--- title: "V Rising Admin Commands: Full Console and RCON List" description: "Add your SteamID64 to adminlist.txt, authenticate with adminauth, then run every V Rising console command — moderation, spawning, teleports, castles and RCON." url: "https://www.gameserverkings.com/knowledge-base/vrising/how-to-add-admins-and-commands/" category: "V Rising" category_url: "https://www.gameserverkings.com/knowledge-base/vrising/" published: "2026-07-02T22:16:42.771Z" updated: "2026-08-19T04:25:05.319Z" source_format: "markdown" site: "GameServerKings" --- # V Rising Admin Commands: Full Console and RCON List V Rising admin access is granted by a text file on the server and activated in-game with a single console command. This guide covers `adminlist.txt`, the `adminauth` handshake, every admin console command in the current 1.1 build, the separate RCON command set, and the commands people expect to find that V Rising does not have. > [!NOTE] Vanilla V Rising has no chat commands > Every native command is typed into the **developer console**, with no prefix — no `/`, no `.`. Commands that start with `.` come from mods running on VampireCommandFramework, not from the base game. ## 1. How Admin Access Works There is no `ownerid`-style command that makes someone admin. V Rising reads a plain text file of SteamID64s at startup and periodically afterwards, and players in that list can then raise their own privileges in-game. | Step | Where | What happens | |---|---|---| | 1. Listed | `adminlist.txt` on the server | Your SteamID64 is marked eligible | | 2. Enabled | **Options → General → Console Enabled** | The `~` console becomes usable | | 3. Authenticated | Console command `adminauth` | You gain admin rights for this session | All three are required. Being in `adminlist.txt` does nothing until you run `adminauth`, and `adminauth` fails if you are not in the file. `MaxConnectedAdmins` (default and maximum `4`) is a separate reserved-slot pool that lets listed admins connect to a full server. ## 2. Add Yourself to adminlist.txt The file lives in the `Settings` folder of your persistent data path, beside `ServerHostSettings.json`. Launching with `-persistentDataPath .\save-data` puts it at `save-data\Settings\adminlist.txt`; with no override, Windows uses `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Settings\`. One 17-digit SteamID64 per line. Nothing else — no names, no quotes, no comments. ``` title="adminlist.txt" 76561197960287930 76561198012345678 ``` Find your SteamID64 in the Steam client under your username → **Account details**. Bans work the same way: `banlist.txt` sits beside `adminlist.txt`, one SteamID64 per line, and the server rewrites it whenever you ban someone from the console. > [!WARNING] It is `adminlist.txt`, and there is no reload command > Older guides — including our own earlier version of this page — refer to an `AdminUsers.txt` file and a `reloadadminlist` command. Neither exists. Stunlock's official server instructions have named the file `adminlist.txt` in every release from 0.5.x through 1.1.x, and `reloadadminlist` is in neither the game's command table nor the RCON command set. > [!IMPORTANT] Edits are picked up on a delay, not instantly > You can edit `adminlist.txt` while the server runs, but it is only re-read periodically, roughly on the autosave cycle. Allow up to about five minutes, or restart if you need it immediately. ## 3. Enable the Console and Authenticate Press `Esc` → **Options** → **General**, tick **Console Enabled** (about eight rows down), then press `~` in the world to drop the console. ``` title="First admin session" adminauth listusers true list ``` | Command | What it does | |---|---| | `adminauth` | Authenticate and gain admin privileges for this session | | `admindeauth` | Drop your admin privileges without leaving the server | | `list [category]` | List every console command, or the commands in one category | > [!IMPORTANT] `adminauth` does not persist > Run it again after every login, reconnect and server restart. If a command suddenly returns nothing, this is almost always why. Watch out for autocomplete turning `list` into `listusers` when you press Tab. ## 4. Where Commands Are Typed V Rising has three command surfaces, and they do not share a command set. | Surface | How to reach it | Command set | |---|---|---| | **In-game console** | `~` in the game client, after `adminauth` | The ~70 admin and debug commands below | | **RCON** | TCP socket, `Rcon.Enabled` in `ServerHostSettings.json` | 10 server-management commands only | | **Chat** | The in-game chat box | Nothing in vanilla — mod commands only | There is no interactive terminal on the dedicated server process itself. Anything remote goes through RCON. ## 5. Moderation Commands Typed in the in-game console after `adminauth`. | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `kick` | `` | Kick a player from the server | | `bancharacter` | `` | Ban the player currently using that character name | | `banuser` | `` | Ban by SteamID64 — works when the player is offline | | `bancharactertemp` | ` ` | Temporary ban by character name | | `banusertemp` | ` ` | Temporary ban by SteamID64 | | `banned` | — | List every banned player, with an index number | | `unban` | `` | Unban using the index from `banned` | | `setplayermuted` | ` <0\|1>` | Mute or unmute a player | | `setplayermutedbyid` | ` <0\|1>` | Same, by SteamID64 | | `renameplayer` | ` ` | Rename a player's character | Time units for temp bans are `Minutes`, `Hours`, `Days`, `Weeks`, `Months` and `Years`. Both temp bans and both mute commands arrived in the 1.1 October patch. > [!WARNING] `unban` takes a list index, not a SteamID > Run `banned` first and read the index off that list. Indices are positional and shift every time a ban is added or removed, so never reuse one from an earlier session. To work with IDs instead, edit `banlist.txt` directly. ## 6. Player and Server Information | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `listusers` | `` | List active users; `true` also includes offline users | | `playerinfo` | `` | Print detailed information about one player | | `servertime` | `` | Server time — `Iso8601`, `ShortTime`, `FullDateLong` and others | | `triggerautosaveonserver` | — | Force an immediate autosave | | `debugviewenabled` | `` | Toggle the debug view overlay | | `adminonlydebugevents` | `` | Restrict debug commands to admins at runtime | ## 7. Your Own Character | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `toggleinvulnerable` | `` | Godmode for yourself | | `toggleobserve` | `<0\|1\|2>` | `0` off, `1` completely invisible, `2` ghost mode | | `addtime` | `` | Advance world time up to 12 hours; time cannot run backwards | | `changedurability` | ` [EquipmentType]` | Repair or damage equipped gear — `All`, or a slot such as `Weapon` or `MagicSource` | | `changehealthofclosesttomouse` | `` | Heal (positive) or damage (negative) whatever is nearest the cursor | | `consumeblood` | ` [quality] [secondary] [sec quality] [tier] [amount]` | Set your blood pool, including mixed blood | | `completecurrentjournalquest` | `` | Complete a player's current journal quest | | `completejournalquests` | ` [Character Name]` | Complete several journal quests at once | | `forcejoinclan` | ` [Name]` | Force yourself into another player's clan | | `duel_instantiate` | ` [Secondary]` | Start a duel between two players | | `kill` | — | Kill your own character (any player can use this) | ## 8. Item and Gear Commands (Debug Events) `give`, `giveset` and the teleport family are not ordinary admin commands. They run through V Rising's **debug event** system, which has two switches in `ServerHostSettings.json`. | Setting | Default | Effect | |---|---|---| | `DisableDebugEvents` | `false` | Set `true` and none of these work, for anyone, admins included | | `AdminOnlyDebugEvents` | `true` | Set `false` and every connected player can spawn items | | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `give` | ` [Amount]` | Give an item to your character | | `giveset` | `` | Give a full predefined gear or material set | | `givecombatpresetandallunlocks` | `` | Combat preset plus all V Blood unlocks | | `generatebloodpotion` | ` [Quality] [Secondary] [Sec Quality] [Tier]` | Create a blood potion, single or mixed | | `generatelegendaryweapon` | ` [Power]` | Roll a random legendary weapon | | `createlegendaryweapon` | ` [StatMod] [Power] …` | Legendary weapon with chosen infusion and stats | | `generatejewel`, `generatejewelatunitlevel`, `generatejewelvariants` | `` or `` | Roll random jewels — for one ability, at a unit level, or every variant | | `createjewel`, `createandequipjewel` | ` [SpellMod] [Power] …` | Jewel with chosen spell mods, up to four pairs, optionally equipped | | `createandfullyequipjewels` | `` | Full equipped jewel set for boss testing | | `applyweaponcoating` | ` ` | Apply a weapon coating from your inventory | `give` and `giveset` use dynamic tab-completion: type the command, start typing a name, press Tab to cycle matches, and the console inserts the full identifier. `give` only fills empty inventory slots, so a full bag silently swallows part of a large request. ``` title="Console — gearing up a test character" giveset CottonSet_IronWeapons give "[Name]Blood Essence - Item_BloodEssence_T01 - Guid: 862477668" 1000 generatebloodpotion BloodType_Draculin 100 BloodType_Warrior 100 3 ``` Blood types are `BloodType_` plus `Brute`, `Corruption`, `Creature`, `Draculin`, `Mutant`, `Rogue`, `Scholar`, `Warrior` or `Worker`. ## 9. Teleport Commands | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `teleport` | ` [Where] [X] [Y] [Z]` | The general-purpose teleport | | `playerteleport` | — | Teleport yourself to the mouse cursor | | `teleporttoplayer` | `` | Teleport yourself to a player | | `teleportplayertome` | `` | Bring a player to you | | `teleportplayertomouseposition` | `` | Send a player to your cursor | | `teleporttochunk` | `` | Teleport to the centre of a map chunk, e.g. `11,10` | | `teleporttochunkwaypoint` | `` | Teleport to that chunk's waygate, ignoring item restrictions | | `teleporttomapmarker` | — | Teleport to your own map marker | | `teleporttonearestunitoftype` | `` | Teleport to the nearest matching unit | | `teleporttonether` | — | Teleport to the instanced tutorial area | | `gatherallplayers`, `gatherallplayersexceptme` | — | Pull every player to your cursor, optionally excluding you | | `gatherallallies`, `gatherallalliesexceptme` | — | Pull all allies to your cursor, optionally excluding you | | `gatherallnonallies` | — | Pull all non-allies to your cursor | `teleport` takes a selector, not just a name: `Self`, `ClosestPlayer`, `ClosestEnemy`, `ClosestUnit`, the `…ToCursor` variants, `AllPlayers`, `AllOtherPlayers`, `AllAllies`, `AllEnemies`, `"user:Name"`. Destinations include `Cursor`, `Nether`, `VBloodEnemy`, `WorldPosition`, `TilePosition` and `chunk:12,11`. ## 10. War Events and Castles | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `warevent_start` | `` | Start a war event immediately | | `warevent_schedule` | ` ` | Schedule an event to start in N seconds | | `warevent_startinchunk` | ` [Variation] [All portals]` | Start a war event in a specific chunk | | `warevent_setremainingtime` | `` | Change how long the active event has left, in seconds | | `warevent_closegate` | `` | Close the war event gate at those coordinates | | `warevent_closeportal` | ` [Close all]` | Close a portal, or all of them | | `castleheartevent` | ` ` | Run `Abandon`, `Claim`, `Destroy`, `Expose`, `Raid` or `Upgrade` on a castle heart | > [!CAUTION] Four admin commands flood your server until you restart it > `decayusercastles`, `generatecastle`, `generatecastlesinregion` and `forcecraftingstations` spam network or crafting events continuously, with no way to stop them short of a restart. Use `castleheartevent Abandon` instead of `decayusercastles`. Separately, `generatejewelvariants` can crash the client if your inventory is full. The last three of those, plus `setadminlevel` and `enableserverfeature`, are flagged internally as non-live: hidden from autocomplete and generally unavailable on retail builds. Do not build a workflow around `setadminlevel` — `adminlist.txt` is the supported way to manage admins. ## 11. RCON Commands RCON is a deliberately small, separate command set. It cannot spawn items, kick players or teleport anyone. ``` title="ServerHostSettings.json — enabling RCON" "Rcon": { "Enabled": true, "Password": "somepassword", "Port": 25575 } ``` The password cannot be empty. Port defaults to `25575` and may be any free TCP port. | Command | Parameters | What it does | |---|---|---| | `help` | `[command]` | List all RCON commands, or detail one | | `announce` | `` | Broadcast a message to every connected player | | `announcerestart` | `` | Broadcast a localised restart warning | | `shutdown` | ` ` | Schedule a shutdown with warnings | | `cancelshutdown` | `[message]` | Cancel a pending shutdown | | `name` | `` | Change the server name at runtime | | `description` | `` | Change the server description at runtime | | `password` | `[password]` or `--clear` | Set, change or clear the server password | | `version` | — | Print the server version | | `time` | — | Print the server time | > [!TIP] Use the panel for these > The Console tab on [your V Rising game server](/games/v-rising/) is already wired to your server's RCON socket, so `announce`, `announcerestart` and `shutdown` work without configuring `Rcon` by hand, opening a TCP port, or installing a client like `mcrcon`. ## 12. Console Utilities Available to any player, and useful for repetitive admin work. Bind modifiers are `Shift`, `Control` or `Alt`. | Command | Arguments | What it does | |---|---|---| | `console.bind` | ` ` | Bind a command to a key combination | | `console.unbind` | `` | Remove one binding | | `console.alias` | ` ` | Create a shorthand for a command | | `console.multicommand` | `` | Run several commands in one line | | `console.profileinfo` | — | Show current aliases and bindings | | `hidehud` / `showhud` | — | Hide or show the HUD — no admin needed | ## 13. Commands V Rising Does Not Have These come up constantly. None exist in the game's command table. | What people search for | Reality | |---|---| | `godmode` | Use `toggleinvulnerable true` | | `weather` | No weather command exists at all | | `speed` | No movement speed command exists | | `tp` | The command is `teleport`; there is no short alias | | `ban` | Use `bancharacter` or `banuser` | | `adminlogout` | Use `admindeauth` | | `connectedusers` | Use `listusers` | | `observe`, `becomeobserver` | Use `toggleobserve 1` | | `silence`, `unsilence` | Use `setplayermuted` | | `health` | Use `changehealthofclosesttomouse` | | `save` | Use `triggerautosaveonserver` | | `announce`, `shutdown` | RCON only — not in-game console commands | ## 14. Mod Command Frameworks Anything outside the list above — chat commands, economies, custom kits — means mods. The stack is BepInEx as the loader plus VampireCommandFramework (VCF), which nearly every command-driven V Rising mod depends on. Bloodstone used to be the second common dependency, but it is flagged deprecated on Thunderstore and nothing maintained still requires it; the shared-hook libraries you will meet in its place are HookDOTS API, and BloodyCore for the Bloody* family of mods. VCF commands are typed in the **chat box**, not the console, and use a `.` prefix; `.help` lists everything registered. Install VCF into `BepInEx/plugins` and keep it current, since mods break against old versions. Mods are also client-and-server matched, so a gameplay mod on your server usually has to be installed by everyone who connects. ## 15. FAQ ### Why does adminauth say I am not an admin? Three usual causes: your SteamID64 is not in `adminlist.txt`, the line has extra characters on it, or the server has not re-read the file yet. The list refreshes periodically rather than instantly, so allow a few minutes after editing, then restart the server if it still fails. ### Do I have to run adminauth every time I log in? Yes. Admin status is per-session, not persistent. Reconnecting, changing character and restarting the server all drop it, so you re-run `adminauth` each time. `admindeauth` gives it up early if you want to test something as a normal player. ### Why does the give command do nothing? Almost always because debug events are switched off. `give`, `giveset` and the teleport commands go through the debug event system, and `DisableDebugEvents: true` in `ServerHostSettings.json` disables it completely, even for admins. Set it back to `false` and restart. If it works for you but not for other admins, check `AdminOnlyDebugEvents`. ### Can I run admin commands from RCON? No. RCON only accepts the ten server-management commands in section 11. Kicks, bans, teleports and item spawns all require a client connected to the world with `adminauth` run. Plan remote moderation around that, or use a mod that adds an RCON bridge. ### What is the difference between bancharacter and banuser? `bancharacter` resolves a connected character name to its account, so the player has to be online. `banuser` takes a raw SteamID64 and works whether or not they are connected, which makes it the right choice after someone has logged off. Both write to `banlist.txt`. ### Can I give another player admin rights without editing files? Not reliably. `setadminlevel` exists in the command table with levels `None`, `Moderator`, `Admin` and `SuperAdmin`, but it is flagged as a non-live command — hidden from autocomplete and generally unavailable on retail server builds. Add their SteamID64 to `adminlist.txt` instead. ## 16. What to Read Next - [Getting started with your V Rising server](/knowledge-base/vrising/getting-started-with-your-server/) for first boot, ports and connecting - [Configuring your V Rising server](/knowledge-base/vrising/configuration-overview/) for `ServerHostSettings.json` and `ServerGameSettings.json` - [How to Install V Rising Mods](/knowledge-base/vrising/how-to-install-mods/) for BepInEx, VampireCommandFramework and chat commands --- Made with 💜 by GameServerKings