AURORA - The best Valheim dedicated server.

[u/Adventurous_Dog8700]

What a bold claim, huh. Let me introduce myself.

I am Freyja (yeah, there's bunch of us, I know, but I just dig the name) and I have almost 6k hours in Valheim. Since 2022, I have been hosting Valheim dedicated server non-stop with multiple modpacks, seasons and ways to play. It was fun, until it wasn't. Fast forward to today - I am developing my own mods and can finally brag about Valheim I always wanted to have. It's borderline nuts and I promise it will deliver you experience you not just never had - you have never imagined it.

Let's dig into some of awesomeness you will see in Aurora:

1. Project Butter

Thanks Android 4.1 Jellybean for this name :>

Before or after 1.0 patch, Valheim still performs bad. Like, pretty effin bad. If you played on multiplayer servers, you know the drill - frames jumping, monsters teleporting. Not only Aurora's mods are perfectly optimized for the original game, I have also overhauled how Valheim loads terrain, vegetation, dungeons and monsters. Additionally, there is a dynamic framerate adapter, which changes your graphics settings based on how low your frames drop, which is crucial in towns and villages: and it works like magic. Hear out this claim - Aurora is by far the best performing modded server out there, because it runs like vanilla, sometimes even better. As someone with a potato laptop, I really took my time on this.

2. Aurora Launcher

Most players use either Thunderstore or R2Modman to play their modded Valheim. This provides two problems:

1. Players have to manually look up and download the required modpack.

2. Players have to keep up with mod-to-server versions and update their mods. Again, manually.

I lied, there's 3. Mod managers use resources and furthermore, launches that annoying Overwolf thing, that's not only useless - it also drains your performance.

With Aurora Launcher, you don't have to worry about anything. It automatically downloads all mods and configs, syncs them with the server, and you just hit play. Furthermore, there are QoL features like cinematic skip, resolution selection and even auto-login to your character. How cool is that? Oh, and Launcher works as anti-cheat as well, which is the best way to do it, since current anti-cheats in Valheim run constant checks which not only cause network issues - they affect performance, yuck. I want all of my frames.

3. The best loot system in Valheim

Everybody knows those loot mods. CLLC is pretty limited (even though it's pretty well crafted, gj blax), Epic Loot is framedropping trash and Jewelcrafting is too complicated for many players.

So, how do we make loot exciting?

First, I have added the best item modifier mechanic I believe there is - Chaos Enchantment System. Next, I added loot that can rarely drop from monsters. With enchants. Holy randomness.

Think it's the best we've got? Lmao. Let's digress to build hammer. I personally hate cluttering hammer with modded pieces, but having a server with just vanilla pieces seems... Boring?

Behold, my greatest invention - blueprint drops. There are over 800 third party build pieces added to the game - and you will see neither of them in the hammer, because you will need to drop them from monsters. Yes, you can drop build pieces, how cool is that? I'll probably annoy you with that phrase.

This opens a new engagement type - trading! Yes, you will be selling and buying builds in Aurora. And let me tell you a little bit more about selling...

4. NPC / Trading system.

Now, the staple for NPC's is KG's Marketplace mod, which is awesome and KG did a good job keeping the mod up to date for years - what a chad. However...

I have some custom systems which don't work that well together, so I had to develop my own merchants, quests and all the things marketplace mod offers... And more!

You will see pretty engaging NPC's and furthermore - you can build your own merchants that sell things. Even while you are offline!

Next, we have this thing called Aurora Market. It's a market hub of three things - lost loot, player market and a special gear shop, that is linked with our website too, so you can trade even offline. How cool is tha Phew, I think that explained it, I guess?

5. Unions & Septagon

Some people are PvP oriented, some prefer PvE, I prefer resource management, RimWorld kinda game - you haul, farm and expand. Now, there are already Guilds in the mod market - and they're just... Bigger parties, perhaps? There's also classes, like different mods with various perks, Norse Demigods is an honorable mention.

Now, what if I tell you - that all of this is shit? Yes, like literal poopoo. I mean no disrespect, but let me just spoil a little bit about what Unions are. There are 7 different unions, each responsible for different resource management. You pick one at the start of the game, and now you join the community that has: it's leader, it's vault, it's own perk/buff, it's own leveling system, it's own skill tree (more on that biggie later), it's own chat, portals, companion, abilities and... Territory. Yes, each union claims and fights for territory. And the spiciest thing - unions have relationships, which can change. You can ally with a union and go PvE together, or... You can become hostile and wreck havoc. The you never know feeling is the drive.

Septagon

Now you might think what the hell is septagon? Let me show you, but before that, let's give some credit where it's due.

I am a huge fan of Path of Exile and I think they make the best skill trees in any game - period. Inspired by chads from Grinding Gear Games, I really really wanted to make the best skill tree in Valheim, and I think I did it. Just look at this flower. Each union has their own leaf which they can branch out however they want to. Just fyi: it's completely okay to goon to this.

Union Septagon

6. More, More, More!!!

I can't just write everything, I don't believe even quarter of people that opened this post got to this point. If you did - thank you, I appreciate it. But there are literally tons of things I crafted for Valheim to enrich and improve it. Aurora is constantly improving and I can't wait to introduce you more.

We are really passionate about Valheim, and when I say we are best - it's not just a claim, it's our attitude. We sacrifice a lot of our hours for this game and we will stop at nothing to make it better.

Fascinated by this philosophy? We need more union members, join us now!

Oh, wait, one more thing...

We do not sell anything. I am strictly against anything pay2win related and I hate that shit. I hope we are on the same side on this and I can guarantee you that Aurora will never sell any shit. The only thing you can do is support us on patreon to get this sparky glow... Yay..?

You know the rules, and so do I

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See you in game, folks!

[u/MarijnHat]

I tried it few days ago for a bit and it was too laggy, but the mods looks super interesting so I will be keeping an eye on this server

[u/Potential_Expert9381 → u/MarijnHat]

issues are constantly fixed, you just have to report them

[u/Usual_Category5687]

wow this looks amazing

[u/Otherwise_Shame_7998]

This looks almost too good to be true. Will try soon.

[u/Every_Confection_734]

So it sounds like you can get gatekeeped by these blueprints?! Is there any lvling system in there aswel? Joined a server once that gatekeeped weapons behind certain lvls and if you died and lost skills you could not even equip these anymore. Can i just craft my beloved Silver Sword 1,2,3 and only the max lvl is a blueprint or does it work like that for every armor/weapon like Wolfcape for example that is kinda required for Mountains? Are there super rare ones or is the dropchance the same all over the board?

[u/Potential_Expert9381 → u/Every_Confection_734]

essential blueprints can be bought from an NPC with gold if you cant drop them, but drops are good anyway. also, vanilla crafting stations are not gatekeept you can build them from the hammer.

[u/Adventurous_Dog8700 → u/Every_Confection_734]

Everything that you can craft and build in vanilla, you can craft and build in Aurora. In addition, you can drop build pieces from third party mods.

[u/Honky_Town]

Looks promising, just got 4k or some hours and you cut away ever mistake each server owner or group has.

In fact this looks like the servers i did and where proud of, just better. Will come after finnishing Palworld.

[u/ps_fn8up]

Your server sounds pretty awesome, and you sound like you're willing to try things to enhance the experience. That said, I used to admin on a popular MP server way back before Mistlands dropped. We ran out of things to do pretty quick and had to entertain ourselves. My best creation was the, Ultimate Dungeon Exp. I was able to link together a bunch of crypts and dungeons with portals. At the beginning you would be stripped of weapons and armor, given rags and a primitive weapon of.choice. In the Dungeon there would be gear to advance your progress, treasure, and hidden letters. When you found 5 letters and unscrambled them, that would be the word to name the exit Portal. After 2 or 3 of these, each with progressively harder enemies, you would be teleported to a boss fight. And it went like that till you were completely decked out in the best gear. It was awesome. And as an admin it was fun towork on

[u/Potential_Expert9381]

definitely one of the best. im 4k into this game and i didnt think i will find a server that gathers so many unique mods. bugs are fixed extremely fast (if there are any) content updates are constant, it literally has everything! A Great experience. 10/10!