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 Do not publish it unredacted.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.

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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
`ridablehorse.ragdoll` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Ragdolls the ridable horse entity directly in front of the calling admin player; useful for testing horse physics and death states
`ridablehorse.setforsale` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Marks the horse directly in front of the calling admin player as for-sale, enabling the purchase interaction
`ridablehorse.sethorsebreed` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Sets the breed index of the horse directly in front of the calling admin player to the given integer value
`ridablehorse.throttledgroundangleupdate` Variable · Server	Server administrator Client administrator	View details When enabled, ground angle updates for horse body tilt are throttled to groundAngleUpdateRate seconds; improves performance Technical attributes — these are not permissions: Included in saved settings `saved`
`rustnav.bakestats` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Print accumulated navmesh bake statistics. Pass true to reset them instead
`rustnav.bakestatsenabled` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Collect navmesh bake statistics (rustnav.bakestats to read them). Defaults on in the editor, off on servers; flip on live to diagnose bake issues, then reset with rustnav.bakestats true
`rustnav.collectbudgetms` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Main-thread time budget per frame (ms) for navmesh tile geometry collection. The full-map bake wall clock is roughly tiles / (budget-worth of tiles per frame) / fps, so raise this while baking to trade frame time for bake speed
`rustnav.debugload` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.debugpath` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.debugraycast` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.debugrebuildtile` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.debugsample` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.debugsave` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.detailsampledistmult` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Detail mesh sample distance as a multiple of cellSize (Recast default 6). Larger = cheaper detail mesh, coarser surface height. Applies to tiles built after the change
`rustnav.detailsamplemaxerrormult` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Detail mesh max sample error as a multiple of cellHeight (Recast default 1). Larger = cheaper detail mesh, more height error. Applies to tiles built after the change
`rustnav.draw` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.drawkbps` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Max KB per second of navmesh tiles streamed to each rustnav.draw viewer
`rustnav.drawmanifestinterval` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.drawradius` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.drawrefreshrate` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.dumptilegeo` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details Rebuild one default-navmesh tile synchronously and dump its assembled geometry + heightfield bounds to a file for the offline native-build harness: rustnav.dumptilegeo <tx> <ty> <path>
`rustnav.enableverboselogs` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.legacybuild` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details A/B kill switch: build navmesh tiles with the stock pre optimization algorithms (clip rasterizer, full ledge and region rescans, unfused filters). Combine with detailsampledistmult 6 to approximate the old build end to end. Applies to tiles built after the change
`rustnav.maxshoredistance` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Metres of open water past which default navmesh tiles are dropped instead of baked. A tile only drops when every point in it is that far from land, so shores keep their navmesh and so do rivers and lakes, which are never that wide. Independent navmeshes (oilrigs, tropical islands, ghost ships) are never touched. 0 or less bakes the open sea like before. Applies to tiles queued after the change
`rustnav.navmeshstats` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details List every navmesh (default + independent monuments/islands/ghostships) ranked by accumulated worker build time
`rustnav.numthreads` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Navmesh tile builder worker thread count. Applied when the builder is (re)created - at boot, or via rustnav.setnumthreads at runtime. ~half the cores is the sweet spot for full-map bakes
`rustnav.rebuild` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`rustnav.savecompression` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details LZ4-compress navmesh saves (smaller .navmesh files, no extra save time)
`rustnav.savethreads` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Worker threads for navmesh save/load compression. 0 = auto
`rustnav.setnumthreads` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`sail.maxthrustmultiplier` Variable · Server + client	Server administrator Client administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry. Technical attributes — these are not permissions: Registered in the client console `client` Included in saved settings `saved` Replicated to clients `replicated`
`samsite.autoreloaddelay` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Delay before SAM sites that haven't shot a target will auto-reload
`samsite.staticrepairseconds` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details how long until static sam sites auto repair
`santasleigh.altitudeaboveterrain` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`santasleigh.desiredaltitude` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`santasleigh.drop` Command · Server	Server administrator	View details No description is supplied in the registry.
`satellite.control_window` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Seconds of thruster control window
`satellite.cooldown_hours_max` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Maximum cooldown between satellite events, in game hours
`satellite.cooldown_hours_min` Variable · Server	Server administrator	View details Minimum cooldown between satellite events, in game hours (not real minutes) - converted to real time via the map's day length, same as the airdrop event scheduler.
`satellite.crashing_fx_at_distance` Variable · Server + client	Server administrator Client administrator	View details Run the crashing FX pass (FX Pass 3) through the whole phase-2 descent, including the distance-projected stretch, instead of waiting until the satellite enters real draw distance. The projected-mode fixup still applies - its particles simulate in local space and scale with the model; its trails stay gated until real rendering. Technical attributes — these are not permissions: Registered in the client console `client` Included in saved settings `saved` Replicated to clients `replicated`

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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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