Constant stuttering both with and without mods

TL;DR - My game is stuttering and idk why. Wanting to know others' experiences.

I've browsed Reddit and Steam Community posts about performance and have tried the suggestions, but nothing seems to eliminate the stuttering I get. I'm wondering if this is normal, as I know Valheim is still Early Access and will be releasing soonish (within a year or so?) with the next big update, so I've read that it's not the best optimized. I just started playing again a few weeks ago and have been dealing with the stuttering the whole time.

I was googling about stuttering, but nothing much came of it besides people saying that stuttering happens on chunk loads and for other reasons. I just want to share my details and see if others are experiencing the same issue.

My rig (just linking things in case it helps for troubleshooting): OS: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22631 Build 22631 GIGABYTE B650 Gaming X AX - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYBHW4SH](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYBHW4SH) AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTZB7F88](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTZB7F88) Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBRKMTG7](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBRKMTG7) XFX Speedster MERC310 RX 7900XTX - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNLSW23M](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNLSW23M) Western Digital WD\_BLACK 1TB SN770 NVMe SSD - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QV692XY](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QV692XY)

My AMD graphics drivers are up to date, current version 24.12.1. No pending OS updates.

I play on an ultrawide that I bought from a friend. 3440x1440 120hz, RGB SDR with a bit depth of 8. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLF2RWNV](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLF2RWNV)

I've changed to windowed and played at 1080p, and I've turned graphics settings all the way down, too, but the stuttering persists.

I've been using R2ModMan and playing around with some client side mods. I use Steam and added the doorstop to launch with mods. I also added the below lines to my launch options, but they seem to have no effect. Those came from the link below. \-gfx-enable-gfx-jobs -gfx-enable-native-gfx-jobs [https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/1buwlmm/low\_gpu\_utilization\_4090\_with\_low\_fps\_4060\_fix/](https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/1buwlmm/low_gpu_utilization_4090_with_low_fps_4060_fix/)

I've also read the following posts: [https://valheimbugs.featureupvote.com/suggestions/532270/constant-stuttering-despite-high-fps](https://valheimbugs.featureupvote.com/suggestions/532270/constant-stuttering-despite-high-fps) [https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/0/3105766250716799868/ctp=2](https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/0/3105766250716799868/ctp=2) [https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/10yu6ik/valheim\_is\_forever\_stuttering\_how\_do\_i\_fix/](https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/10yu6ik/valheim_is_forever_stuttering_how_do_i_fix/)

This video has a frametime graph and shows no stutters: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBkMW39egU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBkMW39egU)

Regardless of using the mods, I get stuttering. It starts right after I launch the game, though it does slowly get worse with time (it seems) for some reason. What's weird is the GPU never goes above 60% utilization. I do have a framecap set in RivaTuner, and I use Afterburner for monitoring. Below are screenshots to show the issue. This is the only game I have this kind of stuttering with.

I don't have many applications open, only Chrome with a few tabs open and Discord for a call with a friend when these screenshots were taken.

My system tray:


Valheim F2 menu showing only 3680 instances while I'm at my home on the shore. Very small base, basically 0 terraforming and I only build 2 tiny buildings, a little farm, and a dock.


Just started the game up without mods. You can see the stuttering from the jump. This is where the F2 screenshot was taken.


The following screenshots were taken before the above 2 screenshots.

This is after a few hours of playing modded, but the same thing happens without mods. This is at the same location as the above screenshot.


In the swamps, I get pretty bad stutters and frame drops. Here are 2 screenshots I sent a friend while on our Discord call.



And for the sake of completeness, here are the 2 locations in question. All my play session was just going between #1 and #2, with a few deaths of course. Don't judge my base location lol, I realize it's a bad spot.


Curious to hear if others have this kind of stutter, and if so, what can be done to fix it. I've been having a great time playing and this is my first real playthrough. I'm just hoping I don't have to deal with for the entirety of the game.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond!