How to Use Console Commands on Your Vintage Story Server

Console commands in Vintage Story allow you to easily manage your server, control players, and modify game settings. This guide will show you how to use console commands on your Vintage Story server.

How to Use Console Commands

1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and select your Vintage Story server.
2. In the sidebar, click on Console.
3. Type your desired command starting with a forward slash / and press Enter.

Available Commands

Below is a list of every Vintage Story command. They can also be found by typing /help into the server console.

Command	Description
/activate <position> [argument object]	Runs activate on targeted block with supplied arguments.
/announce <announcement message>	Announce a server wide message in all groups.
/autosavenow	Force an immediate autosave.
/ban <player name> <duration> <reason>	Ban a player from the server.
/bir	Block id remapper info and fixing tool.
/bre	Player owned Block reinforcement privilege management.
/chbr	Reload command handbook texts.
/chunk	Commands affecting chunks.
/clearinv	Empties your inventory.
/db	Save-game related commands.
/debug	Debug and Developer utilities.
/dev	Gamedev tools.
/dweather	Show the current rift activity.
/e	Entity control via entity selector.
/eir	Entity code remapper info and fixing tool.
/emote [emote]	Execute an emote on your player.
/entity	Entity control via entity selector.
/errorreporter <activate>	Toggles on/off the error reporting dialog on startup.
/executeas <caller> <command without />	Execute command with selected player/entity as the caller, but runs under the caller privileges.
/fixmapping	Fix mapping issues.
/gamemode [playername] [mode]	Get/Set one players game mode. Omit playername arg to get/set your own game mode.
/gbre	Group owned Block reinforcement privilege management.
/genbackup [filename]	Creates a copy of the current save game in the Backups folder.
/giveblock <block code> [quantity] [target] [attributes]	Give blocks to target.
/giveitem <item code> [quantity] [target] [attributes]	Give items to target.
/gm [playername] [mode]	Get/Set one players game mode. Omit playername arg to get/set your own game mode.
/group	Manage a player group.
/groupinvite <enable>	Enables or disables group invites to be sent to you.
/hardban <player name>	Ban a player forever without reason.
/help [commandname] [subcommand] [subsubcommand]	Display list of available server commands.
/iir	Item id remapper info and fixing tool.
/info	Server information.
/ipblock	Manage the ip block list. This list will be cleared automatically every 10 minutes.
/kick <player name> [kick reason]	Kicks a player from the server.
/kill	Kill yourself.
/land	Manage land rights.
/list	Show global lists (clients, banned, roles or privileges).
/macro	Manage server side macros.
/moddb	ModDB utility. To install and remove mods.
/mystats	Shows players stats.
/nexttempstorm	Tells you the amount of days until the next storm.
/npc	NPC commands.
/npcs	NPCs control.
/op <playername>	Give a player admin status. Shorthand for /player <playername> role admin.
/player <player>	Player control.
/role <rolename>	Modify/See player role related data.
/sc	Read or Set server configuration.
/self	Information about your player.
/serverconfig	Read or Set server configuration.
/setambient <json_code>	Sets the server controlled ambient for everyone. Json format.
/setblock <block code> <target>	Set a block at a given location.
/setstorystrucpos <code> <position> [confirm]	Set the location of a story structure.
/settlpos <translocator position> <target position> [relative]	Set translocator target teleport position of currently looked at translocator.
/stats [compact]	Display server statistics.
/stop [exit code]	Stop the server.
/time	Get or set world time or time speed.
/timeswitch	Timeswitch and dimensions switching commands.
/tp <source> <target>	Teleport a player or entity to a location.
/tpstoryloc <resonancearchive/lazaret/village/devastationarea/tobiascave>	Teleport to a story structure instance.
/tpwp <name>	Teleport yourself to a waypoint starting with the supplied name.
/unban <player name>	Remove a player ban.
/waypoint	Put a waypoint at this location which will be visible for you on the map.
/wc [key] [value]	Modify the world config.
/we	Creative mode world editing tools.
/weather	Show/Set current weather info.
/wgen	World generator tools.
/whenwillitstopraining	When does it finally stop to rain around here?!
/whitelist	Whitelist control.
/worldconfig [key] [value]	Modify the world config.
/worldconfigcreate <bool/double/float/int/string> <key> <value>	Add a new world config value.