver
• Wood shield – ShieldWood
• Wood tower – shield ShieldWoodTower
• Iron sledge – SledgeIron
• Stagbreaker – SledgeStagbreaker
• Bronze spear – SpearBronze
• Ancient bark spear – SpearElderbark
• Flint spear – SpearFlint
• Fang spear – SpearWolfFang
• Blackmetal sword – SwordBlackmetal
• Bronze sword – SwordBronze
• Cheat Sword – SwordCheat
• Iron sword – SwordIron
• Dyrnwyn – SwordIronFire
• Silver sword – SwordSilver
• Tankard – Tankard
• Mead horn of Odin – TankardOdin
• Torch – Torch
• Bronzehead arrow – ArrowBronze
• Fire arrow – ArrowFire
• Flinthead arrow – ArrowFlint
• Frost arrow – ArrowFrost
• Ironhead arrow – ArrowIron
• Needle arrow – ArrowNeedle
• Obsidian arrow – ArrowObsidian
• Poison arrow – ArrowPoison
• Silver arrow – ArrowSilver
• Wood arrow – ArrowWood

As you can see, the item IDs are usually pretty intuitive. If you’re having trouble spawning a certain item, you can always look it up!

How to Enter Creative Mode (Debug Mode) in Valheim

As with any open-world survival game such as Minecraft, Valheim also has a creative mode. Although you can start a world in creative mode, also known as Hammer mode in Valheim, the question is how to turn a survival mode into a creative mode.

You can enter creative mode using Valheim cheats. Well, technically this isn’t a cheat as much as it is a console command, but still.

To enter creative mode in Valheim enter “debugmode” in the console.

This mode lets you build anything without any necessary resources. Monsters will also not attack the player.