Rising World Admin Commands and How to Make Yourself Admin

Q: How do I make myself admin on a Rising World server?

Put your Steam ID in ServerAdmins in server.properties and restart, or run makeadmin YourName in the server console while you are online.

Q: How do I give myself items in Rising World?

As admin, open the console and use item . Furniture uses object and clothing uses clothing.

Q: How do I switch to Creative on a survival server?

Run gm 1 in the console as admin. gm 0 returns you to Survival. It only affects you, not the world.

Q: How long does a Rising World ban last?

As many seconds as you type. -1 is permanent and 86400 is one day.

Q: How do I teleport a player to me?

Use gethere PlayerName. To go to them instead, use tp PlayerName.

To become admin on a Rising World server (the current Unity version), add your Steam ID to Server_Admins in server.properties and restart, or type makeadmin <yourname> in the server console while you are online. In game, open the console with the key left of 1 (the ` key on US keyboards, ^ on German ones) and use commands such as kick, ban, tp, goto, item, time, weather and gm. Type help <command> in the console to see the exact parameters of any command.

The command names below come from the community Rising World wiki console page, which tracks the current version. The old Java edition used a different set (for example setgametype), so ignore guides written for it unless your server runs the Java Legacy type.

Step 1: Find your UID

Rising World identifies players by their UID, which is their 64 bit Steam ID, the 17 digit number starting with 7656119. Two easy ways to get it:

Open your Steam profile, click your name, choose Account details, and copy the Steam ID shown under your account name.
Join the server and watch the server console. Player connections are logged with their UID.

Once you are admin, playerinfo <uid> shows details for any player, which is handy when two people have similar names.

Step 2: Make yourself admin

Option A: server.properties (permanent)

Stop the server.
Open server.properties in the server folder.
Put your UID in Server_Admins. Separate several admins with semicolons:

Server_Admins=76561198000000000;76561198000000001

Save and start the server.

On a GamezServers server, edit the file in the file manager. Our panel rewrites a handful of keys on every start (server name, password, world name, game mode and the RCON settings), but Server_Admins is not one of them, so your list stays.

Option B: makeadmin (quick)

With the player online, run this in the server console (the live console in our panel works):

makeadmin PlayerName

revokeadmin PlayerName takes it away again. Both also accept the UID instead of the name.

Option C: permission groups

Admin status is one part of a finer permission system. Group files in the server's permissions folder define what each group may do (kick, ban, teleport, fly, god mode and so on), and Permissions_DefaultNewPlayerPermissionGroup in server.properties sets the group new players land in. Move a player into a group with:

setplayergroup PlayerName moderator

spg is the short form, and setofflineplayergroup <uid> <group> (or sopg) works for someone who is offline. After editing the group files, run reloadpermissions so you do not need a restart. The group must exist as a file before you can assign it.

Forest and hills in a Rising World world

Player management commands

Command	What it does
`kick <name/uid> [reason]`	Removes a player. They can rejoin
`ban <name/uid> <duration> [reason]`	Bans for a number of seconds. Use `-1` for permanent
`offlineban <uid> <duration> [reason]`	Same, for a player who is not online
`unban <uid>`	Lifts a ban. Needs the UID, not the name
`makeadmin <name/uid>`	Gives admin rights
`revokeadmin <name/uid>`	Removes admin rights
`setplayergroup <name/uid> <group>`	Moves a player to a permission group
`deleteplayer <uid>`	Deletes a player's data and kicks them if online. Their character starts over
`heal [name]`	Heals you, or the named player
`kill [name]`	Kills you, or the named player

Examples:

kick Griefer123 Breaking the build rules
ban Griefer123 86400 One day ban
ban 76561198000000002 -1 Permanent ban
unban 76561198000000002

The ban duration trips people up: ban Name 7 is seven seconds, not seven days. A day is 86400, a week is 604800.

Teleport commands

Command	What it does
`tp [point/player]`	Opens the teleport menu, or teleports to a saved point or a player
`teleport [point/player]`	The longer form, with more options
`goto <x> <y> <z>`	Teleports you to world coordinates
`gethere <player>`	Pulls a player to your position
`coordinates`	Shows where you are standing
`mark` then `gotomark`	Save a spot, then jump back to it
`gotospawn`	Back to your own spawn
`gotodefaultspawn`	To the world's default spawn
`gotodeathposition`	To where you last died
`gotosurface`	Out of a cave or hole, up to the surface
`setspawn`	Sets the world's default spawn where you stand

gethere is the one you will use most as an admin: a new player is stuck, run gethere Name and they are standing next to you.

Item commands

Command	What it does
`item <itemname> <amount> [variant]`	Adds an item to your inventory
`object <objectname> <amount> [variant]`	Adds furniture and other placeable objects
`clothing <name> <amount> [color]`	Adds a piece of clothing
`plant <plantname> <amount>`	Adds seeds or plants
`clearinventory`	Empties your inventory
`setspawninventory`	Saves your current inventory as the starting kit for new players

Item names are internal names, not the display names, so item will reject "Iron Pickaxe" typed with a space. Run help item to see what the console accepts. setspawninventory is a nice touch for a community server: lay out a starter kit in your inventory, run it once, and every new player starts with it.

Time, weather and season

Command	What it does
`time <hours> <minutes>`	Sets the time of day, for example `time 8 0`. `settime` and `tod` do the same
`settimespeed <speed>`	Day and night speed. Default is `1.75`, lower makes days longer
`weather <type> [instant]`	Changes the weather, for example `weather clear` or `weather rain`
`season <name>`	`spring`, `summer`, `autumn` or `winter`
`skipseason`	Jumps to the first day of the next season
`date <day>`	Sets the in game date

Add instant to a weather change to skip the transition. Run help weather for the weather types your build accepts.

Game mode

gm 1
gm 0

gm, gamemode and setgamemode all take 0 for Survival and 1 for Creative. They switch your own mode, which is how admins build big projects on a survival server without farming every log.

This is not the same as the world's game mode. The Game Mode setting in our panel (or World_GameMode in server.properties) only applies when a new world is created. To turn a survival server into a creative one, set the mode and a new world name, as the Rising World hosting guide explains.

Players building in a Rising World village

Server commands

Command	What it does
`yell <message>`	Broadcasts a message to everyone
`restart <seconds>`	Restarts the server after a countdown, with warnings for players
`shutdown`	Stops the server
`saveall`	Forces a full save to disk
`worldbackup`	Writes a world backup
`reloadpermissions`	Reloads the permission files
`noclip`	Lets you fly through terrain and walls
`spawnvehicle <name>`	Spawns a vehicle in front of you
`cleanup <type>`	Clears debris, dropped items and similar clutter

A good habit before you change anything big: yell Restart in 5 minutes, then restart 300.

Running commands without joining: RCON

You can run admin commands without being in the game. On GamezServers, turn on [Advanced] Enable RCON in the panel, set an [Advanced] RCON Password of at least six characters and restart. On our servers RCON listens on your game port plus one (game on 25565 means RCON on 25566), already open for you, while a home server uses 4253 by default. Connect with any Rising World compatible RCON tool using your server's address, that port and the password. The panel's live console also accepts server commands such as makeadmin, kick, ban and yell with no extra setup.

Common problems

Commands refused after adding yourself: the server was not restarted, or the UID has a typo. Check it against your Steam account details.
Command not recognized: you are reading a Java edition list. Use help or commands in the console to list what your build has.
Ban did nothing: you set a duration in days. Durations are seconds.
unban with a name fails: it needs the UID.
Admin lost after moving the server: admins live in server.properties, not in the world folder. Add them again, as how to move a Rising World save to a server notes.

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If you want to spend your evenings building rather than keeping a PC on, a Rising World server on GamezServers gives you the live console for commands, RCON switched on from the panel, the file manager for server.properties and permission files, and one click backups before you hand out admin rights. New customers get 50% off the first month.

FAQ

How do I make myself admin on a Rising World server?

Put your Steam ID in Server_Admins in server.properties and restart, or run makeadmin YourName in the server console while you are online.

How do I give myself items in Rising World?

As admin, open the console and use item <itemname> <amount>. Furniture uses object and clothing uses clothing.

How do I switch to Creative on a survival server?

Run gm 1 in the console as admin. gm 0 returns you to Survival. It only affects you, not the world.

How long does a Rising World ban last?

As many seconds as you type. -1 is permanent and 86400 is one day.

How do I teleport a player to me?

Use gethere PlayerName. To go to them instead, use tp PlayerName.