Valheim World Modifiers Reference

Customize combat difficulty, death penalties, resource rates, raids, and portal restrictions on your Valheim dedicated server.

World Modifiers let you fine-tune your Valheim server's difficulty across five independent categories. Set them from the panel Startup variables or with in-game console commands.

All World Modifiers

Combat

Controls enemy health, damage, and spawn rates.

Value	Effect
`veryeasy`	Enemies deal less damage, have less health
`easy`	Slightly easier combat
(default)	Standard combat
`hard`	Enemies are tougher and hit harder
`veryhard`	Significantly more challenging combat

Death Penalty

Controls how much skill XP you lose on death.

Value	Effect
`casual`	No skill loss on death
`veryeasy`	Minimal skill loss
`easy`	Reduced skill loss
(default)	Standard skill loss
`hard`	Increased skill loss
`hardcore`	Permadeath — character is deleted on death

Resources

Controls how much you gather from trees, rocks, and other resource nodes.

Value	Effect
`muchless`	Gather much less per node
`less`	Gather slightly less
(default)	Standard resource amounts
`more`	Gather more per node
`muchmore`	Gather much more per node

Raids

Controls how frequently enemy raids attack your base.

Value	Effect
`none`	No raids at all
`muchless`	Very rare raids
`less`	Less frequent raids
(default)	Standard raid frequency
`more`	More frequent raids
`muchmore`	Very frequent raids

Portals

Controls what items can be transported through portals.

Value	Effect
`casual`	All items can go through portals (including ores)
(default)	Standard restrictions (no ores or metals)
`hard`	More items are restricted
`veryhard`	Most items are restricted

Set Modifiers

Stop the server

In the XGamingServer Panel, go to Console and stop your server.

Open Startup

Click Startup in the sidebar.

Adjust the modifier dropdowns

Find the World Modifier variables and select your preferred values.

Start the server

Start from Console.

Connect as admin

Join the server with admin privileges. See Admin Setup.

Open the console

Press F5 in-game.

Set modifiers

setworldmodifier combat hard
setworldmodifier deathpenalty casual
setworldmodifier resources more
setworldmodifier raids less
setworldmodifier portals casual

Save the world

save

Difficulty Presets

Presets apply a combination of modifiers at once:

Preset	Combat	Death	Resources	Raids	Portals
`default`	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
`easy`	Easy	Easy	More	Less	Normal
`hard`	Hard	Hard	Less	More	Hard
`hardcore`	Very Hard	Hardcore	Less	More	Very Hard
`casual`	Very Easy	Casual	Much More	None	Casual
`hammer`	Normal	Casual	Much More	None	Casual
`immersive`	Hard	Hard	Less	More	Very Hard

Apply a preset:

setworldpreset hardcore
save

Reset World Modifiers

If modifiers are stuck or not working:

setworldpreset default
save

This clears all modifiers back to default values.

⚠️ Warning: Back up your world before changing modifiers. Some changes (like switching to hardcore death penalty) can have permanent effects on player characters.

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