How do I become a server admin on my Project Zomboid server?

In order to become an admin on your server, you only need to follow a few steps, which we will show you below.

Log in to your account
Open the web interface of your server
Set the server to “Offline” (turn it off)
Now click on the basic settings of your server
Scroll down until you find the item “Admin Password
Now enter the desired password

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After setting the password in the web interface, log in to your Project Zomboid server and follow the steps below:

Instead of your usual username, enter “admin” (without quotes and all in small letters)
As password use the one you have set in the web interface before

And that was it. Now you should be able to use the admin commands on your server.

Below we give you an overview of all admin commands you can use now.

General admin commands

Name	Description	Syntax
additem	Gives an item to the certain player	/additem “user” “module.item”
addvehicle	Spawns a vehicle	/addvehicle “user”
addxp	Gives XP to a certain player	/addxp “user” “perk=XP”
alarm	Sounds an alarm at the admin’s position (player must be in a room)	/alarm
changeoption	Changes a server option	/changeoption option=”newOption”
chopper	Places a helicopter event on a random player	/chopper
changepwd	Changes your password	/changepwd “pwd” “newPwd”
createhorde	Spawns a horde near a certain player	/createhorde “number”
godmode	Makes a player invincible	/godmode “user”
gunshot	Makes a gunshot noise near a player	/gunshot
help	Shows the help menu	/help
invisible	Makes a certain player invisible to zombies	/invisible “user”
noclip	Allows a certain player to pass through solid objects	/noclip “user”
quit	Saves and quits the server	/quit
releasesafehouse	Releases a safehouse you currenctly own	/releasesafehouse
reloadoptions	Reloads server options	/reloadoptions
replay	Records and plays a replay for a player	/replay “user” -record “filename” /replay “user” -play “filename” /replay “user” -stop “filename”
save	Saves the current world	/save
sendpulse	Toggles sending server performance info to the client	/sendpulse
showoptions	Shows a list of current server options and their values	/showoptions
startrain stoprain	Starts and stops rain	/start rain /stop rain
teleport	Teleports to a certain player	/teleport “toUser” /teleport “user” “toUser”
teleportto	Teleports to certain coordinates	/teleportto x,y,z

Moderation commands

Name	Description	Syntax
addalltowhitelist	Adds all current users connected with a password to the whitelist	/addalltowhitelist
adduser	Adds a new user to the whitelist	/adduser “user” “pwd”
addusertowhitelist removeuserfromwhitelist	Adds or removes a single user connected with a password to the whitelist	/addusertowhitelist “user”
banid unbanid	Bans or unbans a Steam ID	/banid “SteamID” /unbanid “SteamID”
banuser unbanuser	Bans or unbans a user	/ban “user” /unban “user”
grantadmin removeadmin	Gives or removes admin rights to a user	/grantadmin “user” /removeadmin “user”
kickuser	Kicks a user from the server	/kickuser “user”
players	Lists all currently connected players	/players
servermsg	Broadcast a message to all currently players	/servermsg “message”
setaccesslevel	Set the access or permission level of a player	/setaccesslevel “user” “admin” /setaccesslevel “user” “moderator” /setaccesslevel “user” “overseer” /setaccesslevel “user” “gm” /setaccesslevel “user” “observer”
voiceban	Ban a user from using the voice chat	/voiceban “user” [-true \| -false]

How do I become a server admin on my Project Zomboid server?

General admin commands

Moderation commands

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