Enshrouded gives you two ways to remove a misbehaving player from your server: the kick and the ban. You do both in game, not in the dashboard. Since Update 7, a banned player is added to a persistent ban list and is automatically rejected on every further join attempt.
Kick or ban?
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Kick | Removes the player from the server right away. They can rejoin once the host has opened a new session. |
| Ban | Removes the player from the server and adds them to a persistent ban list. If they try to rejoin later, the server automatically rejects them – until you remove their name from the list. |
Banning works both in peer-to-peer sessions and on dedicated servers like yours.
Kick or ban a player
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Join the server
Connect to your server as described under Join Server. Enter the password of a group that has thecanKickBanpermission. -
Open the player list
Open the Social tab in the in-game menu. It shows every player currently in your world along with their permissions on the server. -
Select the player
Select the player you want to remove. -
Kick or ban
Choose the kick or the ban. The kick only removes the player from the running session, the ban additionally adds them to the ban list.
Lift a ban
The same window you use to add a player to the ban list also shows the full list and lets you unban players again.
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Open the ban list
Open the Social tab in the in-game menu again and bring up the ban list. It shows every name currently banned from your server. -
Unban the player
Select the name and lift the ban. The player can then join your server again.
Control access with passwords
A ban targets individual players. Who can get onto your server at all, and with which permissions, is controlled by the group passwords in the userGroups section of the enshrouded_server.json file. Set a new password there and only players who know it can still get in. To learn how to change the passwords, see Change Server Password.