V Rising
Giving a trusted player admin rights on your V Rising server lets them use the in-game admin console for moderation, teleporting, and spawning items. Admin access is controlled by a simple text file, adminlist.txt, that lives in the same Settings folder as your other V Rising configuration files.
Adding a Player to the Admin List
Before you start, grab the Steam64 ID for each player you want to promote. This is a long string of numbers unique to their Steam account.
- Log into your MintServers panel and click the Stop button to safely shut down your server.
- Navigate to the Files tab on the left-hand sidebar.
- Browse to the Settings folder, the same folder that holds your server's
ServerHostSettings.jsonandServerGameSettings.jsonfiles: - Click on the
adminlist.txtfile to open the text editor. - Add each Steam64 ID on its own line, then click the Save Content button at the top right of the file editor. It should look like this example:
📁 server (or your main server directory)
📁 save-data
📁 Settings
📄 ServerGameSettings.json
📄 adminlist.txt (Click to edit this file)
- Navigate back to the Console tab and click Start.
Any player added to this file will have admin rights the next time they connect and authenticate. Note that promoting someone to admin through in-game console commands will also add their Steam64 ID to this same list automatically.
Removing an Admin
To take admin rights away from a player, stop your server, open adminlist.txt the same way, delete their Steam64 ID line, save, and start your server back up.
Using Admin Access In-Game
Being on the admin list only unlocks access to the console, it doesn't log you in automatically. Every time you want to use admin commands, you'll need to authenticate in-game:
- Open the game's Options menu and go to the General tab.
- Enable the Console option.
- Connect to your server as normal.
- Press the
`(tilde/backtick) key, just below Esc, to open the console. - Type
adminauthand press Enter.
adminauth again before your next round of commands.
🛠️ Troubleshooting Common Admin List Issues
adminauth doesn't work:Double-check the Steam64 ID is correct and doesn't have any extra spaces or blank lines around it, then make sure your server was restarted after you saved the file.Lost admin after reconnecting:This is expected. Admin authentication is per-session, so just runadminauthagain after you reconnect.Console won't open:Confirm Console is enabled under Options > General before pressing the tilde key.Commands aren't doing anything:Some commands, likegiveand teleport commands, depend on Debug Events being enabled in your server'sServerHostSettings.json. If those are off, admin commands that rely on them won't work.
Once your admins are set, they'll be ready to help keep the server running smoothly. If you run into any trouble getting the admin list or console working, no worries! Just open a support ticket and our team will gladly help you get it sorted out.