How to add admins and commands for Project Zomboid

Assign admin access using setaccesslevel in the console, and use in-game teleport, ban, and spawn items to moderate your server.

Updated July 24, 2026

Project Zomboid

This guide covers granting and using admin access on your Project Zomboid server. For first boot and connecting, see Getting Started.

The first admin is created when you set the password on first boot. To add more:

From the panel's Console:

> grantadmin "Username"

Or in-game (if you're admin):

/grantadmin Username

In-game admin commands (after /help):

/setaccesslevel "Username" "Admin"   Promote to admin
/setaccesslevel "Username" "Moderator"   Promote to moderator
/kick "Username" "reason"
/ban "Username" "-r reason"
/teleport "Username"
/teleportto x y z
/save                          Force a save
/changeoption "Setting" "Value"   Change a config setting at runtime