How To Unlock & Pair Portals in Valheim

Portals are one of the most useful features in Valheim, allowing you to quickly teleport between locations and streamline your exploration and base management. In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about unlocking portals and pairing them together for seamless fast travel across your world.

Gathering Portal Ingredients

To unlock portals in Valheim, you need to gather the necessary crafting ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need:

Fine Wood (obtained from birch trees)

Greydwarf Eyes

Surtling Cores (found in dungeons)

Access to a workbench

Once you’ve collected these materials, you’ll be able to craft your first portal at any workbench.

Crafting Your First Portal

Head to your workbench and craft a portal using the ingredients listed above. This creates your initial gateway for fast travel.

Pairing Portals Together

The key to portal functionality is pairing them with matching tags. Here’s how the system works:

Setting Portal Tags

When you place a portal, you can assign it a custom tag. Walk up to the portal and set a tag name. For example, you might use “follow” as your tag name for a pair of connected portals.

Place your first portal at your starting location and set its tag. Then place a second portal at your destination and assign it the same tag name.

Once both portals share the same tag, they become linked and you can instantly teleport between them.

Creating Multiple Portal Networks

You can create multiple independent portal networks simultaneously. For example:

Portals tagged “follow” connect to each other

Portals tagged with a different name create a separate network

You can have a third and fourth portal with their own unique tag

Portal Tag Guidelines

When naming your portal tags, keep these important rules in mind:

Case Sensitive: Tags differentiate between uppercase and lowercase letters. “Follow” is different from “follow”

Character Limit: Tags can be up to 10 characters long

Customization: Use any combination you like—words, numbers, or even passwords to organize your portal networks

Summary

Unlocking and pairing portals in Valheim is straightforward once you understand the tagging system. Gather your Fine Wood, Greydwarf Eyes, and Surtling Cores, craft your portals, and then link them by assigning matching tags. With careful planning of your tags and strategic portal placement, you can create an efficient fast travel network that connects all your important bases and locations throughout your world.

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