How to Become an Admin on Your SCUM Server

SCUM admin is a plain list of Steam IDs. Once you are on it, admin commands are typed into the normal chat window with a leading hash.

Find your SteamID64

You need the 17 digit number beginning 7656119. Read it from your Steam profile URL or use a SteamID lookup site.

In the panel open Files and go to:

SCUM/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/AdminUsers.ini

Several sibling files work the same way and live in the same folder:

BannedUsers.ini, blocked IDs.
WhitelistedUsers.ini, IDs that can always join even when the server is full.
ExclusiveUsers.ini, which turns the server into an allow list. Adding a single ID here locks everyone else out, so leave it empty unless that is what you want.
SilencedUsers.ini, IDs muted in chat.

Join the server, press T to open chat, and type a command starting with #:

#ListPlayers shows everyone online with their IDs.
#Announce your message here broadcasts to the server.
#Kick <steamid> and #Ban <steamid>.
#Teleport <X> <Y> <Z> and #TeleportTo <player>.
#SetGodMode 1 and #SetGodMode 0.
#SpawnItem <item>.
#VisualizeBoundingBoxes and the other debug commands, useful when investigating a report.
#Location prints your coordinates, which is how you get the numbers for a teleport.

Command names are case sensitive.

SCUM writes admin activity into its log files under SCUM/Saved/Logs/. If you run a team of admins, this is where you check who did what.

The server must be restarted. The file is read at startup.
Check for a stray space or a blank line with invisible characters. One ID per line, nothing else.
If you edited while the server was running, the change was overwritten on shutdown. Stop first, then edit.