How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Nightingale Server

On a Nightingale server you remove players directly in the game through the social menu. There are no console or chat commands for kicking and banning.

Kick a player

1. Enable admin mode
   Press Esc, select Admin Mode: OFF, enter the admin password and confirm with Confirm.

2. Open the social menu
   Press the O key in the game to open the Social Screen.

3. Select the player
   Find the player you want to remove in the list.

4. Remove
   Select Remove and confirm with Confirm.

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

Ban a player

1. Open the social menu
   As an authenticated admin, press the O key.

2. Select the player
   Find the player you want to lock out in the list.

3. Ban
   Select Ban and confirm with Confirm.

The player is immediately thrown off the server and can no longer connect.

Lift a ban

There is no way to unban someone in the game – you edit the file holding the server state instead.

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. The file is written on shutdown and read on startup.

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

3. Open ServerState.ini
   Open the following file:

   /NWX/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/ServerState.ini
   

4. Remove the entry
   Look for the line starting with Bans=. Inside the brackets, delete the entry of the player you want to unban. All other entries and the brackets themselves stay in place.

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

No console commands

No whitelist