How to become an admin in 7 Days to Die

Note: You need the ID of the respective player.
These can be found in the server logs.
You can find the logs on the Logfiles FTP.

Important: The server must be fully stopped before editing.
The server status must be Server not running!
Otherwise, the server will overwrite your changes!

Basic Mode

Click on Admin Settings and enter your SteamID64 in one of the available fields.
Then click Save and start the server.

Advanced Mode

In Advanced Mode, you need to enter the SteamID64 into the serveradmin.xml.
Find the following section:

        <admins>
            <!-- <user steamID="76561198021925107" name="Hint on who this user is" permission_level="0" ></user> -->
            <!-- <group steamID="103582791434672565" name="Steam Universe" permission_level_default="1000" permission_level_mod="0" ></group> -->
            <user platform="Steam" userid="11111111111111111" name="admin1" permission_level="0" />
            <user platform="Steam" userid="22222222222222222" name="admin2" permission_level="0" />
            <user platform="Steam" userid="33333333333333333" name="admin3" permission_level="0" />
            <user platform="Steam" userid="44444444444444444" name="admin4" permission_level="0" />
            <user platform="Steam" userid="55555555555555555" name="admin5" permission_level="0" />
        </admins>

To add an admin, use the following line:
<user platform="Steam" userid="55555555555555555" name="admin5" permission_level="0" />

• platform="Steam": Sets the player platform. Valid values are Steam or EOS.
• userid="1": Replace the number with your player ID from the logs.
  You must remove the prefixes from the ID, so remove STEAM_ and EOS_.
• name="admin1": The name can be chosen freely and serves for easier identification of the entry.
  Replace adminx with the name of the respective player or leave it unchanged.
• permission_level="0": Specifies which commands the registered admin can use.
  A user with level 0 can use all commands with level 0 or higher.
  A user with level 300 can only use commands with level 300 or higher.
  Replace 0 with the respective level the admin should have.

It should look like this:

        <admins>
            <!-- <user steamID="76561198021925107" name="Hint on who this user is" permission_level="0" ></user> -->
            <!-- <group steamID="103582791434672565" name="Steam Universe" permission_level_default="1000" permission_level_mod="0" ></group> -->
            <user platform="Steam" userid="76561197979226165" name="Padre" permission_level="0" ></user>
            <user platform="Steam" userid="76561197979226167" name="Badmin" permission_level="1000" ></user>
        </admins>

Once you have made your changes, click Save and start the server.

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