How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Romestead Server

On a Romestead server you remove players through the console in the dashboard. The commands work with the player's IP address – not with the player name and not with the SteamID64.

Note

Romestead has no admin or operator system. There is neither an admin list nor admin rights inside the game: anyone with access to the console in the dashboard can kick and ban players.

Warning

The console commands are only available once your server has fully loaded the world. Right after the start the server still ignores your input.

Kick a player

Open the console in the dashboard and enter:

kick <IP address>

The player is disconnected from the server but can rejoin at any time.

Ban a player

ban <IP address>

The player is disconnected and cannot connect again while the ban is active.

Bans do not survive a restart

Bans only persist until the next server start. As soon as you restart your server, or it is restarted by an update, the ban list is empty again and the player can connect once more. You have to run the command again afterwards.

Lift a ban

unban <IP address>

Afterwards the player can connect again immediately.

Find a player's IP address

All three commands strictly require an IP address. With

list

the server shows the currently connected players. Check the output in the console and also watch the messages the server prints when a player joins.

Warning

There is no command that removes a player by name or SteamID64. Without the matching IP address, kick, ban and unban do not work.

Bans apply to IP addresses

Important

A ban blocks an IP address, not a player account. If the player later connects from a different IP address – for example after a router restart with a dynamic IP or from another network – the ban no longer applies. Conversely, banning an IP address also blocks every other player who shares that address, for example within the same household.

More console commands

Command	Description
list	Show connected players
kick <IP address>	Disconnect a player from the server
ban <IP address>	Block an IP address
unban <IP address>	Lift a ban (applies until the next server start)
say <message>	Send a message to all players
save	Full save – the server is frozen while it runs
quicksave	Saves on a second thread, the server keeps running
stop	Fully save the world and shut down the server
quickstop	Shut down the server without saving

Important

quickstop shuts the server down without saving. Everything since the last save point is lost. Use stop or the stop function in the dashboard for an orderly shutdown.

No kick or ban commands inside the game

Note

There is no way to remove players from inside the game. The Romestead developer console only contains cheat and debug commands, but no commands for kicking or banning. Everything concerning players goes through the console in the dashboard.

Tip

If you want to restrict your server to certain players in general, set a server password and only share it with those people. That is more reliable than banning an IP address.