ServerRates

Your World. Your Rules. Your Rates.

Take control of your Valheim server. Customize combat, skills, loot, survival, building, world mechanics and more through a flexible server side configuration system.

Overview

ServerRates gives server owners the freedom to shape their own Valheim experience, from relaxed cooperative worlds to challenging survival adventures.

Configure gameplay rates, customize world rules, manage item drops, change skill progression and adjust crafting restrictions without manually editing game files.

Server side configuration

Flexible gameplay settings

In game chat commands

Presets for quick configuration

Detailed status and inspection tools

Installation

1. Install BepInEx

Install BepInExPack for Valheim on your dedicated server.

2. Install ServerRates

Install ServerRates on the dedicated server using your preferred mod manager or manual installation.

3. Start the server

Launch the server once to generate the configuration file.

4. Configure your world

Edit the configuration or use the available chat commands to adjust your settings.

Configuration file

BepInEx/config/com.morda.serverrates.cfg

Players do not need to install ServerRates on their clients when using it as a server side mod.

Requirements

Valheim Dedicated Server

BepInExPack for Valheim

Configuration Categories

Use the categories below to find the settings you want to customize.

Combat

Customize player damage, enemy damage, enemy speed, enemy stars, world difficulty and event behavior.

sr_playerdmg   sr_enemydmg   sr_enemyspeed

sr_enemystars   sr_events   sr_worldlevel

sr_passivemobs   sr_playerevents

Skills

Control how quickly players gain skills and how much skill progress is lost.

sr_skillgain   sr_skillloss

Loot and Resources

Adjust resource rates, ground item behavior, extra loot per drop and loot generation.

sr_resourcerate   sr_groundamp   sr_maxpiles

sr_lootspawn   sr_other

Survival

Change stamina, Eitr, adrenaline, food, durability and carry weight related settings.

sr_stamina   sr_movestamina   sr_staminaregen

sr_eitr   sr_adrenaline   sr_food

sr_durability   sr_carry

Death Settings

Configure equipment retention, inventory loss and skill penalties on death.

sr_keepequip   sr_keepinv

sr_deleteitems   sr_deleteunequipped

sr_skillreset

Building and Crafting

Customize building costs, crafting costs, available pieces, recipes and station restrictions.

sr_nobuildcost   sr_nocraftcost

sr_allpieces   sr_allrecipes

sr_noworkbench   sr_toollocks

World and Exploration

Change map visibility, portal restrictions, dungeon building and world behavior.

sr_nomap   sr_noportals

sr_nobossportals   sr_teleportall

sr_dungeonbuild

sr_nopseudo   sr_nobuildfall

sr_noheavysnow   sr_allheavysnow   sr_fire

Production Stations

Adjust processing behavior for smelters, cooking stations, fermenters and plant related systems.

sr_smelter   sr_cooking   sr_fermenter   sr_plants

Loot Configuration

Loot settings are divided into resource materials, consumables and creature drops.

Materials

sr_wood   sr_finewood   sr_corewood

sr_specialwood   sr_ore   sr_scrap

sr_stone   sr_flint   sr_crystal

sr_fuel   sr_gems   sr_boss

Consumables

sr_crops   sr_seeds   sr_mushrooms

sr_berries   sr_fish   sr_potions

Creature Drops

sr_hide   sr_trophy   sr_meat

sr_parts   sr_feathers   sr_specialparts

Chat Commands

Use the available commands in game to inspect and manage your server configuration.

Type commands in the normal chat without a slash, for example sr_wood 5.

General Commands

Help and Status

rates help   rates status   rates cmds

Configuration

rates list <group>   rates get <name>

rates set <name> <value>

Presets

rates preset vanilla   rates preset x2

rates preset x5   rates preset x10

Reset and Maintenance

rates reset <name|group|all>   rates inspect

rates repair

Configuration Groups

Use rates list <group> to view the settings available in a group.

loot   materials   consumables   mobs

skills   combat   survival   resources

death   build   map   world

stations   general

Command Examples

Check the current configuration

rates status   rates list loot

Change a setting

rates set sr_wood 2

Apply a preset

rates preset x5

Reset a setting or group

rates reset sr_wood   rates reset loot

View detailed information

rates inspect   rates repair

The exact commands available to players may depend on your configured chat command access and prefix settings.

Presets

Quickly change your server's gameplay style using the built in presets.

rates preset vanilla

Return supported settings to their vanilla values.

rates preset x2

Apply the supported double rate preset.

rates preset x5

Apply the supported five times rate preset.

rates preset x10

Apply the supported ten times rate preset.

Presets apply to supported loot, skill gain and station settings (smelter, cooking, fermenter and plants).

Inspection and Repair

rates inspect

Displays saved configuration values and station item processing times for supported stations within inspection range.

rates repair

Displays relevant configuration and station information and resets the stored smelter timer to zero.

General Settings

The following keys control general ServerRates behavior.

sr_enabled   Enable or disable ServerRates.

sr_chatcmds   Enable or disable chat commands.

sr_chataccess   Configure chat command access.

sr_chatbridge   Configure chat command bridge behavior.

sr_stationinfo   Configure station information output.

Notes and Limitations

Available settings and behavior depend on the installed ServerRates version and the underlying Valheim mechanics.

Some changes may only affect newly generated drops, newly crafted items or future processing cycles. Existing items and ongoing processes may not be recalculated automatically.

Smelter and cooking station speed can be raised above vanilla and set back to normal. Values below 1 (slower than vanilla) are ignored.

Always keep a backup of your world and configuration before making major gameplay changes.

Support and Community

Found a bug, have a suggestion or need help configuring ServerRates?

Join the ServerRates Discord Community

Join our Discord

Feedback and bug reports are always welcome.

ServerRates

Your World. Your Rules. Your Rates.