{"id":12437,"date":"2021-02-08T22:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/how-to-play-pvp-in-valheim"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:16:53","slug":"how-to-play-pvp-in-valheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/how-to-play-pvp-in-valheim","title":{"rendered":"How to play PvP in Valheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you like survival games like Minecraft and Terraria and thinking of playing Valheim, but for you multiplayer is one of the most important features, we got good news for you.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Valheim does support multiplayer, and we are not talking only about co-op, which is one of the main features of the game. The game will also let you test your skills and builds against other players in a classic PvP style.<\/p>\n<p>While Valheim focuses primarily on a co-op aspect, where you explore procedurally-generated worlds together with friends, you will also be able to fight against other players if you choose so.<\/p>\n<h2>How to set up PvP server for Valheim<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/3tFs5NJf2mGgNmXbHc-jj-w_BqT1Jo9bDF3qGN0NdpU\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL05ld0ZvbGRlcl8xL1ZhbGhlaW1fR3VpZGVfZm9yX0JlZ2lubmVycy9WYWxoZWltX3B2cC5qcGc\" alt=\"Valheim how to play pvp\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Picture: Iron Gate)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Creating a PvP server in Valheim is a rather easy thing to do.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When starting the game select an option to create a p2p-based play session.<\/li>\n<li>You can select to be either private or public. If select public, anyone can hop in and play with you.<\/li>\n<li>Servers are capped at 10 players.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t want to play co-op, but PvP instead, turn on the PVP setting from the Inventory-screen.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it, now you and other people on the server can battle against each other server. Only the person who has created a world you are currently in can choose if the game will be PvP or co-op only.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to run a persistent server you can download the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/896660\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valheim Dedicated Server-application<\/a> from Steam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/Wf4n_kGMvTtWK8xShBZJLRJ4VEr45nA3aW23_pTiXyY\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL05ld0ZvbGRlcl8xL1ZhbGhlaW1fR3VpZGVfZm9yX0JlZ2lubmVycy9WYWxoZWltX3B2cF9zZXJ2ZXJzLmpwZw\" alt=\"Valheim pvp servers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Picture: Iron Gate)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is all you currently need for the PvP, but keep in mind that the game is primarily co-op based and things in the game are designed and balanced around PvE content, not PvP, so you shouldn&#8217;t expect too much from it, at least in the current state of the game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/valheim-crafting-guide-all-recipes-upgrades-items-weapons-and-armour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valheim Crafting Guide: All recipes, upgrades, items, weapons, and armour<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still, developers are promising more &#8220;multiplayer interactions&#8221; are coming at some point, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/892970\/view\/3056224118622201244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Valheim Roadmap,<\/a> so that might mean that we can see more PvP content sometime later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -22px; top: 1156.92px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you like survival games like Minecraft and Terraria and thinking of playing Valheim, but for you multiplayer is one of the most important features,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1832,"featured_media":12438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-games","genre-sandbox","content_type-guide-tutorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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