Valheim server hosting
High-performance servers for Valheim hosting
Centralise your Valheim server hosting and ensure a continuously accessible gaming environment. A dedicated Game OVHcloud server guarantees a stable connection and reliable management of connections and slots, ensuring consistent operation of the hosted environment over time.
Deploy a persistent world, adjust server configuration, integrate extensions, and drive the evolution of the gaming environment while benefiting from dedicated infrastructure designed for the operation of multiplayer online gaming services.
Benefits of hosting a Valheim server
Advanced performance for constant smoothness
Hosting Valheim on a dedicated Game server relies on high-frequency AMD Ryzen processors and DDR5 ECC memory, providing stable computing power to manage world exploration, building phases, and simultaneous interactions. This combination allows for consistent performance, even when server load increases, while ensuring smooth and predictable behaviour during the most intensive activity phases.
Optimal cooperative experience
A dedicated Valheim server benefits from guaranteed public bandwidth of up to 1 Gbit/s, ensuring a stable connection and smooth network exchanges between connected users. Centralised management of connections and slots allows for multiple simultaneous accesses without service degradation, ensuring continuity of use and coherent collective progression.
Reliable data management and world persistence
Valheim environments rely on scalable data files requiring fast and reliable storage. Dedicated Game servers rely on NVMe SSDs in Soft RAID, offering reduced access times and better data protection. This architecture facilitates backup management, extension integration, and server administration, while limiting the risks of data corruption or loss over time.
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ADM Ryzen™ 9000X3D Series"Zen 5"
DDR5 ECC On-Die RAM
SSD Nvme PCIe Gen 4
Game DDoS Protection (L7)
1 Gbit/s Bandwidth
IPMI
IPv4 and IPv6 Adresses
Network Security Dashboard
99.95% SLA
Why choose OVHcloud to host Valheim?
An infrastructure adapted to the specific constraints of Valheim
Valheim heavily stresses the server as the world evolves, particularly during the generation of new areas and building phases. Dedicated Game OVHcloud servers rely on hardware architecture capable of absorbing these load variations, including during simultaneous interactions or occasional activity spikes. The evolution of the load can thus be taken into account without compromising the stability of the hosted environment.
A stable server execution for synchronised interactions
In Valheim, the synchronisation of actions relies on constant exchanges between the server and connected clients. Game dedicated servers offer reliable network connectivity and processing capacity suited to these flows, limiting desynchronisations during simultaneous activity phases, such as combat, collaborative building, or coordinated movements.
A scalable platform to support the growth of your Valheim server
Running a Valheim server may involve an increase in the number of simultaneous connections, the integration of mods, or the gradual expansion of explored areas. Game dedicated server offerings allow for hardware configuration to be adapted according to these needs, while maintaining a consistent and operational gaming environment over time.
Management and evolution of your dedicated Valheim server
Shape a Valheim world according to your rules
Hosting a dedicated Valheim server allows for direct intervention on the parameters that structure the environment, whether it concerns progression, balancing, or certain constraints applied to players. Server parameters offer sufficient leeway to adapt operations to defined objectives, without freezing the evolution of the environment. Advanced configuration thus paves the way for servers with distinct identities, capable of evolving over time without disruption.
Introduce new mechanics without breaking the continuity of the game
The Valheim ecosystem offers numerous extensions to enrich the available functionalities. A dedicated server provides a suitable framework for integrating these extensions progressively, while preserving the coherence of the environment and the stability of existing data. The evolution of functionalities can thus occur without interrupting ongoing sessions or questioning the initial configuration.
Manage the server environment over time
Managing a Valheim server is not limited to its launch. It involves regular monitoring, occasional adjustments, and constant visibility on the state of the hosted environment. Game dedicated servers from OVHcloud are managed from a centralised interface, allowing access to essential information and maintaining continuous operational control. This organization meets the requirements of hosting projects that require stable long-term operation.
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Deploy robust and secure gaming environments for your players’ favourite titles.
Game DDoS Protection: stay invincible against attacks
We know that the main vulnerability of your dedicated ARK server lies in the network. Specifically designed for online gaming protocols, our Game DDoS protection instantly detects complex attacks and automatically blocks them without any human intervention.
Thanks to a resilient infrastructure based on ultra-fast filtering, our solution can absorb attacks of up to several terabits per second while continuously monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic. This intelligent bidirectional analysis eliminates malicious traffic and only allows legitimate connections, thus ensuring a smooth, stable, and latency-free ARK gaming experience.
More than 30 gaming protection profiles are available immediately, including profiles tailored for ARK servers. You can easily manage them from the control panel, customize security rules, and adjust protection according to the specific needs of your community.
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Your questions answered
What is the difference between a local Valheim server and a dedicated Game server?
A local Valheim environment runs directly on a player's machine and utilizes available resources such as CPU, memory, and web connection. Its availability depends on the game launch and the hardware used. In contrast, a dedicated solution relies on independent hosting infrastructure, with reserved resources and a stable configuration. This approach allows for maintaining a continuously accessible world, managing multiple simultaneous connections, and installing mods, while providing better performance and a more consistent experience over time.
What are the respective responsibilities of OVHcloud and the client?
OVHcloud supports the hosting infrastructure, including hardware, network connection, DDoS protection, and service availability. The client retains control over software configuration, game installation, data management, options, and extensions. This distribution allows for managing the environment via a dedicated interface while relying on a reliable technical foundation. OVHcloud support operates at the infrastructure layer, while functional choices and updates are the client's responsibility.
Can a Valheim server be evolved without recreating the world?
Yes, it is possible to evolve an existing environment without recreating the world. Data, configuration files, and backups can be retained when adding new options, mods, or additional resources. This flexibility allows for the evolution of the adventure, for example with the arrival of new content or the expansion of explored areas. However, it is recommended to check the compatibility of extensions and to perform regular backups to maintain stability and performance.
In what cases does a dedicated Valheim server become truly relevant?
This type of hosting becomes relevant when the world needs to remain accessible at all times, when several friends connect asynchronously, or when the project is long-term. Compared to a local solution, it offers more flexibility in terms of configuration, resources, and connection management. This approach allows for overcoming certain technical limits and providing a more stable environment, suitable for regular use and a shared experience over the long term.
How do Valheim updates impact a world hosted on a dedicated server?
Updates can introduce new content, adjust certain mechanics, or modify existing parameters. They do not automatically alter the existing world, but can influence unexplored areas or the behavior of certain extensions. It is possible to choose the most appropriate time to apply these updates, in order to limit their impact. This gradual management helps to maintain the coherence of the environment, the continuity of data, and a good level of performance.