Install with Gale
Hearthbound Valheim Modpack (Official)
A public, casual-friendly, secured modded Valheim server — a meeting place for Vikings across timezones, built to suit casual players and progression-minded ones in the same world.
✅ No whitelisting. No application. Install the pack and join anytime.
🌐 www.taegukgaming.com — the full rundown of what's in the world, how joining works, and how to support the server. 💬 Join the Discord — server address, current version, and help all live here.
Quick Start (How to Join)
1) Install the Modpack
- Install a mod manager: Thunderstore Mod Manager, r2modman or Gale
- Select Valheim
- Create a new profile (recommended)
- Search and install the latest version of Hearthbound Valheim Modpack
- Click Start modded
For Gale User
- Go to this link to automatically install and copy the official Gale profile of the modpack → https://gale.kesomannen.com/api/desktop/profile/sync/clone/ITX6AB (Gale must be installed first)
- Choose to either Create new profile or Overwrite existing profile.
- Click Start modded
- The profile will be locked from modification. This is to avoid desyncs from the owner's version of the profile.
- When the owner pushes a change, click the Pull update button to sync your profile. This is also done whenever you launch the game (can be turned off in settings).
- If a change was pushed while you had the profile open, Gale might not register it immediately. To manually refresh the profile's state, hit the Refresh button.
Always launch Valheim through the mod manager so every mod and config loads correctly. Don't update individual mods by hand when prompted — update the whole pack instead.
2) Join the Server
- From the Valheim main menu, click Connect on the Hearthbound panel
- Select your character
- Join
No application, no approval process — just the modpack.
Bring Your Own Viking
Hearthbound is a shared hub world, not a fresh-start server:
- Your local world/seed stays your own — solo or with friends, build at your own pace.
- Hearthbound is where players meet up, party, trade, and run community content, without needing everyone online at the same time.
You can join using your local character, items included, and this modpack is configured so your local progression isn't forced to match the server's. Use the same profile for both if you want one character living in both worlds; keep a separate vanilla character if you'd rather play unmodded locally.
What's in the World
🗺️ The Lorekeepers
Three keepers hold the thread through the world's tiered dangers: Haldor, then Hildir, then the Bog Witch — each running their own branching conversation. Defeating a keeper's Biome Lords reveals that the next keeper exists, but never where to find them. Finding them yourself is the point, and it's rewarded the moment you do.
⚔️ Biome Lords
A boss-tier Lord guards every biome, from Meadows to Ashlands, summoned once you've proven yourself a hunter. Fell one and you keep its trophy — a permanent blessing — plus a Forsaken Power to wield in the fights still ahead. This feature is powered by TaegukGaming-BiomeLords, now updated to version 0.6.6.
📜 Living World — Daily & Seasonal Events
The world keeps moving even when you're not actively questing it:
- Daily Rites — recurring turn-ins and tasks that reset with the server's clock, like the Bog Witch's daily forage.
- Weekend & weekly events — heavier content that surfaces on a cadence, including the Dvergr Challenges for anyone raising companions.
- Seasonal events — limited-time content like Midsummer's Bounty, dropped in for the season and pulled once it passes.
🤝 Lost Scrolls II — Dvergr Companions
Free corrupted Dvergr instead of killing them, and recruit them as companions that level up, fight, do chores, sail, and travel at your side.
🏆 Companion Tournaments & Duels — Coming Soon
A Tournament of Dverger Companions is coming to the server.
Seal your finest Dvergr into a Communion Totem, register through the in-game Tournament panel (F7), and lock it in when the host opens the bracket. Single elimination, double elimination, or round robin — when a round goes live, your companion is summoned to fight at full health, automatically. Win by strength, seeding, and skill; the last companion standing is written into the Hall of Champions.
Every duel your companion wins — 1v1 or party, tournament or casual — gets broadcast to Discord and server chat. Build a reputation one bout at a time.
🏪 Simple Market
A player-driven economy with asynchronous trading — list or buy from a market area without needing to be online at the same time as anyone else.
🛒 Trader Additions
One unified interface across Haldor, Hildir, and the Bog Witch, with progression-aware pricing, plus daily bounty contracts to chase for rewards.
📈 Skills, Salvage, and Fashion
- ImpactfulSkills — skill progression that actually changes how you play, not just a number going up.
- Recycle N Reclaim — salvage crafted items back into materials instead of wasting them.
- Armoire — a buildable wardrobe for saving outfits and overriding your look, purely cosmetic.
Mod Updates
This version of the modpack includes updates to the following mods:
- TaegukGaming-Hearthbound_Valheim_Modpack (version 4.9.0): A public, casual-friendly, secured modded Valheim server. No whitelisting required — anyone can join anytime.
- TaegukGaming-ValheimServerGuide (version 0.11.1): Server-authoritative YAML-driven guidance mod for Valheim. Author custom quests, NPC conversations, and triggered popups using only vanilla UI. No custom assets required.
- TaegukGaming-BiomeLords (version 0.6.6): Adds a boss-tier Lord to every biome, summoned with the Lord's Horn after you've proven yourself a hunter. Defeat them for Forsaken Powers, and keep their trophies for permanent blessings.
Supporting the Server
Donations cover hosting and nothing else. Playing here is free, and nothing you can buy makes you stronger than someone who never spends a cent.
Supporters get Valcoins to spend in the in-game shop on cosmetics and weekly-limited consumables. To donate: press F4 in-game, open the Donate tab, and follow the steps — it hands you a personal code and a link to the donation portal. Payments run entirely through Ko-fi, Patreon, or PayMongo on their own checkout; we never see your card details.
More on the shop, Valcoins, and the donation flow: www.taegukgaming.com
Join the Community
Taeguk Gamers Discord: https://discord.gg/2bguN3jQDA Website: https://www.taegukgaming.com/
The server address, current modpack version, troubleshooting help, and all announcements live in Discord.
Notes / Rules (Short Version)
- Don't add extra mods unless explicitly allowed — ServerGuard will block you.
- Be respectful. No griefing or stealing.
- Play how you want — the server supports both casual and progression-minded Vikings.
Need Help?
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/2bguN3jQDA