Palworld · Admins · 5 minutes

Make yourself admin in Palworld

Use this guide when you want to enable admin access on your Palworld server and run in-game admin commands.

1. Set your admin password

In the VialStack game panel, open your Palworld server and check the startup/settings area for the admin password field. If you prefer editing the file directly, the setting is in Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini as AdminPassword.

Use a password you can type in game. Keep it private, because anyone with this password can request admin access on the server.

2. Restart after changing the password

Palworld reads the admin password when the server starts. If you changed the password while the server was already running, restart the server during a safe maintenance window so the new value loads.

3. Become admin in game

Join your Palworld server, open chat, then type:

/AdminPassword YourAdminPassword

Replace YourAdminPassword with the admin password you set. If it accepts the password, you can use admin commands from chat.

Common admin commands

/Info, shows server information.
/ShowPlayers, shows connected players and their IDs.
/Save, saves the world data.
/Broadcast MessageText, sends a message to everyone on the server.
/KickPlayer SteamID, kicks a player by Steam ID.
/BanPlayer SteamID, bans a player by Steam ID.
/UnBanPlayer SteamID, removes a ban by Steam ID.
/TeleportToPlayer SteamID, teleports you to a player.
/TeleportToMe SteamID, teleports a player to you.
/Shutdown Seconds MessageText, schedules a server shutdown with a message.
/DoExit, force stops the server. Use this carefully.

Safety notes

Back up before major setting changes or before testing commands that affect players.
Use /Save before planned restarts or shutdowns.
Do not share the admin password publicly.
If /AdminPassword does not work, confirm the password is set correctly, restart once after changing it, and try again.