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Valheim is a 1 to 10 player game, and Iron Gate kept that limit when Valheim 1.0 launched on September 9, 2026. A dedicated server is about keeping the world available, not raising the cap. The Valheim Dedicated Server runs on Windows or Linux, with a Docker option from Iron Gate, and is set up through launch arguments rather than a config file: -name, -world and -password, plus -preset, -modifier and -setkey for world rules. EZ Game Host plans cover 4 players on Basic and 10 on Standard and Pro.

Crossplay is a server setting. The -crossplay launch option switches the server to the PlayFab backend, so players on Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and the Microsoft Store version can join, usually with a join code. Traffic goes through a relay, so no port forwarding is needed. Without it, only Steam players can join. Iron Gate does not officially support mods, and consoles have no mod support, so a crossplay server is best kept vanilla. EZ Game Host lets you turn on crossplay from the panel and run BepInEx mods on Standard and Pro.

Valheim 1.0 changed how worlds are saved: each world is now a folder of chunk files instead of the older .db and .fwl pair, so copy the whole folder when you back up or move it. The server saves every 30 minutes by default and keeps its own rolling backups. Iron Gate publishes no RAM or CPU figure for the server. Memory grows with players, builds and terrain edits, and because much of the simulation runs on players' own clients, one slow connection can cause lag for others nearby.