How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Don’t Starve Together Server

Don’t Starve Together comes with built-in kick and ban functions. You can use them conveniently through the in-game player list, run them as console commands or edit the ban list directly on the server.

Note

You need admin rights to kick or ban players. See Add Admin.

Via the in-game player list

1. Join the server
   Join your server as an admin.

2. Open the player list
   Hold down the TAB key to show the player list.

3. Kick a player
   Click the shoe icon next to the player to remove them from the server.

4. Ban a player
   Click the hammer icon next to the player to ban them permanently.

Via the console

1. Open the console
   Press ~ in game to open the console.

2. List the players
   Show all players together with their Klei user ID:

   c_listallplayers()

3. Kick a player
   The player is removed from the server but can rejoin:

   TheNet:Kick("KU_xxxxxxxx")

4. Ban a player
   The player is permanently banned:

   TheNet:Ban("KU_xxxxxxxx")

5. Ban for a limited time
   The second value is the duration in seconds — 120 therefore equals two minutes:

   TheNet:BanForTime("KU_xxxxxxxx", 120)

Edit the ban list

All bans are stored in the blocklist.txt file in the cluster folder. If you ban a player in game, their Klei user ID is added there automatically. You can also edit the file yourself.

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 blocklist.txt
   Navigate to the folder that contains the cluster.ini file and open this file:

   <cluster folder>/blocklist.txt

4. Adjust the entries
   Add exactly one Klei user ID per line — without commas and without quotation marks. To unban someone, remove the corresponding line:

   KU_xxxxxxxx
   KU_yyyyyyyy

5. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server. The server only reloads the blocklist.txt on startup.

Warning

Only edit the blocklist.txt while the server is stopped. If the server is running it can overwrite the file and your changes will be lost.

Find the Klei user ID

The guide Add Admin explains how to find the KU_ ID of a player.

All commands

Command	Description
c_listallplayers()	List all players with their user ID
TheNet:Kick("KU_xxxxxxxx")	Kick a player
TheNet:Ban("KU_xxxxxxxx")	Permanently ban a player
TheNet:BanForTime("KU_xxxxxxxx", 120)	Ban a player for 120 seconds
c_announce("text")	Send a message to all players
c_save()	Save the world immediately