This guide will help you use Admin and Console Commands on your Unturned Server
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Admin and console commands are essential tools for managing your Unturned server effectively. Whether you’re adjusting gameplay settings, moderating players, spawning items, or troubleshooting issues, these commands give you full control over how your server operates. This guide explains how to access the console, how admin permissions work, and how to use the most important commands so you can manage your server confidently and efficiently.
Mastering Admin and Console Commands in Unturned
| Command | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admin | Admin [SteamID | Player] | Adds the specified player to the list of users allowed to use admin commands in the chat. |
| Admins | Admins | Shows a list of the current admins. |
| Airdrop | Airdrop | This forces a dropship to fly over and perform an airdrop. |
| Ban | Ban [SteamID | Player]/[Reason]/[Duration] | Bans the specified player for a specified reason (optional) and duration (optional). The default is one year, or 31,536,000 seconds, as shown in the console. Users attempting to connect to the server will see the remaining seconds and the reason for the ban. |
| Bans | Bans | Shows a list of the current bans. |
| Bind | Bind [IP] | Binds a specific internal IP to the socket. The default is 0.0.0.0, meaning that all IPv4 addresses on the local machine can be used to connect to the server. |
| Chatrate | Chatrate [Number] | Assigns a minimum time between chat messages to prevent spamming. |
| Cheats | Cheats [Enable | Disable] | Allows your server to access certain commands, such as Give, and can only be used in the server's commands.dat file. |
| Cycle | Cycle [Number] | Assigns the length of the day/night cycle in seconds. |
| Day | Day | Assigns the current time to the day. |
| Debug | Debug | Provides information on the state of the server. |
| Experience | Experience [SteamID | Player]/[Experience] | Gives a specified player experience. |
| Filter | Filter | Filters out players with non-English alphanumeric names. |
| Flag | Flag [SteamID | Player]/[Flag]/[Value] | Sets a player's flag. |
| Give | Give [SteamID | Player]/[ItemID]/[Item Name]/Amount | Gives the specified player an item. |
| Gold | Gold | Restricts the server to only allow Gold players. |
| Help | Help [Command] | Provides information on the specified command. |
| Hide_Admins | Hide_Admins | Admins will appear as if they are normal players.
Also allows the recording of cinematic footage without the admin labels being visible to players. |
| Home | home | Teleports the player to the claimed bed. |
| Kick | Kick [SteamID | Player]/[Reason] | Disconnects the specified player from the server. |
| Kill | Kill [SteamID | Player] | Kills the specified player in-game. |
| Loadout | Loadout [SkillsetID]/[ItemID]/[ItemID]/... | Gives players each item when spawning. Using a skill set ID of 255 gives the item to everyone.
Can only be used in a server console or the server's Commands.dat file. SkillsetIDs are from 0-10 in the same order as displayed when editing a survivor. 255 = All Skillsets. |
| Log | Log [Chat]/[Join/Leave]/[Death]/[Anticheat] | Enables logging Chat/Join/Leave/Death messages. Each parameter can only be Y or N. (eg. log y/y/y will log all chat, connections, and death messages.) |
| Map | Map [Level] | Sets the map that the server loads on startup. |
| MaxPlayers | MaxPlayers [Number] | Sets the maximum number of connections the server is willing to accept. |
| Mode | Mode [Easy | Normal | Hard] | Assigns the difficulty of the server. |
| Name | Name [Text] | Assigns the name of the server to the server list. Has a maximum of 50 characters. |
| Night | Night | Assigns the current time to night. |
| Owner | Owner [SteamID] | Gives admin rights to the SteamID. Must be placed in the server's Commands.dat |
| Password | Password [Text] | Assigns the codeword required for entry to the server. |
| Permit | Permit [SteamID]/[Tag] | Adds the specified player to the list of users allowed to join the server.
(e.g., 76561198267201306/SDGNelson) |
| Permits | Permits | Shows a list of the current players allowed to join the server. |
| Perspective | Perspective [First | Third | Both | Vehicle] | Assigns the perspective of the server. |
| Players | Players | Shows a list of the current player on the server. |
| Port | Port [Number] | Assigns the port of the server. Port + 1 and port + 2 are also used, so remember to open them on the router as well. |
| PvE | PvE | Disables player-versus-player combat in favor of player-versus-environment. |
| Queue_Size | Queue_Size [Number] | Sets the maximum number of queued connections the server is willing to hold on to. |
| Reputation | Reputation [SteamID | Player]/[Reputation] | Gives a player some reputation. |
| ResetConfig | ResetConfig | Resets the config.dat file to the default values. |
| Save | Save | Forces a proper save of the server state. |
| Say | Say [Text]/[R]/[G]/[B] | Broadcasts a message to all of the connected clients. |
| Shutdown | Shutdown [Delay] | Properly saves the server state, disconnects the clients, and closes the server. |
| Slay | Slay [SteamID | Player] | Kills the specified player in-game and bans them for 31,536,000 seconds (one year). |
| Spy | Spy [SteamID | Player] | Takes a screenshot from the target player's perspective and saves it on the caller's computer as Spy.jpg. |
| Sync | Sync | Allows players to share saved data between your servers. |
| Teleport | Teleport [SteamID | Player]/[SteamID | Player | Location | wp | bed] | Teleports the first player to the second or a location. If the input is abbreviated, the command will choose the player or location based on what is closest alphabetically. Use wp to teleport to the selected waypoint on the map. Use the bed to teleport to bed. If you want to teleport yourself, you can omit the first SteamID or Player. |
| Time | Time [Number] | Assigns the current time in seconds of the day/night cycle. |
| Timeout | Timeout [Number] | Assigns a maximum ping threshold to the server before a client is kicked. |
| Unadmin | Unadmin [SteamID | Player] | Removes the specified player from the list of users allowed to use admin commands in the chat. |
| Unban | Unban [SteamID] | Removes the specified player from the list of users not allowed to join the server. |
| Unpermit | Unpermit [SteamID] | Removes the specified player from the list of users allowed to join the server. |
| Vehicle | Vehicle [SteamID | Player]/[VehicleID]/[Vehicle Name] | Gives the specified player a vehicle. |
| Votify | Votify [Vote Allowed Y|N]/[Pass Cooldown]/[Fail Cooldown]/[Vote Duration]/[Vote Percentage]/[Required Players] | Sets up voting. Pass/fail cooldown specifies the amount of time that players must wait after a successful/failed vote before initiating another vote. Vote duration specifies the amount of time for each vote to remain active. Vote percentage indicates the percentage of "yes" votes required for a successful vote and must be expressed in decimals (e.g., 0.6 for 60%). Required players specify the minimum number of connected players to initiate a vote. |
| Weather | Weather [None | Storm | Blizzard] | This starts or stops the current weather cycle. |
| Welcome | Welcome [Text]/[R]/[G]/[B] | Sets a chat box welcome message shown to clients when connected to the server. |
| Whitelisted | Whitelisted | This only permitted players to join the server. |
Visit the website below to view the latest updates to admin and console commands:
http://unturned.wikia.com/wiki/Server_Commands
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