How to Add an Admin to Your Don’t Starve Together Server

Admins are defined on your server through the adminlist.txt file. That is where you enter the Klei user ID of every player who should receive admin rights.

Warning

Don’t Starve Together does not use a SteamID64 for admins, but the Klei user ID. On online servers it always starts with KU_.

Find the Klei user ID

There are several ways to find your Klei user ID:

• In game: Click Account in the main menu. The account page opens in your browser and shows your user ID.

• In the browser: Sign in at accounts.klei.com with your Steam account. Your user ID is shown in the account overview.

• Via the console: Press ~ in game and enter the following command:

  TheNet:GetUserID()

• For other players: If you already are an admin, this console command lists all players with their user ID:

  c_listallplayers()

  The output uses the format [1] (KU_xxxxxxxx) PlayerName <character>.

Tip

You can also find the user ID on the server side: the shard folders Master and Caves contain a server_chat_log.txt file. The Klei user ID of the player who wrote a message is listed in front of every chat message.

Add the admin

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP or use the file browser in the dashboard.

3. Open the cluster folder
   Navigate to the folder that contains the cluster.ini file. That is your cluster folder.

4. Open adminlist.txt
   Open the adminlist.txt file there. If it does not exist yet, create it:

   <cluster folder>/adminlist.txt

5. Enter the user IDs
   Add exactly one Klei user ID per line — without commas and without quotation marks:

   KU_xxxxxxxx
   KU_yyyyyyyy

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server. The server only reloads the adminlist.txt on startup.

Note

The file is located in the cluster folder, so on the same level as cluster.ini — not in the shard folders Master or Caves. It automatically applies to all shards of your server.

Tip

If your server runs in offline mode, the user IDs start with OU_ instead and consist of digits only. The format of the file stays the same.