How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Barotrauma Server

As an admin you can kick, ban and unban players using the in-game console.

Open the console

Press F3 or the tilde key (~) to open the command console.

Show connected players

Use the following command to list all connected players with their client IDs:

clientlist

Kick a player

kick [name]

Replace [name] with the name of the player. The player is removed from the server but can rejoin.

Ban a player

You can ban a player by name or by client ID:

The player is permanently banned from the server.

Unban a player

To unban a player via the console:

unban [name]

Replace [name] with the name of the banned player.

Edit the ban list

You can also manage the ban list directly in the file banlist.txt.

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

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open banlist.txt
   Open the file banlist.txt at:

   /config/banlist.txt
   

4. Edit the entries
   Delete the entry of a player to unban them, or add a new entry manually.

5. Start the server
   Start your server.

All commands