List your Valheim server and keep your world alive
A persistent world, unhurried progression, a small loyal group: a free public page with live measured status, to help your dedicated server find the vikings it's missing.
Find a group or recruit players with a Lobby
On Zlobby, you do not just browse profiles. You create a Lobby with a goal, criteria and a discussion space to gather the right people around a specific mission.
Lobby creation
Recruit players for a guild, team or event
A Lobby announces what you want to build: ranked roster, MMO guild, TTRPG table, Discord squad, carpool or convention group.
Members apply, you filter by criteria, then the group starts with a dedicated chat.
- 01Lobby creation
- 02Criteria
- 03Applications
- 04Dedicated chat
A Valheim server lives on regularity, not peak player counts
Valheim isn't a 200-players-online game: a successful dedicated server is usually ten to twenty regulars, a world that keeps its builds, and boss progression coordinated so nobody is left behind. The Zlobby listing presents exactly that: the state of the world, the building and sharing rules, the group's pace.
Availability and latency are measured by Zlobby through the Source query protocol (A2S), the one Steam uses for Valheim dedicated servers. Player count and world name remain values declared by the server.
What your listing tells
Progression state
Bosses defeated, biomes explored, age of the world: a new player knows what they're stepping into.
World rules
Free building or dedicated zones, resource sharing, PvP on or off, chest policy.
Declared mods
Vanilla or modded (BepInEx, Valheim Plus…): install requirements must be known before joining.
Session rhythm
Fixed evenings or an always-open world: the server's social contract, in writing.
The query port trap: it's the game port + 1
On a Valheim dedicated server, the Steam query port is not the game port: it's the game port plus one. A server running on port 2456 answers A2S queries on 2457. That's the port the listing expects — the same one Steam queries to show your server in its browser. If the status shows offline while the world is running, check that this UDP port is open first.
Ownership is verified before publishing — DNS TXT record or manual check — then the listing is managed from the operator console and appears in the Valheim server directory.
Recruit without wearing out your small group
On a persistent world, every arrival matters: a player who raids shared chests or rushes bosses alone can damage weeks of collective play. Describe the kind of players you want and use application-based access rather than a public address. Players looking for exactly this kind of co-op come through find Valheim players.
Free, featured if you want
The listing is free with no time limit. Weekly featuring in credits changes position in the directory, not the measured data. Zlobby doesn't host your world: saves and files remain entirely under your control.
Frequent questions from Valheim operators
My world is hosted by a provider — can I list it?
Does crossplay change anything for the listing?
Should I list my mods?
Does the server password appear on the listing?
Is Zlobby affiliated with Iron Gate or Coffee Stain?
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