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
- Log into the GhostCap Panel and stop your Palworld server.
- Navigate to
File Managerand browse toPal/Saved/SaveGames/. - Find and edit
banlist.txt(or create it if it doesn't exist). - Add the player's SteamID on a new line:
76561198123456789 - 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
- Join your server and authenticate as admin by typing
/AdminPassword yourpassword. - Get the player's SteamID by using
/ShowPlayers. - Ban the player with
/BanPlayer {SteamID}.
Tip
Command-based bans take effect within 2 minutes without requiring a server restart.
Unbanning Players
- Access the GhostCap Panel and stop your Palworld server.
- Open the
File Managerand navigate toPal/Saved/SaveGames/. - Open
banlist.txt. - Delete the line containing the player's SteamID you want to unban.
- Save and restart your server.
Finding Player SteamIDs
There are several ways to find a player's SteamID:
- Use the
/ShowPlayerscommand 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.
