How to Become an Admin on Your Unturned Server

Unturned has an owner and a list of admins. The owner is set in the config, and admins can be added live from the console.

Find your SteamID64

You need the 17 digit number beginning 7656119, not your display name. Read it from your Steam profile URL or use a SteamID lookup site.

Make yourself the owner

1. Stop the server.
2. In the panel open Files and edit:

   Servers/<InstanceName>/Server/Commands.dat

3. Add or change the line:

   Owner/76561198000000000

4. Save and start the server.

The owner has admin permanently and cannot be removed from in game.

Add another admin

With the server running, in the panel Console:

admin 76561198000000000

and to remove:

unadmin 76561198000000000

These write to Admins.dat in the same folder, so they survive a restart.

Commands you get

Type these in the panel console without a prefix, or in game with a leading slash:

• kick <player> <reason> and ban <player> <reason> <duration>, duration in seconds.
• unban <steamid>
• players lists everyone online.
• give <player> <itemid> <amount>
• teleport <player> <player or location>
• experience <player> <amount>
• day, night, storm for weather and time.
• save writes the world to disk. Run it before a manual stop.
• shutdown saves and stops cleanly.

Cheats must be enabled for some commands

Item and experience commands need cheats turned on. In Commands.dat:

Cheats/On

Moderation commands work regardless.

If admin does not apply

• Reconnect after being added. The permission is read at connect time.
• Check the SteamID64 for typos. Unturned does not report a bad ID.
• If you edited Commands.dat while the server was running, the change was overwritten on shutdown. Stop first, then edit.