Although Valheim is a PVE ‘Player vs. Environment”, the game it allows you to fight with other players too,ie PVP stands for ‘Player vs. Player’
In this guide we will show you how to start PvP mode on your valheim server. Although this might be dangerous as dying will result to lose of your entire e=invnentory dso be careful no to lose your precious game hours.
- Join the server you want to start PVP on
- Go to your inventory.
- At the top right, click the 2 swords so that they become crossed
- Congratulations, PvP is now enabled! Get your opponent to do the same to start the dual.
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