Granting Owner and Admin Rights on an Unturned Server

Why Admins Matter on Unturned

Running an Unturned server eventually means you need someone with authority to kick troublemakers, ban repeat offenders, or tweak the world while it is live. The game ships with a built in admin system that unlocks in-game commands once a player is on the list. The trick is knowing where to put the right ID, and that is the part most new owners stumble on. The walkthrough below covers the full process, plus a couple of fixes for when things refuse to cooperate.

Step 1: Grab the SteamID64

Unturned identifies admins through their 17 digit SteamID64, not their nickname.

• Open the SteamID I/O lookup site in your browser.
• Paste the player's Steam profile URL or vanity name and search.
• From the result, copy the value listed under steamID64.

Leave that number on your clipboard or in a notepad. You will paste it into the server config in a moment.

Step 2: Edit Commands.dat

This is where the actual promotion happens.

1. Log in to your HolyHosting control panel and stop the server. Editing config files while the process is running tends to get your changes overwritten on shutdown.
2. Open the Config Files section from the menu.
3. Find and open Commands.dat.

1. Go to a new empty line and add the following entry, swapping in the SteamID64 you copied earlier:

``` owner 76561198000000000 ```

1. Save the file, then start the server back up.

Once the server boots, that player has full admin rights. If you want to promote more people without rewriting the config every time, the simpler route is to join the server as the existing owner and run `/admin [SteamID64]` from chat.

Troubleshooting

Commands still do nothing. Reopen Commands.dat and verify the SteamID is spelled correctly with no extra spaces. A single typo means the line is ignored entirely. Save and restart after any change, since Unturned only reads the file at startup.

Certain commands like `/give` are blocked. Some admin commands depend on the cheats flag being active. Head back into Commands.dat, add a fresh line containing `cheats enabled`, save, and restart the server. The flag stays on until you remove that line.

With owner status set and cheats toggled when you need them, you have everything required to manage an Unturned server from the inside.