Factorio console commands

Factorio console commands start with a slash and are typed in the game's console. On a server hosted by OuiHeberg, you can also send them from the OuiPanel Console, without launching the game. This guide lists the admin commands from the official wiki and shows how to promote an admin. It assumes you already ordered your server from our Factorio server hosting.

The server must have started at least once. The guide How to set up a Factorio dedicated server covers that first start.

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Open the console in Factorio

In game, the console is also the chat. According to the official wiki, it opens with the key to the left of 1, above Tab. This key can be changed in the game's controls settings.

• A text that starts with / is a command.

• A text without a slash is a message sent to the other players.

• /help shows the list of commands, and /help followed by a name describes one command.

Most admin commands are reserved for the server's admins. On a new server, nobody is an admin. The next section deals with that.

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Send a command from the OuiPanel Console

The OuiPanel Console passes your commands to the Factorio server. We verified this on a test server. It acts as the server console, so it does not need admin rights.

1. Open your server in OuiPanel, then the Console. The server must be Running.

2. Type the command with its slash in the field under the log, for example /players.

3. Click Send. The game's answer shows up in the log.

In our test, /version returned the version number, /players the list of players, and /server-save saved the game.

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Promote an admin with /promote

An admin can kick, ban and use the reserved commands. Make yourself an admin from the OuiPanel Console, with your in-game username.

/promote MyUsername

In our test, the game answered that the player was added to the admin list and would be promoted upon joining. It also created the server-adminlist.json file at the root of the server.

["myusername", "afriendsname"]

This file holds the admins' usernames, in quotes and separated by commas. You can edit it in the File Manager, with the server stopped. A server reinstall and a backup restore both keep it.

Command	Effect, according to the official wiki
/promote Username	Gives the player admin rights
/demote Username	Removes the player's admin rights
/admins	Shows the list of admins. With no admin, the command prints nothing

Only promote people you trust. An admin can ban players and run Lua commands that change the game.

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Manage players

These commands come from the official Factorio wiki. We have not tried them with players connected. They are typed in game by an admin, or in the OuiPanel Console.

Command	Effect
/players	Lists the players of the game. /players online only keeps connected players
/kick Username reason	Kicks the player. They can come back
/ban Username reason	Bans the player from the server
/unban Username	Lifts the ban
/bans	Shows the list of banned players
/mute Username	Prevents the player from writing in the chat
/unmute Username	Lets the player write again
/purge Username	Clears the player's messages from the chat
/whitelist add Username	Adds the player to the whitelist. remove, get and clear also exist

Our servers start without the game's whitelist option. To keep access for your friends, rely on the game password instead, set in the Server password variable.

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Save and stop the game

Command	Effect
/server-save	Saves the game on the server, in the saves folder
/save name	Saves the game under another name. Server console only
/quit	Saves the game, then stops the server. Server console only
/version	Shows the game version
/time	Shows how old the game is
/seed	Shows the map seed
/evolution	Shows the enemy evolution factor
/config	Opens the server settings window in game, for an admin

The OuiPanel Stop button sends /quit. In our test, the server saved the map before it shut down. You do not need to type the command.

For the name, the password or the number of players, use the OuiPanel variables instead. They are written to the settings file at each start.

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Avoid the commands that disable achievements

Factorio also accepts Lua commands, which change the game directly. They give items, change the game speed or reveal the map.

Command	Purpose
/c or /command	Runs a Lua command
/sc or /silent-command	Runs a Lua command without printing it in the chat
/measured-command	Runs a Lua command and measures how long it takes

According to the official wiki, achievements are permanently disabled for the save as soon as a Lua command is used. This cannot be undone, except by restoring an older backup.

The commands in the tables above are not Lua commands. According to the wiki, it is the script commands that disable achievements. In Wube's example file, the allow_commands setting reserves Lua commands for admins.

Create a backup on the Backups page before you try a Lua command on a game that matters.

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If a command does not work

Symptom	Solution
The command goes to the chat	The leading slash is missing. In the OuiPanel Console too, type /players and not players
The game answers that you are not an admin	Type /promote followed by your username in the OuiPanel Console, then reconnect
The username is not recognised	Use the player's username as shown by /players
The OuiPanel Console does not answer	The server must be Running. Start it, then send the command again
The name or the password goes back after a restart	These values come from the OuiPanel variables, not from /config. Change them in Environment Variables
The server misbehaves since a mod was added	Remove the mod, then restart. See the guide How to install mods on a Factorio server

To edit a file from your computer, such as server-adminlist.json, follow the guide How to connect via SFTP with FileZilla.

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Need help?

Open a ticket from Tickets › Open a Ticket, or from the Contact support tile at the bottom of your server's page in the client area. You can also ask your question on the OuiHeberg Discord.

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