The Complete Guide to Valheim Console Commands
Every Valheim console command category explained, with practical examples and links to the full reference.
Valheim's console is a single text input that accepts about a hundred commands. The commands split cleanly into four categories — admin, cheat, emote, and player — and each category exists for a different reason. This guide walks through all four with practical examples, the parameters you actually need, and the gotchas that aren't obvious from the in-game help output.
If you haven't enabled the console yet, start with how to open the command console — none of the commands below work without that step.
The four command categories
Every command on this site is tagged with one of four categories. They aren't just organizational — they reflect when each command becomes available and what it can do.
- Player commands work as soon as the console is open. They don't require
devcommands. Thinksay,w,fps,info. - Emote commands trigger character animations — waves, sits, cheers. These also don't need cheats and work in multiplayer.
- Cheat commands change the world: spawning items, flipping on god mode, modifying the wind. These require
devcommandsto be enabled first. - Admin commands manage other players on a server — bans, kicks, save forcing. They require admin privileges on the server.
Player commands you'll actually use
Player commands run constantly during normal play. The most useful ones don't change the world; they give you information about it.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| info | Toggles a debug overlay with system stats and player info. |
| fps | Shows your current frames-per-second. |
| ping | Displays your connection latency to the server. |
| w | Sends a whispered message to a specific player. |
| bind | Maps a console command to a keyboard key. |
Cheat commands: the real reason you're here
Cheats are where the console becomes powerful. After you've enabled cheats with devcommands, you can spawn anything, fly, skip nights, and otherwise rewrite the rules of the game.
Spawning things
spawn is the workhorse cheat command. It works for both items and creatures, with the same syntax:
Item IDs and creature IDs come from two separate lists:
- All 900+ Valheim item IDs — every item, weapon, food, building piece, and material.
- Creature and character IDs — every mob, NPC, and boss.
See the dedicated spawn items guide for amount and level mechanics.
Player state and travel
- god — toggles invulnerability.
- fly — toggles freecam flight. Hold space to ascend, ctrl to descend.
- ghost — mobs ignore you.
- heal — full restore HP.
- goto — teleport to specific world coordinates.
World and weather
- env — force a specific weather/environment. See all environment codes.
- wind — set wind direction (0–360°) and intensity (0–1). Genuinely useful for sailing without cheating the rest of the game.
- skiptime — fast-forward through night without sleeping.
- event — trigger a specific in-game event (raids, invasions). See all event IDs.
Skills, keys, and status effects
- raiseskill — instantly raise a skill level. See all skill IDs.
- setkey — set a global progression key. See all global keys.
- addstatus — apply a status effect to your character. See all status effect codes.
Admin commands for dedicated servers
Admin commands manage your dedicated server. They only work if your Steam ID is listed in the server's adminlist.txt. We cover this category in detail in the server admin commands guide.
Emote commands
Emotes are RP fluff but they're handy in multiplayer for non-verbal communication. cheer, thumbsup, nonono, and friends all work without enabling cheats.
Where to go from here
Bookmark the commands list for the searchable reference. Specific guides: