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05. Console and Spawning
Updated 2 hours agoFor testing, for a creative world, or for getting a look at something without grinding for it.
Opening the console
- Press F5 to open the console.
- Type
devcommandsand press Enter. Valheim repliesDev commands: True. helplists everything available.
devcommands has to be re-enabled each time you start the game.
Prefab names
These are what MidgardPlus adds. Names are case sensitive.
| Prefab | What it is |
|---|---|
MP_CompanionHorn |
The Companion Horn item |
MP_Companion |
The companion creature itself |
MP_ChestReinforced |
The Reinforced Chest, 8x4 |
Giving yourself the horn
spawn MP_CompanionHorn 1
This is the one worth using. It drops the horn at your feet; pick it up, equip it and use it, and you get a proper companion with a name, the right star level, health scaled to your settings and a follow target already set.
Spawning a companion directly
spawn MP_Companion 1
A companion spawned this way arrives already tamed, because the prefab is built that way. It will not have a name, a scaled health pool, a star level from your settings, or you as its follow target, because all of that is applied by the horn rather than by the prefab.
Use the horn for a companion you intend to keep. Use this for a quick look at one.
To spawn one with stars anyway, the third argument is the level:
spawn MP_Companion 1 3
Level 3 is two stars. Valheim counts levels from 1, so level 1 is no stars.
Spawning the chest
spawn MP_ChestReinforced 1
Normally you build it with the hammer under Furniture: 10 Fine Wood and 4 Iron at a Workbench. Both materials come back when you take it down.
The recipes MidgardPlus adds
These are craftable, not spawn-only. Vanilla makes all three find-only, which is the whole point of adding them.
| Item | Station | Level | Cost | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chain | Forge | 2 | 4 Iron | 1 |
| Iron Nails | Forge | 1 | 1 Iron | 20 |
| Tar | Workbench | 3 | 8 Resin, 4 Coal, 2 Bloodbag | 4 |
Other commands worth knowing
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
spawn <prefab> [amount] [level] |
Spawn anything by prefab name |
tame |
Tame every tameable creature nearby |
killall |
Kill every creature nearby |
pos |
Print your coordinates |
goto <x> <z> |
Teleport |
debugmode |
Free camera and flight, Z toggles fly |
removedrops |
Clear item drops lying around |
Vanilla prefab names for gear you might want to test a companion with: SwordIron,
ShieldIronTower, HelmetIron, ArmorIronChest, ArmorIronLegs, CapeWolf, SwordSilver,
ArmorPaddedCuirass. Drop any of them in a companion's bag and they will put it on.
If a spawn command does nothing
- Check spelling and capitals.
mp_companionwill not work. - Make sure
devcommandsis on for this session. - Custom prefabs only exist once the mod has registered them. Confirm
Registered companion creature.is inBepInEx/LogOutput.log.
