ARK: Survival AscendedARK: Survival Ascended admin commands
Find your ARK: Survival Ascended admin password, turn on cheats in game, fly, spawn items, kick and ban, or run commands from the panel console.
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Your ARK: Survival Ascended server has an admin password from the moment it's created. With it you can fly, spawn items, tame on the spot and keep order: kicking, banning and saving the world. This guide covers where the password is, how to use it in game, the commands admins reach for most, and what the panel's Console can do without joining.
Find your admin password
- Open your server's Startup tab.
- Admin Password holds a password generated for your server.
To change it, type a new one (8 to 64 letters, numbers, dashes or underscores) and restart the server. The panel's Console uses the same password, so it keeps working after the change.
Anyone with this password can use every cheat on your server. Share it only with people you'd trust to run it. The game also prints it in the console on every boot, so anyone with Console access in the panel can read it.
Turn on admin in game
- Join your server.
- Open the in-game console. On PC it's the Tab key by default.
- Type
enablecheats yourpasswordand press Enter.
Nothing appears to happen, but you're now an admin until you leave the server. Type it again each time you join.
Admin commands start with cheat: for example, cheat fly. Some guides write admincheat instead, which does the same.
Commands for getting around
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
cheat fly | Fly. cheat walk puts you back on the ground. |
cheat ghost | Pass through walls and the ground. cheat walk ends it. |
cheat god | You can't be hurt. Type it again to turn it off. |
cheat infinitestats | Endless food, water, stamina and ammo. |
cheat gcm | Creative mode: build anywhere without resources. |
cheat teleport | Moves you forward to where you're looking. |
Commands for items, dinos and the world
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
cheat gfi metal 100 0 0 | Gives you 100 of the first item whose name contains "metal". |
cheat forcetame | Tames the creature you're looking at. |
cheat addexperience 1000 0 0 | Gives you 1000 XP. |
cheat settimeofday 08:00 | Sets the time of day. |
cheat destroywilddinos | Removes every wild creature so they respawn fresh. Tames are kept. |
cheat saveworld | Saves the world now. |
destroywilddinos is useful after changing the wild dino level in Server Settings: the old dinos keep their levels until they respawn.
Keep order: kick, ban and message
ARK finds players by an ID, not by name:
- Type
cheat listplayers. Each line shows a number, the player's name and their ID. - Copy the ID of the player you want.
- Use one of these:
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
cheat kickplayer <ID> | Puts them off the server. They can rejoin. |
cheat banplayer <ID> | Puts them off and refuses them from then on. |
cheat unbanplayer <ID> | Lifts the ban. |
cheat broadcast Restart in 5 minutes | Shows a message to everyone on screen. |
cheat serverchat Hello | Posts a message in chat as the server. |
Use the panel's Console instead
The panel's Console runs admin commands without joining the game and without enablecheats: it's logged in with your admin password already. Type the command without cheat, such as ListPlayers, KickPlayer <ID>, Broadcast Restart in 5 minutes or SaveWorld. Use your server console and send commands explains the command box.
Commands that act on you in game, such as fly or gfi, only work in game: the console has no character to give them to.
Run SaveWorld before stopping or restarting the server by hand, so the last few minutes of play are on disk. The panel's scheduled restarts can run it for you first.
Frequently asked questions
I typed enablecheats and commands still don't work
Check the password against the Startup tab: it's case-sensitive. Then make sure you typed cheat before each command.
Can I give a friend access to the panel instead?
Yes. Give friends access to your server panel covers the Team tab. Remember that Console access lets them read the admin password.
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