How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Arma 3 Server

There are two ways to remove players: directly in the game through the chat console, or from outside through BattlEye RCON – even when you are not on the server yourself.

Use commands in the game

1. Log in as admin
   Press the / key in the game to open the chat console and log in as admin:

   #login yourAdminPassword
   

2. Kick a player
   Disconnect a player from the server. You can pass the player name, the ID or the player number:

   #kick PlayerName
   

   The player is disconnected immediately but can rejoin at any time.

3. Ban a player
   Block a player permanently. With #exec, the name or ID has to be wrapped in quotation marks:

   #exec ban "PlayerName"
   

   The player's ID is added to the ban list ban.txt in the main directory of your server.

4. Lift a ban
   Remove a ban again. Only the player's UID works here, not the name:

   #exec unban "76561198012345678"
   

Command overview

Set up BattlEye RCON

With RCON you manage players from your PC without being in the game. In Arma 3, RCON runs exclusively through BattlEye.

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

2. Enable BattlEye
   Open the file /server.cfg via SFTP and make sure it contains the following value:

   BattlEye = 1;
   

3. Determine the port
   RCON runs through the BattlEye port of your server – that is the Game Port + 4. The ports assigned to your server are shown in the dashboard. If that port is not available to you, assign an additional port to your server there and use it instead.

4. Create the BattlEye configuration
   Change into the battleye folder of your server via SFTP and create the file beserver_x64.cfg there – or open it if it already exists. Enter the following two lines:

   RConPassword yourRconPassword
   RConPort yourRconPort
   

5. Start the server
   Save the changes and start your server.

6. Connect via RCON
   Connect using an RCON tool such as BattleWarden and enter the IP address of your server, the RCON port and the RCON password.

RCON commands