Valheim dev says mods should always be free
Valheim developer Iron Gate has outlined its official stance on mods for the Viking survival game, saying that charging money for a mod is “against the creative and open spirit of modding itself,” and urging the creators of Valheim mods to make them available for free. Valheim does not have any official mod support, but nevertheless features a variety of modded servers and community content. Although Iron Gate says it does not want “payment to be a requirement to access a mod,” the developer encourages players to make voluntary donations to mod creators.
In a statement simply titled “Regarding Mods,” Iron Gate outlines its philosophy towards the use of mods in Valheim, and whether or not they should only be available in exchange for money.
The studio says that, while Valheim lacks official mod support, Iron Gate is “happy to see that people are engaging with our game and creating their own mods for it,” adding however that “any creating and using of mods is done at your own risk, and that we [Iron Gate] can’t guarantee that mods will be compatible with newer versions of the game.”
The Valheim dev then discusses the idea of paid-for mods, explaining that, while it understands mod creators may put a great deal of effort into their work, Iron Gate “does not condone locking modded content behind a paywall.”
“We definitely understand that you spend a lot of your time on creating a mod, and that you might want financial compensation for that, but Iron Gate does not condone locking modded content behind a paywall,” Iron Gate says. “We feel that charging money for a mod is against the creative and open spirit of modding itself, and therefore we urge all mod authors to make their mods freely available to all who want to play
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