Unturned Admin Commands for Dedicated Servers

Overview

Running an Unturned server often means changing settings while the server is live, fixing player issues, or setting up rules before everyone joins. Server commands let you handle those jobs without digging through every config file by hand. You can adjust the time, kick or ban players, spawn items, force a save, change maps, and manage access lists.

Some commands are simple chat commands, while others belong in the server console or the Commands.dat file. The difference matters. A command typed in the wrong place may look broken even when the command itself is perfectly valid, which is deeply annoying but at least predictable.

How to Enter Unturned Commands

In-game, press J to open the chat box, then type the command with a leading `/`. For example, `/Day` sets the server time to day. Your account must be an admin before most administrative commands will work.

From a server console, use the same command but remove the `/` at the beginning. For example, type `Day` instead of `/Day`. Commands added to Commands.dat also do not need the slash.

Unturned Dedicated Server Commands

`/Admin [SteamID | Player]` - Grants a player permission to use admin commands through chat.

`/Admins` - Displays the current server admins.

`/Airdrop` - Forces a dropship to perform an airdrop.

`/Ban [SteamID | Player]/[Reason]/[Duration]` - Bans a player with a reason and duration. If no duration is set, the default is one year and is shown in the console.

`/Bans` - Shows the list of banned players.

`/Bind [IP]` - Binds the server socket to a specific internal IP. The default is `0.0.0.0`, which allows all local IPv4 addresses on the machine.

`/Chatrate [Number]` - Sets the minimum delay between chat messages to reduce spam.

`/Cheats [Enable | Disable]` - Enables access to certain commands, such as Give. This can only be used in the server's Commands.dat file.

`/Cycle [Number]` - Sets the day and night cycle length in seconds.

`/Day` - Changes the current time to day.

`/Debug` - Shows information about the server's current state.

`/Experience [SteamID | Player]/[Experience]` - Gives experience points to a player.

`/Filter` - Filters players with names that are not English alphanumeric characters.

`/Flag [SteamID | Player]/[Flag]/[Value]` - Sets a player flag value.

`/Give [SteamID | Player]/[ItemID]/[Amount]` - Gives an item to a player.

`/Gold` - Limits the server to Gold players only.

`/Help [Command]` - Shows a description of the chosen command and how it works.

`/Hide_Admins` - Makes admins appear as normal players. This is also useful when recording cinematic footage without admin labels on-screen.

`/home` - Teleports a player to their claimed bed.

`/Kick [SteamID | Player]/[Reason]` - Disconnects a player from the server. They can rejoin afterward unless another restriction applies.

`/Kill [SteamID | Player]` - Kills the selected player in-game.

`/Loadout [SkillsetID]/[ItemID]/[ItemID]/...` - Gives players specified items when they spawn. A skillset ID of `255` applies the loadout to everyone. This command can only be used in the server console or Commands.dat. Skillset IDs are `0` through `10`, matching the order shown when editing a survivor.

`/Log [Chat]/[Join/Leave]/[Death]/[Anticheat]` - Enables or disables logging for chat, join and leave events, deaths, and anticheat messages. Each value must be `Y` or `N`.

`/Map [Level]` - Sets the map loaded when the server starts.

`/MaxPlayers [Number]` - Sets the maximum number of players who can be connected at the same time.

`/Mode [Easy | Normal | Hard]` - Sets the server difficulty.

`/Name [Text]` - Sets the name shown for the server in the server list.

`/Night` - Changes the current time to night.

`/Owner [SteamID]` - Grants owner admin rights to a SteamID. This must be placed in Commands.dat.

`/Password [Text]` - Sets the password required to join the server.

`/Permit [SteamID]/[Tag]` - Adds a player to the list of permitted users. This works like a whitelist entry.

`/Perspective [First | Third | Both | Vehicle]` - Controls the camera perspective allowed on the server.

`/Players` - Lists the players currently connected to the server.

`/Port [Number]` - Sets the server port. The server also uses port `+1` and port `+2`, so those need to be open on the router as well.

`/PvE` - Disables PvP combat and makes the server PvE focused.

`/Queue_Size [Number]` - Sets how many queued connections the server can hold.

`/Reputation [SteamID | Player]/[Reputation]` - Gives reputation to a player.

`/ResetConfig` - Resets the config.dat file back to its default values.

`/Save` - Forces the server state to save properly.

`/Say [Text]/[R]/[G]/[B]` - Broadcasts a message to all connected players. The RGB values control the message color.

`/Shutdown [Delay]` - Saves the server state, disconnects clients, and closes the server after the delay.

`/Slay [SteamID | Player]` - Kills the selected player in-game and bans them for one year.

`/Spy [SteamID | Player]` - Takes a screenshot from the target player's point of view and saves it as Spy.jpg on the caller's computer.

`/Sync` - Allows players to share save data between your servers.

`/Teleport [SteamID | Player]/[SteamID | Player | Location | wp | bed]` - Teleports the first player to another player, a location, a waypoint, or a bed. If the input is shortened, the command chooses the closest matching player or location alphabetically. Use `wp` for the selected map waypoint and `bed` for the claimed bed.

`/Time [Number]` - Sets the current time in seconds within the day and night cycle.

`/Timeout [Number]` - Sets the maximum ping threshold before a client is kicked.

`/Unadmin [SteamID | Player]` - Removes a player's ability to use admin commands.

`/Unban [SteamID]` - Removes a SteamID from the ban list.

`/Unpermit [SteamID]` - Removes a player from the permit list.

`/Vehicle [SteamID | Player]/[VehicleID]` - Gives a vehicle to the selected player.

`/Votify [Vote Allowed Y|N]/[Pass Cooldown]/[Fail Cooldown]/[Vote Duration]/[Vote Percentage]/[Required Players]` - Configures voting. Pass and fail cooldowns control how long players must wait after a vote result before starting another. Vote duration controls how long each vote remains active. Vote percentage is the required yes-vote percentage as a decimal, such as `0.6` for 60 percent. Required players sets the minimum connected player count needed to begin a vote.

`/Weather [None | Storm | Blizzard]` - Changes the current weather cycle.

`/Welcome [Text]/[R]/[G]/[B]` - Sets the welcome chat message shown to clients when they connect. RGB values control its color.

`/Whitelisted` - Restricts the server so only permitted players can join.

Common Problems

No commands are working

If you are entering commands in-game, confirm that your account has admin permissions. Also make sure every chat command starts with `/`, because Unturned treats normal chat and commands differently. If you are using the server console, remove the `/` from the command.

Some commands work, but others fail

Certain commands are available by default, while others require cheats to be enabled. To enable them, open the server's config files, edit Commands.dat, and add `Cheats Enabled` on a new line. Save the file, then restart the server so the change can load.