7 Days To Die Admin & Console Commands Guide

cp list                      — show every command's current permission level
cp add      — set a command's required permission level
cp remove           — clear a custom level (reverts to the game's default)

• kick [reason] — Removes a player from the server immediately. They can rejoin right away, so treat this as a warning shot rather than a punishment.
• ban add ["reason"] — Bans a player for a set length of time. Valid units are minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years — for example, ban add Steve 7 days "Griefing bases".
• ban remove — Lifts a ban early.
• ban list — Shows every current ban.
• whitelist add/remove — Manages your whitelist. Adding even one player switches the server to whitelist-only, so everyone else who wants in needs to be added too.
• admin add / admin remove / admin list — The console equivalent of editing the section by hand.

• say — Broadcasts a message to every connected player. Handy for restart warnings: say "Server restarting in 10 minutes".
• listplayerids (shortcut lp) — Lists connected players along with their entity IDs, which is usually the safest way to target someone in other commands instead of typing their display name.
• listents (shortcut le) — Lists all loaded entities, including zombies and animals, not just players.

• settime day / settime night — Jumps straight to day or night.
• settime — Sets an exact point in time.
• gettime (shortcut gt) — Shows the current in-game time.
• saveworld (shortcut sa) — Forces an immediate manual save. Good practice before anything risky, like a big mod change or a mass entity spawn.

Go easy on settime on a live server — changing it repeatedly can throw off timers and scheduled events. Save it for testing, not routine use.

• teleport (shortcut tp) — Teleports you to specific coordinates. Leave out the middle value and you'll land on the highest solid ground at that X/Z position.
• teleport — Teleports you straight to another player.
• teleportplayer (shortcut tele) — Teleports someone else to another player's location, rather than moving yourself. Also accepts coordinates in place of the destination player.

• debugmenu (shortcut dm) — Toggles Debug Mode, which unlocks map-based teleporting, flight, and other developer tools. This is one of the most powerful commands in the game — keep it locked to trusted admins only.
• creativemenu (shortcut cm) — Toggles the Creative Menu, letting you spawn any item straight into your inventory by pressing U once it's on.

• shutdown — Saves the world and shuts the server down gracefully. Always prefer this over stopping the server hard from the panel mid-session.
• version — Shows the game version currently running, plus any loaded mods. Handy for confirming a branch or mod update actually took.

• "Command not found" or nothing happens: Double-check spelling and that you're using the full command name or a real shortcut — typos are the most common cause, not a permissions problem.
• A command works for you but not for another admin: Their permission level is probably higher (remember, lower = more access) than what that specific command requires. Check with cp list.
• Targeting a player by name isn't working: Names with spaces or special characters can trip up commands. Use their entity ID from listplayerids instead — it's more reliable for every command that accepts a target.
• Debug/Creative commands don't seem to do anything: Confirm debugmenu or creativemenu is actually toggled on first — most of the advanced tools are hidden until one of those is active.