List With Most Useful Commands in Rust

Dive into the world of Rust with our quick guide to the game’s most useful commands! Perfect for players and admins alike, these essential commands will help you navigate and customize your Rust experience with ease.

Command	Functionality	Parameter info	Requires admin?
admintime 1-24	Sets the time of day to this hour for your player only	Input -1 to reset to the server’s regular time	Yes
ban steam64ID	Bans a player from the server. Set username as a nickname you will remember this player by, reason to why you’re banning them and an optional duration of when the ban will expire	Input duration using a value followed by a time indicator. Eg, 1M7d5m will keep them banned for 1 month, 7 days and 5 minutes from when you banned them	Yes
banid Steam64ID	Bans a player from the server with a reason using Steam64ID. Does not require the player to be on the server		Yes
banlistex	Returns a list of banned users with reasons and names		Yes
bans	Lists banned users		Yes
benchmark	Runs a benchmark simulation of many parts of the game to see how well you can run the game
bradley.quickrespawn	Respawns the bradley APC in launchsite, does not create a second APC		Yes
combatlog	Displays recent damage information for what the player damaged and what the player was damaged by	Optional Steam64ID for admins to see other player’s combatlog	Only with another player
connect IP:Port	Allows you to connect to a server if you have its IP address and Port	If this is a locally hosted server you can replace the IP with “localhost”
connecthidden IP:Port	Allows you to connect to a server if you have its IP address and Port but the connecting info is not printed to console
console.clear	Clears the f1 console
console.copy	Copies the contents of the F1 console to the clipboard
debug.lookingat	Prints information about what the player is currently looking at		Yes
debug.lookingat_debug	Toggles debug stats to hover over what the player is currently looking at		Yes
debugcamera	Go into free camera mode		Yes
debugcamera_unfreeze	Freezes the debugcamera camera position allowing you to move your player around from a fixed viewing angle		Yes
decay.scale	Takes a float value that controls the multiplier for decay on the server	default is 1	Yes
decay.upkeep_grief_protection	Max minutes of upkeep the tool cupboard can consume after being destroyed to keep the base from decaying for that period of time	default is 1440 (24 hours)	Yes
decay.upkeep_period_minutes	How many minutes does the upkeep cost last. Increase this value for upkeep to cost less	default is 1440 (24 hours)	Yes
del	Takes the asset path of an asset/prefab and deletes all that are found on the server	Asset path can be found by looking at the desired asset/prefab, using debug.lookingat and then console.copy	Yes
drink	Increases your thirst by the inputted amount	250	Yes
eat	Increases your hunger by the inputted amount	500	Yes
ent kill	Destroys the entity you’re looking at		Yes
ent lock	Locks the entity you’re looking at (codelocks, keylocks)		Yes
ent unlock	Unlocks the entity you’re looking at (codelocks, keylocks)		Yes
ent who	Returns the Steam64ID of who placed this entity		Yes
env.progesstime true/false	Dictates whether time will continue or stay at the current hour forever		Yes
env.time 1-24	Sets the time of day for the whole server		Yes
fillwater	Fills all water containers with freshwater in the player’s inventory		Yes
find	Returns information on commands that match the inputted word
fps	Returns current Frames Per Second. Can be used on client and server
fps.limit	Used to set the limit of what FPS can become. Can set server fps limit when prefixed with “sv”
gesture gestureName	Makes your player perform a gesture	wave/victory/shrug/thumbsup/chicken/hurry/whoa
god true/false	Puts you in god mode so you cannot receive any type of damage from the world and you do not lose hunger or thirst		Yes
gotosleep ID	Makes the player npc sleep	Input their ID (name above their head)	Yes
hackablelockedcrate.requiredhackseconds	How many seconds should it take for locked crates (like at oilrig) to open once they’ve started to be hacked	default is 900 (15 minutes)	Yes
headlerp_inertia true/false	Controls whether there is a delay for ‘alt look’ to snap back to the front facing position after no longer being pressed
heal	Heals the player by the amount inputted		Yes
heli.call	Starts the patrol helicopter server event		Yes
heli.calltome	Starts the patrol helicopter server event and summons the helicopter to the player		Yes
hurt	Hurts your player by the inputted amount		Yes
injure	wounds the player		Yes
kick Steam64ID/playerName	Kicks the player from the server with an optional reason, they can join back straight away		Yes
kill	Kills your player taking you to the respawn menu (same functionality as hitting “suicide” in the esc menu)
killplayer Steam64ID/playerName	Kills the inputted player sending them back to the respawn screen	Use steam64ID for more accurate usage	Yes
minicopter.insidedecayminutes	How many minutes does a minicopter take to decay from full health when under a roof	default is 2880 (48 hours)
minicopter.outsidedecayminutes	How many minutes does a minicopter take to decay from full health when outdoors	default is 480 (8 hours)
moderatorid Steam64ID	Makes the player the second highest admin auth level (1)		Yes
mute Steam64ID/playerName	Mutes the player locally if used without admin so you don’t see their messages in chat. Mutes the player globally for the server if used as admin		Depending on local or global mute functionality
mutelist	Returns a list of players with an index that you have locally muted
netgraph.enabled true/false	Toggles netgraph debug overlay that gives network information on entities - looks like white bars across the top of the screen. State is only updated whilst in a server
noclip	Toggle noclip flight for the player		Yes
ownerid Steam64ID	Makes the player the highest admin auth level (2)		Yes
perf 0/1/2/3/4/5/6	Sets performance data to show at the bottom left of your screen	0 - Removes stats1 - FPS2 - + Frame latency3 - + RAM usage4 - + Ping5 - + Invokes6 - + Tasks
ping	Returns your latency to the server
playerlist	Returns connected player information in a JSON format		Yes
players	Returns players on the server with their Steam64ID, name, ping		Yes
printpos	Print your current coordinate position. Can be prefixed with “sv” to be able to input a player’s Steam64ID and get their position		Getting another player’s position requires admin
quit	Close the game to desktop. Can be prefixed with “sv” to save and close the server		Closing the server requires admin
refillvitals	Fills health, hunger and thirst to full		Yes
removemoderator Steam64ID	Removes the second highest admin auth level (1) from the player		Yes
removeowner Steam64ID	Removes the highest admin auth level (2) from the player		Yes
resetstate Steam64ID	Resets the given player’s state, eg, if they are hostile to safezones		Yes
server.writecfg	Writes server convars/settings to the cfg files		Yes
sleep	Makes your player sleep		Yes
sleepingusers	Lists all players that are asleep on the server		Yes
spawn entity	Spawns an entity where the player is looking, if the entity name inputted is not found you are given choices		Yes
spawnitem item	Spawns an item where the player is looking, if the item name inputted is not found you are given choices		Yes
status	Returns players on the server with their Steam64ID, name, ping, time played, IP address		Yes
sv say message	Broadcasts a message to chat from the server		Yes
sv stats	Returns stats for the connected players alongside their Steam64ID and name. Time connected, kills, deaths, suicides		Yes
teleport playerName/Steam64ID <playerName/Steam64ID>	Teleport to the given player. If 2 players are inputted then this teleports the first player to the second	Use steam64ID for more accurate usage	Yes
teleport2marker	Teleport to the marker you’ve set on the map		Yes
teleport2me playerName/Steam64ID	Teleport the given player to your position	Use steam64ID for more accurate usage	Yes
teleport2owneditem playerName/Steam64ID	Teleport to an item the inputted player has placed	Use steam64ID for more accurate usage	Yes
teleportany entity	Teleport to any entity type on the server		Yes
teleportlos	Teleports to the closest thing in the player’s Line Of Sight (LOS)		Yes
teleportpos “x, y, z”	Teleport to this coordinate		Yes
unban Steam64ID	Unbans the banned player		Yes
unmute Steam64ID/index	Unmutes the player locally if used without admin, index of the muted player from the “mutelist” command can be used instead of steam64ID. Unmutes the player globally for the server if used as admin		Depending on local or global mute functionality
users	Returns players on the server with Steam64ID and names		Yes
version	Prints version and build info, shows server version when used for the server
wakeupall	Wakes up all sleeping NPC players		Yes
weather.load	Loads a weather type, eg, weather.load clear		Yes
weather.report	Prints the current weather stats for the server		Yes
world.rendermap	Saves a high resolution png file of the map
writecfg	Writes settings and keybinds to the cfg files

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