Rust admin commands

Bans a connected player. Set a username you'll remember them by, a reason, and an optional duration for when the ban expires.

Parameters: Duration is a value followed by a time letter, chained together, e.g. 1M7d5m = 1 month, 7 days, 5 minutes from now.

Bans a player by Steam64ID with a reason. Does not require the player to be on the server.

Returns a list of banned users with reasons and names.

Lists banned users.

Unbans a previously banned player.

Kicks a player from the server with an optional reason. They can rejoin straight away.

Mutes a player. Local (just for you) without admin; server-wide with admin.

Returns a numbered list of players you have locally muted.

Unmutes a player. You can pass the index from mutelist instead of a Steam64ID. Local without admin, server-wide with admin.

Resets a player's state – e.g. clearing a hostile flag so safe zones stop attacking them.

Grants the player the highest admin auth level (2).

Grants the player the second-highest admin auth level (1).

Removes the highest admin auth level (2) from the player.

Removes the second-highest admin auth level (1) from the player.

Returns connected players with their Steam64ID, name and ping.

Returns connected player information in JSON format.

Returns connected players with Steam64ID, name, ping, time played and IP address.

Returns connected players with Steam64ID and names.

Returns per-player stats – time connected, kills, deaths, suicides – with Steam64ID and name.

Lists all players currently asleep on the server.

Forces a player/NPC to sleep. Input the ID shown above their head.

Wakes up all sleeping NPC players.

Heals your player by the amount entered.

Damages your player by the amount entered.

Puts your player into the wounded (injured) state.

Fills your health, hunger and thirst to full.

Increases your hunger by the amount entered.

Parameters: e.g. 500

Increases your thirst by the amount entered.

Parameters: e.g. 250

Fills all water containers in your inventory with fresh water.

Toggles god mode – no damage from the world, no hunger or thirst loss.

Toggles noclip flight, letting you fly through walls and terrain.

Puts your own player to sleep.

Kills your player, sending you to the respawn menu (same as Suicide in the Esc menu).

Kills another player, sending them to the respawn screen.

Parameters: Use Steam64ID for reliable targeting.

Teleport to a player. With two players, teleports the first to the second.

Parameters: Use Steam64ID for reliable targeting when names are similar.

Teleports the given player to your position.

Parameters: Use Steam64ID for reliable targeting.

Teleports you to the marker you placed on the map.

Teleports you to an item the given player has placed.

Parameters: Use Steam64ID for reliable targeting.

Teleports you to any entity of the given type on the server.

Teleports you to the closest thing in your line of sight.

Teleports you to an exact coordinate.

Prints your current x, y, z coordinate.

Parameters: Prefix with sv and pass a Steam64ID to read another player’s position.

Sets the time of day for your player only.

Parameters: Input -1 to reset back to the server’s regular time.

Sets the time of day for the entire server.

Controls whether time advances or stays frozen at the current hour.

Forces a weather type on the server, e.g. weather.load clear.

Prints the current weather stats for the server.

Multiplier for how fast bases decay. Default 1.

Parameters: Default is 1.

How long one payment of upkeep lasts. Raise it to make upkeep cheaper.

Parameters: Default is 1440 (24 hours).

Minutes of upkeep a tool cupboard can still spend after being destroyed, to keep the base from decaying.

Parameters: Default is 1440 (24 hours).

How long a locked crate takes to unlock once hacking starts.

Parameters: Default is 900 (15 minutes).

Minutes for a minicopter/attack/transport heli to decay from full health when under a roof.

Parameters: Default is 2880 (48 hours).

Minutes for a minicopter/attack/transport heli to decay from full health when left outdoors.

Parameters: Default is 480 (8 hours).

Saves a high-resolution PNG of the server map.

Starts the patrol helicopter server event.

Starts the patrol helicopter event and summons it to your position.

Respawns the Bradley APC at Launch Site.

Spawns an entity where you are looking.

Parameters: If the name is not an exact match, Rust prints close matches to choose from.

Spawns an item where you are looking.

Parameters: If the name is not an exact match, Rust prints close matches. Add a quantity after the name.

Deletes every instance of a given prefab/asset on the server.

Parameters: Find the asset path by aiming at the object, running debug.lookingat, then console.copy.

Destroys the entity you are looking at.

Locks the entity you are looking at (code locks, key locks).

Unlocks the entity you are looking at (code locks, key locks).

Returns the Steam64ID of whoever placed the entity you are looking at.

Enters free-fly camera mode, detached from your player.

Freezes the debug camera position while handing control back to your player.

Prints information about the object you are currently looking at.

Toggles a hover overlay with debug stats for whatever you look at.

Displays recent damage you dealt and took.

Parameters: Optional Steam64ID (admin) to read another player’s combat log.

Toggles a netgraph overlay with network info on entities (white bars across the top).

Parameters: State only updates while in a server.

Controls whether there is a delay for alt-look to snap back to front-facing.

Shows a performance readout in the bottom-left of your screen.

Parameters: 0 off · 1 FPS · 2 +frame time · 3 +RAM · 4 +ping · 5 +invokes · 6 +tasks.

Returns the current frames per second. Works on client and server.

Caps your client frame rate.

Returns your latency to the server.

Runs a benchmark simulation to gauge how well your machine runs the game.

Prints version and build info (server version when run on the server).

Searches for commands and convars matching a word and prints them.

Clears the F1 console.

Copies the contents of the F1 console to your clipboard.

Connects to a server by IP address and port.

Parameters: For a locally hosted server you can use localhost in place of the IP.

Connects to a server by IP and port without printing the connection info to console.

Closes the game to desktop.

Parameters: Prefix with sv (sv quit) to save and shut down the server.

Writes the server’s convars and owner/moderator list to the cfg files.

Writes your client settings and keybinds to the cfg files.

Broadcasts a message to everyone’s chat from the server.

Makes your player perform a gesture.

Parameters: wave / victory / shrug / thumbsup / chicken / hurry / whoa