How to become a Rust admin with ownerid and moderatorid

To run admin commands on your Rust server you need to add your Steam ID as an owner or moderator, which you can do straight from the Console tab in your GuavaHost panel.

2 min read · Updated Aug 18, 2026 · By GuavaHost Team

Owner vs moderator

Rust has two admin levels, and it helps to know the difference before you add anyone:

• An owner has full control. That includes the powerful F1 console commands like god mode, noclip, spawning items and changing the time or weather, on top of kicking and banning.
• A moderator gets the everyday moderation tools such as kick, ban and teleport, but not the strongest cheat-style commands. This level is ideal for trusted staff you do not want spawning items.

Find your Steam ID

Rust identifies admins by their SteamID64, a 17-digit number.

1. Go to your Steam profile in a browser.
2. If you have a custom URL, paste your profile link into a lookup site such as steamid.io to reveal the 64-bit ID.
3. Copy the long number that starts with 7656119. That is your SteamID64.

Add yourself as an owner

1. Open the Console tab in your panel. This is the same live console and command box you use to run the server.
2. In the input box at the bottom, type: ownerid 7656119XXXXXXXXXX "YourName" "admin" Replace the number with your SteamID64. The name and reason are just labels for your own reference.
3. Press Enter.
4. Save the change so it survives a restart by typing: server.writecfg

Rejoin the server and you will have full admin. Press F1 in game to open the console and start using admin commands.

Add a moderator

The steps are identical, just swap the command:

moderatorid 7656119XXXXXXXXXX "StaffName" "trusted staff"

Then run server.writecfg again to save.

Removing an admin

If you need to revoke access, use the matching remove command in the Console and save:

• removeowner 7656119XXXXXXXXXX
• removemoderator 7656119XXXXXXXXXX
• then server.writecfg

Handy in-game admin commands

Once you are an owner, open the console with F1 in game and try these:

• noclip to fly through walls
• god true to become invulnerable
• teleport2marker to jump to your map marker
• env.time 12 and weather.clouds 0 to control the sky
• say Your message to broadcast to everyone
• kick "playername" "reason" and ban "playername" "reason" to moderate

Type the command and press Enter. If a command is not recognised, double check you rejoined after adding your ID and that you ran server.writecfg.

Still stuck? Jump into our Discord at discord.gg/GuavaHost and the team will help you out.

• rust
• admin
• console
• ownerid
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