Palworld: Setup Admin
In this guide, we will look at configurating your server with an admin password and adding yourself as an admin in-game. This password can be shared with trusted players to grant a range of admin commands. You can learn more about these server commands through our Palworld Server Commands guide.
Configuring your Admin password
Firstly, you have to access your configuration settitngs. There are a few ways which you can do this, we list them each below including instructions on setting the password. We recommend using the Webinterface option as this is the most user-friendly. Once you have set your admin password, you can head over to the next section.
- Via Webinterface
- Via WI Config file
- Via FTP
Via Webinterface
The most user-friendly method is by heading over to the Settings section on your gameserver's webinterface.
In the Settings area, search for the Game server password option. In this field, create a password that you wish to use and input it.
Once you have a password selected, scroll up and ensure you press the green Save button to confirm selection.
Via WI Config File
The Server must be stopped before the config can be edited, editing the config and restarting the server will result in any changes being undone.
Alternatively, for users who wish to directly edit the raw file, you can access this by heading over to the Configs section on your gameserver's webinterface and pressing the blue edit file button, as seen below:
This will open up a text editor directly on the site to enable you to edit it. Find the AdminPassword option within the file (use CTRL+F to help with searching) and edit it with the admin password you wish to set. Lastly, save the file and then you can start your server.
Via FTP
The Server must be stopped before the config can be edited, editing the config and restarting the server will result in any changes being undone.
The final method of accessing the raw file, is through FTP. If you are not familiar with using FTP, we recommend you to have a look at the FTP file access guide. However, this method takes longer and if you wish to directly edit the file contents, we recommend simply using the Configs section on your gameserver's webinterface as mentioned.
Setting yourself as admin
Once your admin password is set, you will have to add yourself as admin. Launch Palworld and connect to your server. If you need help doing this, please have a look at our Palworld Connect guide.
In-game, open the chat using Enter. Next, input the following command, replacing [password] wihh the admin password that you have set previously:
/AdminPassword [password]
You should recieve a success message in chat if this was correct. If you received an error, please ensure that the admin password you have inputted is correct and the one that you set in the previous step.