7 Days to Die Admin Commands and Telnet Guide
Essential 7 Days to Die admin commands for player management, world control, and server administration through the MANAfuel Telnet console.
Open the Console
7 Days to Die uses Telnet (not RCON) for remote server administration on port 8081 by default. Navigate to your server in the MANAfuel dashboard and open the Console tab. The console connects with your Telnet credentials pre-configured. Type commands and press Enter — output appears in real-time including player activity, system events, and command results.
Manage Players
List online players with listplayers to see Entity IDs, names, Steam IDs, and positions. Kick with kick PlayerName or kick EntityID. Ban with ban add PlayerName duration reason — duration is in minutes (use 0 for permanent). Unban with ban remove PlayerName. View the ban list with ban list. For server-wide communication, use say "Your message here" to broadcast to all players.
Set Admin Permissions
7 Days to Die has a permission level system from 0 (owner) to 1000 (guest). Grant admin access with admin add PlayerName 0 for full access or admin add PlayerName 1 for moderator. Remove with admin remove PlayerName. View all admins with admin list. Permission levels control which commands a player can use — configure the minimum level for each command in serveradmin.xml via the File Manager.
Teleport and Give Items
Teleport to a player with teleportplayer EntityID x y z or teleport a player to you with teleportplayer EntityID to EntityID. Give items with give PlayerName itemName count quality — for example, give "PlayerName" gunPistol 1 6 gives a quality-6 pistol. Spawn entities with spawnentity EntityID zombieBoe to summon zombies for testing or events.
Control the World
Set the time with settime day, settime night, or settime <day> <hour> <minute>. Get the current game time with gettime. Check server performance with mem (memory usage) and listthreads (active thread status). For emergencies, shutdown gracefully saves and stops the server. Bob monitors your server and detects Telnet connection drops — if the console becomes unresponsive, Bob alerts you and attempts a controlled restart.