How to Add Admins to your 7 Days to Die server

You can add an admin to your server using their username, entity ID, or SteamID64. If you don't know how to find a player's SteamID, check out our guide here.

Once you've retrieved their ID, they can be added as an admin by editing the serveradmin.xml file.

Adding an Admin by Editing the serveradmin.xml File

1. Open your Server Control Panel.

2. Shut down the server and then navigate to the File Manager tab in the control panel.

3. Enter serveradmin.xml in the search bar and open the file.

4. Locate the <users></users> section, which is where admins can be added.

5. Add the following line inside the section you located.

<user platform="Steam" userid="STEAMID" name="Admin's Name" permission_level="0" />

6. Replace the values inside the line to assign a new admin.

• userID="STEAMID" - Replace STEAMID with the admin's Steam ID.
• name="Admin's Name" - Replace Admin's Name with the admin's name.
• permission_level="0" - Set the number between 0-1000 (0 grants the highest authority)

7. Save the file and Start the server.

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