Rust debug, profiling and other console commands

Quick answer: these are the Rust console commands for debugging, profiling, testing and every command not on the other pages. Type one in the server console or over RCON, or in the F1 console in game when you are an admin on that server. This list comes straight from a Rust dedicated server (Rust build 26431843, read 2026-11-06), and it is refreshed after every Rust update.

Admins means the player must be an owner or moderator on the server; Server console and RCON commands cannot be typed by a player at all. The common admin commands, the global commands (kick, ban, teleport) and the Oxide commands are on Rust admin commands. The other groups: Server, player and item commands, World, event and vehicle commands, F1 client commands.

analytics

Command	Who can run it	What it does
analytics.resetstats	Admins
analytics.stats	Admins
analytics.tablestats	Admins
analytics.uploaderstats	Admins

basesculpture

Command	Who can run it	What it does
basesculpture.applyrandomshapes	Admins
basesculpture.listsavedsculptures	Admins	Lists all locally saved sculpture files in the sculpture save directory
basesculpture.loadsculpture	Admins	Loads a .sculpt file by name and applies it to the sculpture entity the local player is currently looking at
basesculpture.printcrc	Admins
basesculpture.savesculpture	Admins	Saves the sculpture the local player is currently looking at to a .sculpt file with the given name in the sculpture save directory

copypaste

Command	Who can run it	What it does
copypaste.copybox_sv	Admins	Server-side handler that copies all entities within the specified bounding box (center + size) into a named paste file; called from copybox client command
copypaste.copybuilding_sv	Admins	Server-side handler that copies all entities belonging to the building the player is looking at into a named paste file; called from the copybuilding client command
copypaste.copyradius_sv	Admins	Server-side handler that copies all entities within the specified radius around a position into a named paste file; called from the copyradius client command
copypaste.download_paste_sv	Admins	Downloads a paste file stored on the server (legacy server-side storage) by name and sends its entity data to the requesting client for local storage
copypaste.killbox_sv	Admins	Server-side handler that destroys all entities within the current selection bounds that match the active paste filter options (NPCs, vehicles, deployables etc.)
copypaste.list_pastes_sv	Admins	Lists all paste files stored in the legacy server-side copypaste directory and prints their names to the console
copypaste.printselection_sv	Admins	Server-side handler that prints the names of all entities within the current selection bounds; used to preview what would be included in a copy operation
copypaste.undopaste_sv	Admins	Undoes the most recent paste operation for the calling player by destroying all entities that were spawned in that paste; replies with ‘History empty’ if nothing to undo

debug

Command	Who can run it	What it does
debug.addmonumentblockergrace <minutes> (optional: <range>)	Admins	Adds the given number of minutes to the decay grace period timer of the monument blocker closest to you, making it start decaying that much sooner. Negative values rewind the timer
debug.applybuildingblockrandomisation	Admins	Sets the visual variant index on the building block the calling player is looking at; useful for testing block randomisation visuals
debug.applypuzzleresettime	Admins	Applies a debug reset time in seconds to all PuzzleReset objects in the scene, shortening their timers for rapid testing
debug.bench_io	Admins	Spawn lots of IO entities to lag the server
debug.breakheld	Admins	Break the current held object
debug.breakheld_almost	Admins	Almost break the current held object
debug.breakitem	Admins	Break all the items in your inventory whose name match the passed string
debug.breakshield	Admins	Breaks the currently held shield
debug.clearplayermodifiers	Admins	Removes all active modifiers (buffs/debuffs) from the calling player; useful for resetting modifier state during testing
debug.cleartutorialforplayer	Admins	If a player ends up stuck on a tutorial for any reason this will clear the island and reset the player (will also kill player)
debug.completemission	Admins	Completes all incomplete objectives in the calling player active mission, triggering the mission completion flow
debug.completemissionstage	Admins
debug.completetutorial	Admins	Immediately completes the calling player tutorial by triggering the island completion callback; bypasses normal progression
debug.console_print_color	Admins	Prints a message to the server console using the specified ConsoleColor index; useful for testing coloured console output
debug.console_spam	Admins	Logs a configurable number of test messages of a given length; used to stress-test console/logging performance and measure output speed
debug.conveyorstrictmodereport	Admins	Prints the world position of every industrial conveyor running in strict mode; helps locate conveyors that are blocking item flow
debug.deleteentitiesbyshortname <shortname> (optional: <radius>)	Admins	Delete entities with the given short prefab name
debug.deleteentitybyid	Admins	Delete entities by id. Supports multiple arguments
debug.drink	Admins	Adds a specified amount of hydration to the calling player at a configurable rate; useful for quickly testing thirst-related mechanics
debug.dropworlditems	Admins	Drops a specified number of the given item short name as world entities from just in front of the calling player; useful for item physics testing
debug.eat	Admins	Adds a specified amount of calories to the calling player at a configurable rate; useful for quickly testing hunger-related mechanics
debug.emptytankermodule	Admins	emptyTankerModule - Clears the contents of the tanker module(s) of the modular car you’re looking at
debug.enable_player_movement	Admins	Sends a client RPC to the target player enabling or disabling their movement controls; admin only; useful for testing freeze/lock mechanics
debug.fillmounts	Admins	fillmounts <radius> - Spawns and mounts a player on every mount point in radius
debug.filltankermodule	Admins	fillTankerModule <item> - Fills the tanker module(s) of the modular car you’re looking at with the given liquid (e.g. water, water.salt, crude.oil)
debug.findgap	Admins	Find how large of a gap there is. <maxDistance> <stepsize> <maxSize> <layer>
debug.flushgroup	Admins	Takes you in and out of your current network group, causing you to delete and then download all entities in your PVS again
debug.foodspoilingdeducttimehours	Admins	Deducts the given number of hours from all spoilable food on the server
debug.foodspoilinginventoryhours	Admins	Applies the given number of hours to all food in the players inventory
debug.foodspoilingspoilall	Admins	Spoils all food on the server
debug.forcechickensspawnegg	Admins	Forces all chickens within a given radius of the calling player to immediately spawn an egg; useful for testing egg drop and collection logic
debug.heal	Admins	To disable revival if player is downed, pass in --no-recover as the first argument.
debug.hurt	Admins	Deals a specified amount of bullet damage to the calling player; optionally targets a named bone to test per-bone hit reactions
debug.invis	Admins	Make admin invisible
debug.print_topologies	Admins	Prints out the topologies at your position
debug.printgrouplayer	Admins	Prints the network visibility layer (overworld, tunnel, underwater, etc.) at the calling player position; helps debug layer-based network group assignment
debug.printgroups	Admins	Logs all server entity network group IDs and prefab names to the console; useful for debugging network visibility and group assignment
debug.printmonumentblocker	Admins	Prints the health and decay state of the monument blocker closest to you. Optional argument: search range in metres (default 100)
debug.printqueues	Admins	Prints a table of all ObjectWorkQueue instances showing name, total items processed, current queue length, and cumulative execution time
debug.puzzlereset	Admins	Reset all puzzles. Optionally provide a number to only reset puzzles within a radius.
debug.puzzleresetinfo	Admins	Prints detailed debug info about the PuzzleReset the calling player is currently inside, including timer state and dependency status
debug.quittutorial	Any player
debug.refillvitals	Admins	Refills the vital of a target player. eg. debug.refillsvital jim - leave blank to target yourself, can take multiple players at once. Will revive players if they are injured. To disable this, pass in --no-recover as the first argument.
debug.refillvitalsall	Admins	Refills the vitals of all active players on the server. Will revive players if they are injured. To disable this, pass in --no-recover as the first argument.
debug.refrigeratedinventoryhours	Admins	Adds the given number of refrigerated hours to all food in the players inventory, so things like milk skimming can be tested without waiting
debug.removeoverlappingstaticspawnpoints	Admins	Scans all static respawn areas and kills any whose centre is within 1 metre of another, eliminating duplicate spawn points
debug.renderinfo	Admins	Generates and logs a render info report showing draw calls, batch counts, triangle counts, and shadow caster counts for the current frame
debug.repair_inventory	Admins	Repair all items in inventory
debug.resetsleepingbagtimers	Admins	Resets all sleeping bag respawn cooldown timers for the calling player, allowing immediate re-use of all their bags
debug.respawnvinetreesinradius	Admins	Respawns vine trees from their stumps within a given radius of the calling player; reports how many were respawned versus blocked by players
debug.setdamage	Admins	Deals enough bullet damage to bring the calling player or a named target to the specified health value
debug.setfood	Admins	Sets the calling player or a named target player calorie level to the specified value directly
debug.sethealth	Admins	Sets the calling player or a named target player health to the specified value; useful for testing low-health or death scenarios
debug.setmaxhealth	Admins	Overrides the maximum health of the calling player or a named target; pass 0 to reset to the default value
debug.setradiation	Admins	Sets the calling player or a named target player radiation level to the specified value directly
debug.setthrowable	Admins	0 = can’t throw, 1 = can throw & melee, 2 = only throwable
debug.setunloadablecarfillpercent	Admins	Sets the ore fill percentage on all unloadable train cars within 3 metres of the calling player; updates both inventory amounts and visual ore level
debug.setwater	Admins	Sets the calling player or a named target player hydration level to the specified value directly
debug.spawn_all_deployables	Admins	Spawns one of every deployable in a grid
debug.spawnovenstresstest	Admins	Spawns a 100x10 grid of lit furnaces loaded with wood and metal ore near the calling player; used to stress-test the oven cooking system
debug.spawnparachutetester	Admins	Spawns a clone of the calling player at a configurable height with a parachute deployed and their belt and wear inventories copied
debug.stall	Admins	Stalls the main thread for the given duration in seconds (clamped 0-1); admin-only; used to test timeout handling and watchdog systems
debug.starttutorial	Any player	Begin the tutorial sequence.
debug.test_custom_vitals	Admins	Sends a configurable number of test custom vital entries to the calling player client for a given duration; used to verify custom vitals UI rendering
debug.testerror	Admins	Logs a test error and exception for testing error display.
debug.testtutorialcinematic	Admins	Triggers the tutorial island ending cinematic for the calling player; spawns a kayak at the designated mount point and mounts the player to it
debug.tutorialstatus	Admins	Prints a table of all active tutorial islands showing index, network group ID, assigned player name, duration, and connection state
debug.vineswinginghighlight	Admins	Sends a highlight RPC to every VineMountable on the server targeting the calling player; used for visually debugging vine placement
debug.vineswingingreport	Admins	Prints a summary table of all VineSwingingTree and VineMountable entities on the server, including average destination count per mountable

navstress

Command	Who can run it	What it does
navstress.bench	Admins	Run the full benchmark suite: args agentCount (default 200)
navstress.benchresults	Admins	Print the last benchmark results
navstress.build_env	Admins	Build the synthetic stress field: args centerX centerZ halfExtent (defaults -140 140 50)
navstress.chase	Admins	Chase a sliding virtual target: args targetSpeed setDestinationHz
navstress.clear	Admins	Despawn dummies and remove the field
navstress.envreport	Admins	Print the last environment build report
navstress.idle	Admins	Stop giving destinations and reset paths
navstress.killforeign	Admins	Kill every NPC with a RustNavMeshAgent that is not a navstress dummy
navstress.rebuildstorm	Admins	Async tile rebuilds under the field: args rebuildsPerSecond (0 stops)
navstress.refcompare	Admins	Replay the scenario and compare against a recording: args name
navstress.refrecord	Admins	Record the reference trajectory scenario: args name
navstress.refresults	Admins	Print the last refpath result
navstress.setmode	Admins	Flip all dummies between steering and normal mode without respawning
navstress.spawn	Admins	Spawn stripped wolves: args count mode(steering|normal) canSwim canOpenDoors
navstress.stats	Admins	Print and reset tick statistics
navstress.wander	Admins	Random destinations forever: args intervalSeconds unreachableFraction

physics

Command	Who can run it	What it does
physics.getbounds	Admins	Prints the combined world-space bounding box of the entity the calling admin is looking at; useful for verifying collider extents
physics.print_colliders_per_cell	Admins	Prints a sorted table of physics cells and how many colliders each contains; helps identify areas with excessive collider density causing physics slowdowns
physics.print_colliders_per_prefab	Admins	Prints a sorted table of prefab names and their collider counts; identifies prefabs with unusually high collider counts for optimisation
physics.setbounds	Admins	(center vec3) (extents vec3)

pool

Command	Who can run it	What it does
pool.clear_assets	Admins	Clears all cached entries from the asset pool matching the optional name filter
pool.clear_memory	Admins	Clears all entries from the object memory pool matching the optional name filter; freed pooled objects are garbage collected
pool.clear_prefabs	Admins	Clears all cached prefab instances from the prefab pool matching the optional filter, across client, server, and generic pools
pool.debug_mem_start	Admins	Start tracking objects from memory pool. Call _stop when done. Use * to explicitly request all types(super expensive!)
pool.debug_mem_stop	Admins	Stop tracking objects from memory pool & log abnormalities. Accepts max number of logs
pool.export_prefabs	Admins	Exports the current prefab pool contents to a prefabs.csv file listing pool ID, prefab short name, and instance count
pool.fill_prefabs	Admins	Pre-warms the prefab pool by instantiating and pooling prefabs matching the optional filter up to the given count override
pool.print_arraypool	Admins	Prints a usage report for the BaseNetwork and ProtocolParser array pools, showing bucket sizes, capacities, and hit/miss stats
pool.print_assets	Admins	Prints a table of all asset pool entries showing asset type, current pooled count, and pool capacity
pool.print_memory	Admins	Prints a table of all object pool entries showing type, capacity, active count, peak usage, hit/miss counts, and spill counts; supports --json
pool.print_prefabs	Admins	Prints a table of all prefab pool entries showing prefab name, miss count, current count, target capacity, and push/pop counts; supports --json
pool.reset_max_pool_counter	Admins	Resets the peak-usage high-water-mark counter for all pools, allowing fresh measurement of maximum pool demand

profile

Command	Who can run it	What it does
profile.countsyncmoveentities	Admins	Counts and prints all entities that use synchronous movement updates grouped by prefab, helping identify expensive per-frame entity movers
profile.dump_profile_recorders	Admins	Dumps all available Unity Profiler recorder handles to CSV format showing name, category, unit type, and flags; useful for discovering available performance metrics
profile.flush_analytics	Admins	Flushes any buffered analytics events immediately to the analytics backend rather than waiting for the next scheduled flush
profile.perfsnapshot	Admins	profile.perfsnapshot [delay=15, int] [name=‘Profile’, str, no extension, max 32chars] [frames=10, int, max 10] [debug=false, dumps a binary snapshot as well] Will produce a JSON perf snapshot of <frames> that can be viewed in Perfetto or similar tools
profile.perfsnapshot_stream	Admins	profile.perfsnapshot_stream [name=‘Profile’, str, no extension, max 32chars] [MainCap=32, int, max 256, buffer size for Main thread in Megabytes] [WorkerCap=8, int, max 256, buffer size for each Worker thread in Megabytes] [debug=false, dumps a binary snapshot as well] Will stream <mainCap>MB worth of data and generate a JSON snapshot that can be viewed in Perfetto or similar tools
profile.resetexportinterval	Admins	Resets the profiler export interval timer, causing the next export to happen after a full ExportIntervalS from now
profile.start	Admins	Starts recording a Unity Profiler binary log to a timestamped file in the profile/ folder; requires ENABLE_PROFILER build flag
profile.stop	Admins	Stops the active Unity Profiler binary log recording and finalises the file
profile.stopwatchingallocs	Admins	Stops tracking of allocations
profile.watchallocs	Admins	Params: [Name = ‘Allocs’] [maxStackDepth = 16]. Starts tracking of allocs, dumping a [Name].json.gz record once conditions are met

More commands

Groups with only a few entries, in one list.

Command	Who can run it	What it does
basemission.profilenextmissionsvalidstateworkqueue	Admins	Generate a performance capture containing the next run of updateMissionValidStateWorkQueue
birdflock.interest	Admins	Adds a bird interest point where you are looking. Args: crow|seagull, duration in seconds (default 300), priority (default 0).
birdflock.startle	Admins	Startles every bird flock within the given radius (default 300) of where you are looking, sending them fleeing away from it.
boombox.clearradiobyuser	Admins	Clears all radio station data set by the given Steam64 ID from all deployed and held boomboxes on the server
camerarenderermanager.pool_stats	Admins	Prints pool statistics for the camera renderer manager including active renderer count, pooled task count, and task creation/return counters
cassette.clearcassettes	Admins	Clears the saved audio recording from all cassette items currently on the server; returns count of cassettes cleared
cassette.clearcassettesbyuser	Admins	Clears saved audio from all cassettes created by the given Steam64 ID; returns count of cassettes cleared
cinematicentity.hideobjects	Admins	Hides cinematic entities by group (0= none, 1= lights, 2= BGs, 3= props, 4= misc)
clawmarkspawner.showclawmarks	Admins
communityentity.pietest	Admins
communityentity.pietest_next	Admins
communityentity.pietest_prev	Admins
ddraw.ddrawother	Admins	Sends a ddraw.text debug draw command to a specific player by Steam ID or name; allows admins to display debug text overlays on another player screen
gc.alloc	Admins	Allocates a byte array of the given size (default 1 MB) as a GC pressure test; useful for profiling memory allocation throughput
gc.collect	Admins	Triggers an immediate full managed garbage collection pass; useful after large allocations for memory profiling
gc.unload	Admins	Calls Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets() to unload assets no longer referenced by any object, freeing RAM and VRAM
growableentity.growall	Admins	Server admin: forces all growable entities within 6m of the calling player to advance to their next growth stage instantly
growableentity.killall	Admins	Server admin: kills all growable entities within 6m of the calling player, removing them from the planter
hexagongridgenerator.generategrid <gridSize> 5 <tileSpacing> 1.35	Admins	<gridSize> 5 <tileSpacing> 1.35
hierarchy.cd	Admins	Changes the current hierarchy context to the named child GameObject, similar to the Unix cd command; allows drilling into nested scene objects
hierarchy.del	Admins	Deletes the named GameObject from the scene hierarchy; use with caution as this permanently removes the object
hierarchy.ls	Admins	Lists all GameObjects in the current hierarchy context, similar to the Unix ls command; used for navigating the scene hierarchy from the console
manifest.printmanifest	Admins	Prints the Facepunch application manifest in a formatted summary showing app name, version, and platform details
manifest.printmanifestraw	Admins	Prints the raw contents of the Facepunch manifest file as an unformatted string
memsnap.full	Admins	Takes a full Unity Memory Profiler snapshot capturing all managed, native, and graphics memory and saves it as a timestamped .snap file in profile/memory/
memsnap.managed	Admins	Takes a Unity Memory Profiler snapshot capturing managed (C#) heap allocations and saves it as a timestamped .snap file in the profile/memory/ folder
memsnap.native	Admins	Takes a Unity Memory Profiler snapshot capturing native (C++) heap allocations and saves it as a timestamped .snap file in the profile/memory/ folder
meta.add	Admins	add <convar> <amount> - adds amount to convar
metaldetectorsource.servercountsources	Admins
networkprofiler.packet_capture	Admins	networkprofiler.packet_capture [max size(in MB), min(1), max(10000), float] [max duration(in seconds), min(1), max(3600), float]
networkprofiler.serverprofile	Admins	networkprofiler.serverprofile [time to profile(in seconds), min(0.1), max(1000), float]
networkprofiler.stop_packet_capture	Admins	networkprofiler.stop_packet_capture - ends the running packet capture early
render.print_global_entities	Admins	Print off count of global building entities on the server
render.tree_entities	Admins	Print off count of trees to ensure server sent them all
seagullgroup.land	Admins	Lands every flying seagull group within the given radius (default 300) of where you are looking, each on its nearest free land point.
seagullgroup.landat	Admins	Lands the flying seagull group nearest where you are looking, within the given radius (default 300), on the free land point nearest it.
seagullgroup.startle	Admins	Startles every landed seagull group within the given radius (default 100) of where you are looking.
serverocclusion.occlusionvalidategroups	Admins	Validates that all server occlusion network groups are correctly mapped to their occlusion data; reports any inconsistencies found
serverocclusion.serverocclusiondebug	Admins	Tests occlusion visibility between two positions
telephonemanager.printallphones	Admins	Prints a table of all registered telephone entities showing their number, directory name, and world position
triggerbase.clearexcludelayers	Admins	Removes the exclude layer configuration from all registered TriggerBase instances, resetting them to detect all layers
triggerbase.setexcludelayers	Admins	Applies the configured exclude layer mask to all registered TriggerBase instances to filter out unwanted layer detections
vddraw.setisrecording	Admins	Toggles or explicitly sets VDDraw recording state; when enabled starts capturing DDraw commands for replay; when disabled stops recording
voice.togglevoicerangeboost	Admins	Enabled/disables voice range boost for a player eg. ToggleVoiceRangeBoost sam 1
watertreatmentflowratebroadcast.force_flow_rate	Admins	Force the water treatment flow rate per minute. Pass no argument to release the override and return to pressure-derived state.
watertreatmentflowratebroadcast.get_num_broadcasters	Admins
watertreatmentflowratebroadcast.get_num_listeners	Admins
watertreatmentwatertank.debug_wtp_pressure	Admins
watertreatmentwatertank.force_pressure	Admins