Vanilla Rust admin commands

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Common server commands

Run these in the server console or an RCON client, not directly in F1. Replace <STEAM64_ID> with the player’s ID before running a command.

List connected players

Shows player names, Steam64 IDs, connection times and network information.

global.status

The output includes player IP addresses. Do not publish it unredacted.

Save the world now

Writes the current world and player save without stopping the server.

server.save

This is not an off-server backup and does not save plugin configuration files.

Disconnect one player

Disconnects the connected player and displays the reason. It does not ban them.

global.kick <STEAM64_ID> "Rule violation"

Check the Steam64 ID; the player can reconnect afterwards.

Ban a Steam account

Adds a ban by Steam64 ID, including when that player is offline.

global.banid <STEAM64_ID> "Player name" "Rule violation"

Permanent ban: verify the account. Run server.writecfg afterwards to persist it.

Remove a ban

Removes this Steam64 ID from the server’s ban list.

global.unban <STEAM64_ID>

Run server.writecfg afterwards to persist the updated ban list.

Grant owner access

Gives this account Rust auth level 2 and saves the owner entry.

global.ownerid <STEAM64_ID>

Only for trusted administrators. A player issuing it needs auth level 2.

Revoke owner access

Removes and saves the owner entry; a connected player loses their admin flag.

global.removeowner <STEAM64_ID>

Do not remove your only owner unless you still have server-console access.

Persist server settings

Writes supported console settings to cfg/serverauto.cfg and saves the user/ban list.

server.writecfg

This writes current values; it does not export Oxide or Carbon plugin JSON files.

Commands: Facepunch documentation ↗

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Registry from the vanilla server installed on 20 Sept 2026. Native descriptions are in English; this is not the complete current client F1 command list.

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Vanilla Rust admin commands
Name and context	Registered access	Details
`ai.showdistributions` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Editor-only: teleports the caller to a top-down view, fills NPC populations, then draws DDraw labels and lines showing each NPC category and closest neighbour
`ai.showstate` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`ai.sleepwake` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, AI information zones can sleep inactive NPCs and wake them when players approach; disable to keep all NPCs awake at all times
`ai.sleepwakestats` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Prints statistics about AI sleeping zones: how many zones are sleepable, how many are sleeping, and the total count of sleeping entities
`ai.smokegrenadenpcradius` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Radius in metres within which a thrown smoke grenade suppresses NPC vision and targeting
`ai.spliceupdates` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, AI updates are spliced across multiple frames to spread CPU cost; disable to run all AI updates synchronously every tick
`ai.think` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, AI entities run their brain Think() logic each tick; disable to freeze all AI decision-making while leaving entities in place
`ai.tickrate` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Number of AI think ticks per second; default is 5 (every 200ms); higher values make AI more responsive at higher CPU cost
`ai.usecalculatepath` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, NavMesh path calculation uses the full CalculatePath API; disable to use the simpler SetDestination fallback only
`ai.usegrid` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, AI uses the spatial grid for entity queries; disable to fall back to brute-force entity iteration for debugging spatial query issues
`ai.usesetdestinationfallback` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details When enabled, falls back to SetDestination if CalculatePath fails to find a valid path to the target
`ai.wakesleepingai` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Wakes all currently sleeping AI information zones, forcing all sleeping NPCs within them to become active; reports zones and entity counts woken
`ai.watchedangle` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details The angle under which the AI will think it's being watched by another entity
`aibrainsenses.humanknownplayerslosupdateinterval` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Interval in seconds between line-of-sight update ticks for human-type NPCs tracking known player positions
`aibrainsenses.knownplayerslosupdateinterval` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Interval in seconds between line-of-sight update ticks for all NPC types tracking known player positions
`aibrainsenses.updateinterval` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Interval in seconds between full AI brain senses update ticks; controls how frequently NPCs refresh their awareness of surroundings
`aiinformationzone.usesimpleloscheck` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aimanager.ai_dormant` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If ai_dormant is true, any npc outside the range of players will render itself dormant and take up less resources, but wildlife won't simulate as well.
`aimanager.ai_dormant_max_wakeup_per_tick` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details ai_dormant_max_wakeup_per_tick defines the maximum number of dormant agents we will wake up in a single tick. (default: 30)
`aimanager.ai_htn_animal_tick_budget` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details ai_htn_animal_tick_budget defines the maximum amount of milliseconds ticking htn animal agents are allowed to consume. (default: 4 ms)
`aimanager.ai_htn_player_junkpile_tick_budget` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details ai_htn_player_junkpile_tick_budget defines the maximum amount of milliseconds ticking htn player junkpile agents are allowed to consume. (default: 4 ms)
`aimanager.ai_htn_player_tick_budget` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details ai_htn_player_tick_budget defines the maximum amount of milliseconds ticking htn player agents are allowed to consume. (default: 4 ms)
`aimanager.ai_htn_use_agency_tick` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If ai_htn_use_agency_tick is true, the ai manager's agency system will tick htn agents at the ms budgets defined in ai_htn_player_tick_budget and ai_htn_animal_tick_budget. If it's false, each agent registers with the invoke system individually, with no frame-budget restrictions. (default: true)
`aimanager.ai_to_player_distance_wakeup_range` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If an agent is beyond this distance to a player, it's flagged for becoming dormant.
`aimanager.nav_disable` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If set to true the navmesh won't generate.. which means Ai that uses the navmesh won't be able to move
`aimanager.nav_obstacles_carve_state` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details nav_obstacles_carve_state defines which obstacles can carve the terrain. 0 - No carving, 1 - Only player construction carves, 2 - All obstacles carve.
`aimanager.nav_wait` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If true we'll wait for the navmesh to generate before completely starting the server. This might cause your server to hitch and lag as it generates in the background.
`aimanager.pathfindingiterationsperframe` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details The maximum amount of nodes processed each frame in the asynchronous pathfinding process. Increasing this value will cause the paths to be processed faster, but can cause some hiccups in frame rate. Default value is 100, a good range for tuning is between 50 and 500.
`aimanager.setdestination_navmesh_failsafe` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details If set to true, npcs will attempt to place themselves on the navmesh if not on a navmesh when set destination is called.
`aimountedweaponcontroller.burst_length` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aimountedweaponcontroller.fire_rate` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aimountedweaponcontroller.time_between_bursts` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`airfieldairdropterminal.force_charge` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`airfieldairdropterminal.force_shortcircuit` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`airfieldcallchinookterminal.force_charge` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`airfieldcallchinookterminal.force_shortcircuit` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aithinkmanager.animalframebudgetms` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aithinkmanager.framebudgetms` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`aithinkmanager.petframebudgetms` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`analytics.analytics_bulk_container_url` Variable · Server	Server administrator RCON only	View details Azure blob container url for use with client secret authentication Technical attributes — these are not permissions: Included in saved settings `saved`

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Native Facepunch files installed on 20 Sept 2026 · build 25353106 · 2,230 entries.

This is a vanilla server registry. It does not include plugin-added commands, every launch argument or every client command. Effective values and secrets are not read.

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