How to make yourself admin, then the teleport, spawn, moderation, weather, time and server commands that run a Rust server day to day. Syntax copied from the live Rust command list, not from memory.
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Admin in Rust is granted by SteamID, from the server console: the panel console, RCON, or the terminal window on a self-hosted server. It cannot be do…
Jump to sectionThese run from the in-game F1 console once you have admin. Player names can be partial; SteamIDs always work. Command What it does noclip Toggles nocl…
Jump to sectionCommand What it does inventory.give <item> <amount> Gives you an item by short name, for example inventory.give rifle.ak 1 or inventory.give wood 1000…
Jump to sectionCommand What it does kick "player" "reason" Kicks a player with a message they will see. kickall "reason" Kicks everyone. Useful right before a restar…
Jump to sectionCommand What it does env.time <0-24> Sets the time of day. env.time 12 is midday. env.day , env.month , env.year Set the in-game date, which drives se…
Jump to sectionThese are convars rather than one-off commands: set them once and run server.writecfg so they persist. All of them can also go in the start line as +n…
Jump to sectionserver.save forces a save now. Run it before a restart or a risky change. server.writecfg writes every changed convar and the user lists to disk. rest…
Jump to sectionAdmin in Rust is granted by SteamID, from the server console: the panel console, RCON, or the terminal window on a self-hosted server. It cannot be done from the in-game F1 console until you already have admin.
ownerid 76561198000000000 "Aaron" "server owner"
server.writecfgownerid <steamid64> "name" "reason" gives full admin (owner). The name and reason are labels for your own records; they do not have to match the Steam name.moderatorid <steamid64> "name" "reason" gives moderator, which can kick, ban and use most admin tools but cannot change server convars.removeowner <steamid64> and removemoderator <steamid64> take it away again.server.writecfg saves the change to users.cfg in your server identity folder. Skip it and the admin is gone at the next restart. If you are hunting for the users.cfg location, it is server/<identity>/cfg/users.cfg.Your SteamID64 is the 17-digit number starting 7656119; you can find it on your Steam profile URL or with a SteamID lookup site. After running the command, disconnect and reconnect to the server for it to apply. On RSH panel hosting there is an admin field in the panel that writes these lines for you.
Rust Dedicated Server ships no god command. God mode, vanish and most quality-of-life admin tools come from plugins such as Godmode, Vanish and Admin Radar on uMod. See the plugins guide.
These run from the in-game F1 console once you have admin. Player names can be partial; SteamIDs always work.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
noclip | Toggles noclip flight for you. Client command, admin only. |
teleport "player" | Teleports you to the named player. |
teleport2me "player" | Teleports the named player to you. |
teleport "player1" "player2" | Teleports player1 to player2. |
teleportpos "x,y,z" | Teleports you to exact world coordinates. |
teleport2marker | Teleports you to the marker you placed on the map. |
teleport2death | Teleports you to where you last died. |
teleportany <entity> | Teleports you to the nearest entity of that type, for example teleportany cargoship. |
spectate "player" | Spectates a player. Run respawn to leave spectate. |
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
inventory.give <item> <amount> | Gives you an item by short name, for example inventory.give rifle.ak 1 or inventory.give wood 1000. |
inventory.giveto "player" <item> <amount> | Gives an item to another player. |
inventory.giveall <item> <amount> | Gives the item to everyone online. |
inventory.giveid <itemid> <amount> | Same as give, but by numeric item ID. |
inventory.givebp <item> | Gives you the blueprint for an item. |
inventory.resetbp | Resets your own blueprints. |
entity.spawn <prefab> | Spawns an entity at your position by prefab name. |
Item short names are the ones in our Rust item database; prefab names are the long assets/prefabs/... paths and are easiest to copy from a plugin or the Rust wiki rather than typed from memory.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
kick "player" "reason" | Kicks a player with a message they will see. |
kickall "reason" | Kicks everyone. Useful right before a restart. |
banid <steamid> "name" "reason" [duration] | Bans by SteamID. The duration is optional and in seconds. |
unban <steamid> | Lifts a ban. |
banlist | Prints the ban list. |
mute "player" / unmute "player" | Chat mute and unmute. mutelist shows who is muted. |
skipqueueid <steamid> | Lets a player bypass the join queue. removeskipqueue reverses it. |
users / players / status | Lists connected players with IDs, ping and connection time. |
server.combatlog | Prints the combat log, the same one players see, for checking a kill report. |
say "message" | Sends a message to everyone from SERVER. |
Bans are saved to bans.cfg in the identity folder. Run server.writecfg after banning if you want to be sure it is on disk before a restart.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
env.time <0-24> | Sets the time of day. env.time 12 is midday. |
env.day, env.month, env.year | Set the in-game date, which drives seasonal events. |
weather.rain <0-1> | Forces rain. -1 returns it to automatic. |
weather.fog <0-1> | Forces fog. -1 to reset. |
weather.wind <0-1> | Forces wind. -1 to reset. |
world.rendermap | Renders a high-resolution PNG of the current map into the server folder, handy for your Discord. |
world.monuments | Prints the monuments on the current map. |
entity.deleteby <steamid> | Deletes every entity a player placed. The cleanest way to remove a griefer's build. |
These are convars rather than one-off commands: set them once and run server.writecfg so they persist. All of them can also go in the start line as +name value.
| Convar | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
server.hostname | My Untitled Rust Server | The name in the server browser. |
server.description | (none) | The description players see. Put your wipe schedule here. |
server.url / server.headerimage | (none) | Website link and the browser header image. |
server.maxplayers | 500 | Player cap. Set it to what your RAM supports. |
server.seed / server.worldsize | 1337 / 4500 | Map seed and size. Only read when a new map generates. |
server.pve | false | Turns off player-versus-player damage. See the private and PvE server guide. |
server.saveinterval | 600 | Seconds between automatic saves. |
decay.upkeep / decay.scale | true / 1 | Whether upkeep is on, and how fast decay runs. |
craft.instant | false | Instant crafting for everyone. Common on build servers. |
server.radiation | true | Radiation at monuments on or off. |
server.tags | (none) | Server browser tags, comma separated: weekly,vanilla,eu. |
server.censorplayerlist | true | Hides the Steam player list to make stream sniping harder. |
server.save forces a save now. Run it before a restart or a risky change.server.writecfg writes every changed convar and the user lists to disk.restart <seconds> starts a countdown that players see, then restarts. restart 300 gives five minutes.quit saves and shuts the server down.server.stop "reason" stops the server with a message.A map wipe is not a command. You delete the .map and .sav files in the identity folder while the server is stopped, or change the seed, and the next boot generates a fresh world. On panel hosting the wipe button does exactly that, with a blueprint wipe as a tick box. The timing is covered in the force wipe schedule.
This page covers the commands that run a server day to day. The complete searchable list of every convar and command, all 1,800 of them, is on our RCON and console command reference.
From the server console run ownerid with your SteamID64, a name and a reason, then server.writecfg. Reconnect to the server and you will have admin. Use moderatorid for a lower level of access.
In your server identity folder: server/
Not in vanilla. God mode comes from plugins such as Godmode on uMod, installed through Oxide or Carbon.
With admin, open the F1 console and run teleport followed by the player's name in quotes. teleport2me brings them to you instead.
inventory.give followed by the item short name and amount, for example inventory.give scrap 1000. Use inventory.giveto to give to another player.
banid followed by their SteamID64, a name, a reason and an optional duration in seconds. unban lifts it and banlist shows current bans.
No. Console Edition servers are managed through the in-game community server settings rather than a console. These commands are for PC servers.
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