{"id":30078,"date":"2026-09-09T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/?p=30078"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:49:52","slug":"how-does-cross-play-work-on-my-gportal-valheim-server-for-playstation-and-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-does-cross-play-work-on-my-gportal-valheim-server-for-playstation-and-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"How does cross-play work on my GPORTAL Valheim server for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valheim supports cross-play across all platforms. PC and Xbox have been able to play together for some time now. PlayStation and Nintendo Switch have now been added to the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PlayStation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross-play on PlayStation generally works without any issues, but you&#8217;ll need to disable one option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, you&#8217;ll need to disable \u201cPlayStation Network Only\u201d in the in-game menu (bottom left) so you can successfully connect to a server. After that, you shouldn&#8217;t have any further problems joining other servers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2026\/09\/image-14-1-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2026\/09\/image-14-1-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2026\/09\/image-14-1-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2026\/09\/image-14-1-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2026\/09\/image-14-1.png 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nintendo Switch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are absolutely no restrictions on the Nintendo Switch, and everything is delightfully simple. You should be able to join a session directly using a friend code. In any case, we didn&#8217;t find any other restrictions or requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valheim supports cross-play across all platforms. PC and Xbox have been able to play together for some time now. PlayStation and Nintendo Switch have now been added to the mix. PlayStation Cross-play on PlayStation generally works without any issues, but you&#8217;ll need to disable one option. Specifically, you&#8217;ll need to disable \u201cPlayStation Network Only\u201d in the in-game menu (bottom left) so you can successfully connect to a server. After that, you shouldn&#8217;t have any further problems joining other servers. Nintendo Switch There are absolutely no restrictions on the Nintendo Switch, and everything is delightfully simple. You should be able to join a session directly using a friend code. In any case, we didn&#8217;t find any other restrictions or requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-blog-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,22],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How does crossplay work in Valheim on your GPORTAL server?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;ll explain what you need to know about cross-play between PlayStation and Nintendo Switch on your GPORTAL Valheim server. 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