How to add moderators and helpers to your DDNet server

DDNet (DDraceNetwork)Updated Oct 23, 20264 min read

Set a Moderator RCON Password and a Helper RCON Password on the Settings tab, under Game Settings, and restart the server. Staff then press F2 in the DDNet client and log in with their password. You never share the admin RCON Password.

Set the staff passwords

Open your server in the panel, click the Settings tab, then Game Settings.
Type a password in Moderator RCON Password, and one in Helper RCON Password if you want helpers. Up to 32 characters, no double quotes or backslashes. Use passwords that differ from each other and from the admin one.
Click outside the field. The panel saves it and says Saved. The server must restart before these take effect.
Click Restart now, or restart the server later.

An empty field turns that login off. Both are empty on a new server.

What each role can do

DDNet's own start file gives these commands to staff:

Role	Commands
Admin (RCON Password)	Everything, including settings and `change_map`.
Moderator	`kick`, `ban`, `unban`, `bans`, `unban_all` and `force_vote`, plus everything a helper has.
Helper	`status` and `logout`. When Cheats (test commands) is on, also the test commands such as `super` and `tele`.

Commands are in How to use the Console and commands on your DDNet server.

How staff log in

They join the server and press F2 to open the remote console.
They type their password and press Enter.
They type commands in the same console, for example status, then kick and the player's id.

To be sure staff can always join a full server, use the Make it a public server preset on the Maps page: it keeps slots free for staff and fills in both passwords for you. See How to make your DDNet server public and add moderators.

Take a role away

Change the password, or empty the field, and restart the server. Everyone who used the old password loses that login at the restart. Give the new password only to the staff who keep the role.

Good to know

Moderators cannot mute players on a new server. To give them muteid, add access_level muteid moderator to myServerconfig.cfg: How to stop chat spam and mute players on your DDNet server.
Each password is one login for a whole role. If you want to know who did what, give the role to few people.
If a staff member types a wrong password too often, they are banned for a while: The RCON password does not work on your DDNet server.
To let a friend manage the server in the panel instead: How to let a friend help run your DDNet server.

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