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How To Ban And Unban Players On Your Palworld Server

Manage player bans using banlist.txt or admin commands

Managing disruptive players is essential for maintaining a healthy server environment. You can permanently ban players from your Palworld server using either the banlist file or in-game admin commands.

Banning Via Banlist File

  1. Log into the GhostCap Panel and stop your Palworld server.
  2. Navigate to File Manager and browse to Pal/Saved/SaveGames/.
  3. Find and edit banlist.txt (or create it if it doesn't exist).
  4. Add the player's SteamID on a new line:
    76561198123456789
    
  5. Save the file and start your server.
Note

File-based bans require a server restart to take effect and will be active within 2 minutes of starting.

Banning Via Admin Commands

  1. Join your server and authenticate as admin by typing /AdminPassword yourpassword.
  2. Get the player's SteamID by using /ShowPlayers.
  3. Ban the player with /BanPlayer {SteamID}.
Tip

Command-based bans take effect within 2 minutes without requiring a server restart.

Unbanning Players

  1. Access the GhostCap Panel and stop your Palworld server.
  2. Open the File Manager and navigate to Pal/Saved/SaveGames/.
  3. Open banlist.txt.
  4. Delete the line containing the player's SteamID you want to unban.
  5. Save and restart your server.

Finding Player SteamIDs

There are several ways to find a player's SteamID:

  • Use the /ShowPlayers command while in-game as an admin.
  • Check your server logs in the console.
  • Use steamid.io with the player's Steam profile URL.
Caution

Bans are permanent until manually removed from the banlist. Banned players cannot rejoin under the same SteamID.