How to Find Your Valheim World Seed: Two Easy Methods

Every Valheim world is generated from a seed, a small string of characters that decides exactly where mountains, meadows, and ominous swamps will spawn. If you stumbled into a particularly good map and want to rebuild it on another save, hand it to a friend, or just keep track of where you have been, you will need that seed.

The catch is that Valheim does not put it front and center. Here are two reliable ways to dig it out.

Method 1: Pull It From File Explorer

The fastest option lives inside your Windows file system. No mods, no extra downloads.

1. Press the Start button.
2. Type run and hit Enter.
3. In the Run dialog, paste `%USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow` and click OK.
4. Open the IronGate folder.
5. Go into Valheim, then the Worlds subfolder.
6. Inside, you will see files with `.db` and `.fwl` extensions. Their filenames are your world seeds.

That is the whole trick. Each saved world has its seed written right into the filename.

Method 2: Use the SkToolBox Mod

If you would rather pull the seed from inside the game itself, SkToolBox handles it cleanly.

1. Grab the SkToolBox Mod and save the archive somewhere convenient.
2. Open Steam, right-click Valheim in your library, and pick Properties.
3. Switch to the Local Files tab and click Browse.
4. Extract the downloaded files directly into the Valheim game folder.
5. Launch the game and load your world.
6. Press F5 to open the console.
7. Type `/seed` and press Enter.
8. The seed will appear in the console output.

As a bonus, SkToolBox can also spawn items, so it is worth keeping around if you like a little extra flexibility in your runs.

Sharing a World Seed

Once you have the seed (or the actual files), sharing is straightforward. Upload the `.db` and `.fwl` files for your world to your platform of choice. Anyone downloading them just needs to drop the files into their own Valheim folder using the same path shown above.

Two methods, one seed, and plenty of new excuses to start yet another playthrough.