ClanWars

Build a home, choose your allies, and decide when to go to war.

Clan Wars adds clan territory, diplomacy, trading and organised player battles to Valheim. Form a clan with friends, protect your settlement, and establish smaller camps as you explore. Trade with allied clans, scout rival bases, compete for powerful relics that remain in the world, and climb the weekly clan rankings for renown and rewards.

You do not have to start fighting as soon as you join. By default, new clans are Peaceful and cannot be raided. Your leader decides whether the clan enters the war, and each member separately chooses whether to take part in combat.

Join the Clan Wars community on Discord

Your main controls are in the clan panel, opened with F6, and the War Map, a new view on Valheim's map. Start by joining or founding a clan, then build a Clan Ward to claim a home for it. The sections below explain each feature as you need it.

The numbers below are default settings. Your server may use different limits, distances and timers. Open Rules in the clan panel to see the settings you are playing with.

Installation

Clan Wars must be installed on the server and every player's game, using the same mod version.

• []BepInExPack Valheim is the mod loader required to run Clan Wars. Install it first.[/]

  []Clan Wars: use exactly the same version as the server.[/]

With Vortex: download with the mod manager, then install, enable and deploy Clan Wars.

Manual installation: close Valheim or stop the dedicated server, extract the ZIP and copy its BepInEx folder into your Valheim folder, merging with the existing one. Keep the files together under BepInEx/plugins/ClanWars and do not install a second copy alongside a mod-manager-installed Clan Wars. Existing configuration and world saves are not included in the archive and must not be replaced.

Use one installation method for each game installation. When updating, preserve your configurations, worlds and saved mod data. Your Valheim game version must also match the server's. Missing or mismatched required mods prevent you from joining.

The download includes a browser-readable player guide in its docs folder: Clan Wars Field Manual.html.

Fresh characters only

Bring a new character for this server. On its first visit, it may have only the starting rag tunic and torch, no forsaken power, and no skill above level 1.

Keep that character's progress on this server. Returning with equipment, improved items, powers or skills gained in another world can prevent it from joining again. A refused character is not changed or stripped of items; the connection screen explains the reason. If you think it was refused wrongly, a server admin can pardon it.

Founding a clan

A clan is your group of players, sharing a name, territory and diplomacy. Press F6, open Roster, and either accept an invitation or create your own clan.

To create one, enter a full name and a unique tag of 2–5 letters or digits. The tag appears before members' names. Choose a clan colour and an emblem, then press Found clan.

The founder becomes Leader. Use Invite to choose a clanless player who is online. They accept with Join on their Roster tab; an invitation does not reserve a place.

Starting allowance by default:

• []Members, including the Leader: 4[/]

  []Clan Wards for main bases: 3, with more earned through captures; 1 while Peaceful[/]

  []Trade posts for exchanging goods: 3[/]

  []Scout Ravens for finding rival Wards: 3[/]

Once you have a clan, build a Clan Ward from the Hammer menu to claim your first base. You can settle and trade while remaining Peaceful. The clan store can add a Raven, a trade post and a member slot.

Clan colours and emblems

Choose one of fifteen colours to represent your clan: Oxblood, Ember, Amber, Moss, Pine, Verdigris, Sky, Woad, Indigo, Heather, Plum, Rose, Bone, Iron and Charcoal. With it, choose one of thirty emblems from Norse myth, such as Fenrir, Sleipnir and Gungnir. A colour and emblem together belong to one clan only: two clans may share a colour or an emblem, but never both. Pairs already taken are unavailable.

Your clan colour appears on members' capes, shields, armour, helmets and weapons, and on your Clan Wards. Your clan's boats fly it on their sails. Equipment keeps its underlying material appearance. Capturing a Ward changes it to your colour.

The appearance follows the player, rather than permanently dyeing the item. Looting a rival's shield does not ke