Rust server, player and item console commands

Quick answer: these are the Rust console commands for the server, players, inventories, entities, spawning, chat, teams, permissions and RCON. 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: World, event and vehicle commands, Debug and other commands, F1 client commands.

app

Command	Who can run it	What it does
app.appban	Admins	Bans a player by Steam ID from the server via the app layer, adding them to the banlist and kicking them if connected
app.appunban	Admins	Removes a ban for the specified Steam ID from the server banlist, allowing the player to reconnect
app.info	Admins	Prints current server info including name, level, connected players, max players, and network address to the console
app.pair	Any player	Pair the server with the Rust+ companion app.
app.regeneratetoken	Any player	Regenerate the server Rust+ authentication token.
app.retry_initialize	Admins	Retry initializing the Rust+ companion server if it previously failed, pass true to restart it even if it’s already running

chat

Command	Who can run it	What it does
chat.cardgamesay	Any player
chat.clansay	Any player
chat.localsay	Any player
chat.say	Any player	Send a global server chat message.
chat.search	Admins	Search the chat history.
chat.tail	Admins	Show the most recent chat messages.
chat.teamsay	Any player

clan

Command	Who can run it	What it does
clan.addtoclan	Admins	Adds a player by SteamID64 to your current clan
clan.disband	Admins	Disbands your current clan
clan.info	Admins	Prints info about a clan given its ID or a steamID of a player in that clan
clan.scoretest	Admins	Adds a generic score event to your clan

craft

Command	Who can run it	What it does
craft.add	Any player	Add an item to your crafting queue.
craft.cancel	Any player	Cancel a crafting task.
craft.canceltask	Any player
craft.fasttracktask	Any player

creative

Command	Who can run it	What it does
creative.togglealwayson	Any player	Keeps the furnace, campfire, lantern, candle, torch holder or fog machine you look at running with no fuel (true), or puts it back to normal (false). Needs creative.alwaysonenabled true and you in creative mode.
creative.togglealwaysonall	Admins	Keeps every furnace, campfire, lantern, candle, torch holder and fog machine on the server running with no fuel (true), or puts them all back to normal (false). Type it in game as an admin; needs creative.alwaysonenabled true and you in creative mode.
creative.togglealwaysonradius	Any player	Keeps every furnace, campfire, lantern, candle, torch holder and fog machine within the radius you give around you (up to 100 m) running with no fuel (true), or puts them back to normal (false): creative.togglealwaysonradius true 30. Needs creative.alwaysonenabled true and you in creative mode.
creative.togglecreativemodeuser	Admins	Enables or disables creative mode for a specific player by name or Steam ID; creative mode removes resource costs and unlocks building freely

decay

Command	Who can run it	What it does
decay.addfakeauthhistory	Admins	addfakeauthhistory <count>, adds fake deauthed players to the auth history of the tool cupboard you are standing in, for testing group upkeep tiers
decay.clearauthhistory	Admins	Clears the deauthed player history on the tool cupboard you are standing in, dropping its group upkeep back to the number of authed players
decay.drawnearbybuildings	Admins	drawnearbybuildings <duration> <radius>, shows building ID of entities
decay.forcedecaytick	Admins	Call the decay tick on every single entity on the server (for testing decay works)

entity

Command	Who can run it	What it does
entity.countby	Admins	Count all entities created by provided users (separate users by space)
entity.debug_toggle	Admins	Toggles the debug info overlay for an entity by net ID, showing position, velocity, health, and network state in the world
entity.deleteby	Admins	Destroy all entities created by provided users (separate users by space)
entity.deletebytextblock	Admins	Destroy all entities created by users in the provided text block (can use with copied results from ent auth)
entity.find_entity	Admins	Lists all networked entities whose prefab path contains the given filter string in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_group	Admins	Lists all networked entities belonging to the given network group ID in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_id	Admins	Lists the networked entity with the given network entity ID in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_parent	Admins	Lists all networked entities that have the given network entity ID as their parent in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_radius	Admins	Lists all networked entities within the given radius in metres of the calling player in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_self	Admins	Lists all networked entities owned by the calling player (matched by network ID) in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.find_status	Admins	Lists all networked entities whose status string contains the given filter text in a formatted table; admin-only on client
entity.nudge	Admins	Applies a small positional nudge to an entity by net ID, useful for unsticking entities that are clipping into geometry
entity.set_battery_charge	Admins	Sets the charge level of an electric battery entity by net ID to the given percentage (0-100)
entity.spawn	Admins	Spawns a server entity by prefab name at a given world position and direction; returns the spawned entity net ID
entity.spawngrid	Admins	Spawns a grid of server entities by prefab name centred at a position; useful for stress-testing entity counts
entity.spawnitem	Admins	Spawns a dropped item entity server-side by item short name at a given world position
entity.spawnlootfrom	Admins	Spawns a copy of the loot table from one container prefab into the world at the calling player position
entity.spawnplants	Admins	Spawn every stage of every plant inside it’s own planter, with an optional filter
entity.spawnvendor	Admins	Spawns a complete NPC vendor by vendor name and the stock it should sell - both the shopkeeper NPC and the invisible vending machine it needs - or any other vending machine by prefab name, at the position the calling player is looking at. Leave out the stock to list them

inventory

Command	Who can run it	What it does
inventory.addownership	Admins	Add ownership to item
inventory.clearinventory	Admins	Clears the inventory of a target player. eg. inventory.clearInventory jim. Can take container names as arguments: --belt --wear --backpack
inventory.convertownership	Admins	Reduce ownership to item to allow new ownership to be added
inventory.copyto	Admins	Copies the players inventory to the player in front of them
inventory.defs	Admins	Prints the names of all Steam inventory item definitions currently loaded from the Steam backend; useful for verifying skin/item definition state
inventory.deleteloadout	Admins	Deletes a named admin loadout file from the server; requires admin or developer permissions; loadout name is passed as the first argument
inventory.deployloadout	Admins	Deploys the given loadout to a target player. eg. inventory.deployLoadout testloadout jim
inventory.deployloadoutinrange	Admins	Deploys a loadout to players in a radius eg. inventory.deployLoadoutInRange testloadout 30
inventory.endloot	Any player
inventory.equipslot	Admins	Equips the belt/hotbar item at the given slot index for the calling admin or a named target player; requires admin or developer permissions
inventory.equipslottarget	Admins	Equips the belt/hotbar slot at the given index for the player the admin is currently looking at; requires admin or developer permissions
inventory.give {item} {amount} {condition} {skin} {container} {slot}	Admins	Give yourself an item by short name.
inventory.giveall	Admins	Gives the specified item (by partial name) to every currently connected player on the server; broadcasts who issued the command in chat
inventory.givearm {itemid} {amount}	Admins	{itemid} {amount}
inventory.givebp	Admins	Gives the calling player a blueprint item for the specified item (by partial name); broadcasts the gift in chat unless the recipient is a developer
inventory.giveequip {item}	Admins	{item}
inventory.giveid {itemid} {amount}	Admins	Give yourself an item by item ID.
inventory.giveto {item} {player} {amount} {skin}	Admins	Give an item to a specific player.
inventory.lighttoggle	Any player	Toggles the light on the item the local player is currently holding; sends the toggle request to the server, and is blocked if the map UI is open
inventory.listloadouts	Admins	Prints all saved inventory loadouts
inventory.loadoutui_requestloadoutlist	Admins	Reads the list of saved admin loadouts from disk and sends it to the requesting player’s client as a JSON array for display in the loadout UI
inventory.pipetteid	Admins	Checks whether the calling player has the specified item ID with the given skin ID in their inventory; used to validate pipette/skin matching server-side
inventory.reduceownership	Admins	Reduce ownership to item to allow new ownership to be added
inventory.reloaddefs	Admins	Forces a reload of all Steam inventory item definitions from the Steam backend; use if definitions appear stale or missing after a store update
inventory.resetbp	Admins	Resets all blueprints for the specified player (by name/Steam ID) back to the default unlocked set, removing any learned recipes
inventory.saveloadout	Admins	Saves the current equipped loadout of the calling player. eg. inventory.saveLoadout loaduoutname
inventory.set_item_image	Admins	Sets the custom icon image ID on the item currently held by the calling player; the image ID refers to a server-side stored image used for custom item icons
inventory.setwornarmorslots	Admins	Set worn items to have maximum armor slots supported
inventory.unlockall	Admins	Unlocks every craftable blueprint for the specified player (by name/Steam ID), giving them access to all recipes immediately

perm

Command	Who can run it	What it does
perm.grant	Any player	Grant a permission to a player.
perm.group	Any player	Manage group permissions.
perm.revoke	Any player	Remove a permission from a player.
perm.show	Any player	Display permissions.
perm.usergroup	Any player	Assign a player to a permission group.

player

Command	Who can run it	What it does
player.abandonmission	Any player
player.cinematic_gesture	Any player	Plays a gesture by name on you, or on the player you name after it. Works only while server.cinematic is true.
player.cinematic_play	Any player	Plays a cinematic animation on you: player.cinematic_play <animation>. Admins can always use it; other players only while server.cinematic is true.
player.cinematic_stop	Any player	Stops the cinematic animation playing on you.
player.clearhostile	Admins	Clear your hostile flag
player.copyrotation	Any player	Turns the player or bot with the given ID to look the way you are looking. Admins, or anyone while server.cinematic is true.
player.createskull	Admins	Creates a human skull item named after the given player name (or a random name if none given) and gives it to the calling player’s inventory
player.createtrophy	Admins	Creates a trophy head bag item for the specified entity type (by prefab name) and gives it to the calling player; used to generate mount-style trophy items for testing
player.dismount	Admins	Forces the specified player (by ID) to dismount from any vehicle or mountable they are currently seated in; admin/developer/cinematic mode only
player.fillwater <fresh/salt/rads>	Admins	Fills up liquid container items in your hotbar as well as any liquid containers you are looking at
player.gesture_radius	Admins	Forces all players within a given radius (including the caller) to play one of the specified gesture names chosen at random; admin only; args: radius gesture1 [gesture2…]
player.gesture_radius_notme	Admins	Same as gesture_radius but excludes the calling admin from the gesture; forces all other players within the radius to perform a random gesture from the provided list
player.gotosleep	Admins	Forces the specified sleeping player (by ID) to enter the sleep state; admin/developer/cinematic mode only; also works on bots
player.markhostile	Admins	Marks the calling player as hostile immediately, triggering the hostile timer as if they had attacked another player; useful for testing hostile-state dependent behaviour
player.mount	Any player	Seats the player or bot with the given ID in the seat or vehicle you look at. Admins, or anyone while server.cinematic is true.
player.printpresence	Admins	Prints the calling player’s current time-category presence flags: whether they are in wilderness, base, monument, swimming, boating, or flying
player.printstats	Admins	Prints detailed life-story stats for the calling player including time alive, distances travelled, damage taken/healed, kills, and per-weapon accuracy
player.ragdoll	Admins	optional param {player}
player.ragdollall	Admins	ragdolls
player.ragdollallbutme	Admins	ragdolls everyone except player
player.ragdollother	Admins	Ragdolls a player you’re looking at
player.reloadweapons	Admins	Fully reloads all projectile weapons, flamethrowers, and liquid weapons in every belt slot of the calling player; useful for testing without consuming ammo
player.resetmissions	Admins	Resets the saved missions progress of the given player
player.resetmissions_all	Admins	Resets the saved missions progress of all player states on this server (online and offline players). Must be entered as “resetmissions_all Y” to execute.
player.resetstate	Admins	Resets the PlayerState of the given player
player.stopgesture_radius	Admins	Cancels any active gesture on all players within the specified radius of the calling admin; admin only; useful for stopping mass-gesture cinematics
player.swapseat	Admins	Moves the specified player (by ID) to the given seat index on the vehicle they are mounted in; admin/developer/cinematic mode only
player.trigger_wildlife_trap	Admins	Admin-only: triggers the trap-think logic on the wildlife trap the calling player is looking at within 5 metres, simulating a catch attempt for testing
player.unloadweapons	Admins	Empties the ammo from all projectile weapons, flamethrowers, and liquid weapons in every belt slot of the calling player; useful for testing reload behaviour
player.wakeup	Admins	Wakes up the specified sleeping player (by ID), ending their sleep state immediately; admin/developer/cinematic mode only
player.wakeupall	Admins	Wakes up all sleeping players on the server at once; admin/developer/cinematic mode only; useful for clearing the sleeping player list after a wipe

rcon

Command	Who can run it	What it does
rcon.ban_ip	Admins	Ban an IP address from RCON, preventing it from connecting and kick any clients from this IP, this is permanent and persistent
rcon.clear_rcon_failed_logins	Admins	Clear all failed login attempts
rcon.print_rcon_bans	Admins	Print a table of permanently banned IPs and networks. Use --json to return a JSON object
rcon.print_rcon_clients	Admins	Print a table of connected RCON clients. Use --json to return a JSON object
rcon.print_rcon_failed_logins	Admins	Print a table of clients with failed passwords. Use --json to return a JSON object
rcon.unban_ip	Admins	Unban an IP address from connecting to RCON, will also remove all attempt history

relationshipmanager

Command	Who can run it	What it does
relationshipmanager.acceptinvite	Any player
relationshipmanager.addtoteam	Admins	Adds the calling player to their existing team, creating the team entry if needed
relationshipmanager.createandaddtoteam	Admins	Creates a new team with the calling player and adds the specified player (by UID) to it; returns status string
relationshipmanager.fakeinvite	Admins	Sends a fake team invite from the given team ID to the calling player; used for testing team invite UI flow
relationshipmanager.forceaddtoteam	Admins	Adds a player to a team whether they are on the server or not
relationshipmanager.kickmember	Any player
relationshipmanager.leaveteam	Any player
relationshipmanager.promote	Any player
relationshipmanager.promote_id	Any player
relationshipmanager.rejectinvite	Any player
relationshipmanager.sendinvite	Any player
relationshipmanager.sendofflineinvite	Any player
relationshipmanager.sleeptoggle	Admins	Toggles the sleep/wake state of the entity the calling admin player is looking at (within 5m); admin-only
relationshipmanager.trycreateteam	Admins	Creates a new team with the calling player as leader; fails if teams are disabled (maxTeamSize == 0)
relationshipmanager.wipe_all_contacts	Admins	Wipes all relationship contacts data for every player on the server; admin-only
relationshipmanager.wipecontacts	Admins	Wipes all relationship contacts data for the calling player

server

Command	Who can run it	What it does
server.backup	Admins	Backup server folder
server.botcount	Admins	Returns the current number of bot (AI-controlled player) entities active on the server
server.broadcastplayvideo	Admins	Sends a video URL to all connected players, causing the in-game video player to open and play the specified video on every client
server.cheatreport	Any player	Report suspected cheating for a player.
server.clear_bushes_radius	Admins	Kills all server-side bush entities within a given radius of the calling player (or a specified world position); args: radius [x y z]
server.clear_loot_spawn_cache	Admins	Clears the loot spawn cache used to restrict loot into each era
server.clear_trees_radius	Admins	Kills all server-side tree entities within a given radius of the calling player (or a specified world position); args: radius [x y z]
server.clearplayerreportcounts	Admins	Clear the player reports list
server.combatlog	Any player	Get the player combat log
server.combatlog_outgoing	Any player	Get the player combat log, only showing outgoing damage
server.corpseinfo	Admins	Get info on player corpses on the server
server.enforce_era_restrictions	Admins	Deletes items on the server that are not allowed in the era
server.fillchickencoop	Admins	Debug command: fills all chicken coops within 5 metres of the calling player to their maximum capacity
server.fps	Admins	Prints the current server frame rate in frames per second
server.listplayerreportcounts	Admins	List the amount of reports players on the server have received
server.listtoolcupboards	Admins	Prints all the Tool Cupboards on the server
server.listvendingmachines	Admins	Prints all the vending machines on the server
server.netprotocol	Admins	Returns the network protocol identifier string the server is currently using; clients must match this to connect
server.packetlog	Admins	Prints a sorted table of network packet types and their cumulative call counts since logging was enabled; requires packetlog_enabled = true
server.player_state_cache_count	Admins	Prints the number of player states currently held in the in-memory player state cache
server.player_state_cache_evictions	Admins	Prints the total number of player state cache entries evicted since server startup; high values suggest the cache size should be increased
server.playerlistpos	Admins	Prints the position of all players on the server
server.printdecryptqueue	Admins
server.printeyes	Admins	Print the current player eyes.
server.printpos	Admins	Print the current player position.
server.printposcenter	Admins	Print the current player center position.
server.printreadqueue	Admins	Prints the current server incoming network read queue depth (packet count and total byte size)
server.printrot	Admins	Print the current player rotation.
server.printwipeid	Admins	Prints the current wipe id of the sav
server.printwritequeue	Admins	Prints the current server outgoing network write queue depth (packet count and total byte size)
server.readcfg	Admins	Reads and executes serverauto.cfg then server.cfg from the server’s cfg folder, applying all saved convar values
server.resetrespawns	Admins	Clear all static respawn points
server.resetserveremoji	Admins	Rescans the serveremoji folder, note that clients will need to reconnect to get the latest emoji
server.rpclog	Admins	Prints a sorted table of RPC identifiers, their string names, and cumulative call counts; requires rpclog_enabled = true
server.save	Admins	Force save the current game
server.sendnetworkupdate	Admins	Send network update for all players
server.setshowholstereditems	Admins	Show holstered items on player bodies
server.snapshot	Admins	This sends a snapshot of all the entities in the client’s pvs. This is mostly redundant, but we request this when the client starts recording a demo.. so they get all the information.
server.start	Admins	Starts a server
server.stop	Admins	Stops a server
server.unlockrespawns	Admins	Unlock all static respawn points
server.writecfg	Admins	Writes config files

spawn

Command	Who can run it	What it does
spawn.cargoshipdockingtest	Admins	Spawns a cargo ship and initiates the harbor docking test sequence at the specified docking path index; used to test cargo ship docking behaviour at harbors
spawn.cargoshipevent	Admins	Spawns a cargo ship and starts the cargo ship event immediately, bypassing the normal random event scheduler
spawn.ch47event	Admins	Triggers a CH47 Chinook scientist event targeting the calling player position; optionally pass a start distance in metres (default 300)
spawn.delete_all_populations	Admins	Deletes all entities from every active population spawner on the server at once; effectively despawns all wildlife, NPCs, and resource nodes
spawn.delete_populations	Admins	Deletes all spawned entities belonging to the named population(s); pass one or more population names as arguments to target specific groups
spawn.dump_map	Admins	Generates a debug spawn map for a named population, simulating up to the given number of spawn attempts and reporting how many would succeed; used to diagnose spawn point coverage
spawn.fill_groups	Admins	Fills all spawn groups to their maximum count without waiting for the normal tick interval
spawn.fill_individuals	Admins	Immediately respawns all individually tracked entities that are currently missing, bypassing the normal tick_individuals delay
spawn.fill_populations	Admins	Immediately fills all population spawners to their target density; useful after a wipe or server restart to skip the gradual ramp-up period
spawn.ore_map	Admins	Renders a PNG of every spawned ore nodes location to <rootFolder>/debug/ore-nodes.png (blue rings = safezones)
spawn.report	Admins	Prints a spawn handler report listing all populations, their current count, target count, and fill percentage; pass true for detailed mode or a name filter as a second argument
spawn.reset_groups	Admins	Clears all spawn groups of already spawned entities, then re-fills them
spawn.respawnloot_all	Admins	Respawns loot in all loot containers currently on the server
spawn.respawnloot_lookingat	Admins	Respawns loot in the loot container currently being looked at
spawn.respawnloot_radius	Admins	Respawns loot in all loot containers within the given radius
spawn.scalars	Admins	Prints a table of current spawn scalar values including player fraction, excess, population rate, density, and group rate; pass --json for machine-readable output
spawn.simulate_loot <iterations>	Admins	Simulates a number of iterations on the closest loot container and sums up the items spawned
spawn.svshielddummy	Admins	Server-side handler that spawns a dummy player entity at the given position and direction loaded with the Shields loadout, optionally holstering the shield; triggered by spawn.shielddummy

territory

Command	Who can run it	What it does
territory.clear	Admins	Clear all territory ownership
territory.createfaction	Admins	Create a faction, or recolour an existing one: territory.createfaction <name> <html colour, e.g. #FF0000 or #FF0000B0>
territory.destroy	Admins	Remove the territory grid entirely
territory.factions	Admins	List created factions and their colours
territory.fill	Admins	Fill every hex cell: territory.fill <faction name|none>
territory.setat	Admins	Set the hex cell containing a world position: territory.setat <x> <z> <faction name|none>
territory.setcell	Admins	Set a hex cell by index: territory.setcell <cell> <faction name|none>
territory.sethere	Admins	Set the hex cell at your position: territory.sethere <faction name|none>
territory.state	Admins	Returns a JSON report of the territory grid: dimensions, offsets and a per-faction breakdown (cells held, share of claimed land, region counts) sorted by holdings

More commands

Groups with only a few entries, in one list.

Command	Who can run it	What it does
commands.echo	Admins
commands.find	Admins	Search for commands by name.
console.search	Admins	Search the console output.
console.tail	Admins	Display the most recent console messages.
cui.cui_test	Any player
cui.cui_test_update	Any player
cui.endtest	Any player
data.export	Admins	Exports a named terrain map layer (splatmap, heightmap, biomemap, topologymap, alphamap, watermap) to a .raw file in the persistent data path
demo.record	Admins	Starts recording a server-side demo for the specified player by name or Steam ID to a timestamped file; the player must be connected
demo.stop	Admins	Stops the active server-side demo recording for the specified player and finalises the demo file
handcuffs.togglecuffslocked	Admins	Toggles the locked state of the handcuffs held by the calling admin player, switching between locked and unlocked
harmony.load	Admins	Loads and applies a Harmony patch assembly by file name, enabling server-side code patching without restarting
harmony.unload	Admins	Unloads a previously loaded Harmony patch assembly by file name, reverting any code modifications it applied
log.level	Admins	Sets the log verbosity level for a specific named RustLog channel; takes a channel name and optional level integer
note.update	Any player
plugin.load	Any player
plugin.reload	Any player
plugin.unload	Any player
sleepingbag.assigntoplayer	Admins	Reassigns ownership of a sleeping bag (by entity ID) to the calling player; notifies both the old and new owner
sleepingbag.clearfromplayer	Admins	Clears ownership of a sleeping bag (by entity ID), setting the owner ID to 0 and removing it from the old owner’s bag list
stability.refresh_stability	Admins	Forces an immediate recalculation of stability for all building blocks in the world; expensive on large bases
system.cpu_affinity	Admins	Sets the CPU core affinity mask for the process using comma-separated core indices or dash-separated ranges (e.g. 0,2-5)
system.cpu_priority	Admins	Sets the OS process priority class (belownormal, normal, abovenormal, high); Idle and Realtime are blocked; not supported on OSX
wipetimer.printtimezones	Admins	Prints a JSON list of all system, Windows, and IANA timezone identifiers available on the server machine
wipetimer.printwipe	Admins	Prints the current wipe timer status including next wipe date, frequency, and time remaining
workshop.print_approved_skins	Admins	Prints a list of all workshop-approved skins on the server with their item short names and approved skin IDs