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Find a Valheim World Seed

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Every Valheim world begins with a seed that determines how the map is generated. It is the world's blueprint, minus the longhouse, the boar pen, and whatever happened to all those missing surtling cores.

Dedicated servers do not display the seed in Game Settings. You will find it by downloading the world's small .fwl file from your Nodecraft server and reading it with a seed extractor.

Find Your World Name

First, confirm which world the server currently loads.

  1. Navigate to your Nodecraft dashboard.

  2. Locate your Valheim server and click Manage.

  3. Click Game Settings in the menu on the left.

  4. Locate World Name and make note of the value shown.

    The Valheim Server Settings page showing the World Name field with world entered as the active world file name.

For example, a World Name of world uses a seed file named world.fwl.

Download Your World File

  1. Stop your server.

  2. Click Server Files in the menu on the left, then click Files.

  3. Open /.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds_local.

  4. Locate the .fwl file that matches World Name. It is the smaller of the two world files and is all you need to find the seed. Select it, then click Download, as shown below.

    A list of Valheim world save files in the File Manager, including the active .db and .fwl files along with their .old backup versions.The Nodecraft File Manager showing the Valheim world.fwl file selected in the worlds_local folder, with the Download button highlighted at the top of the file list.

Find the Seed

  1. Open the Valheim World Generator Seed Extractor.

  2. Upload or drag the matching .fwl file onto the page.

  3. Copy the displayed seed exactly as shown. Valheim seeds are case-sensitive, so preserve every letter and number.

    A Valheim seed extractor result showing the world seed displayed after uploading the matching .fwl file.

Note: The Valheim World Generator is a third-party community tool and is not affiliated with Nodecraft or Iron Gate.

Troubleshoot Finding the Seed

  • If the matching .fwl file is missing, confirm the World Name setting and check worlds_local rather than a backup folder.

  • If the extractor cannot read the file, stop the server, download the .fwl file again, and make sure you did not upload the larger .db file.

  • If a recreated world looks different, remember that world generation can change between Valheim versions.

Final Thoughts

Once you have the exact seed, you can share the world's layout, inspect it in a viewer, or begin a fresh version of the same map. Just remember that the seed is the blueprint, not a moving crew; your halls, roads, and suspiciously overbuilt dock remain safely inside the original world save.

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