It’s no secret thatProject Zomboidis a difficult game, and while playing it with other people makes the game a little easier, getting overwhelmed by zombies and survival needs are still very real. However, if you’re the type who wants to learn without any pressure, or if you’re trying to corral your friends into one spot (or make things worse for them), you can use some admin commands to make some magic happen.

Players who are setting up amultiplayer game inProject Zomboidhave first dibs on admin privileges and all the power that role entails, but neither of these are worth much if you don’t know what to do with them. Here’s a full list of admin commands that you might find useful during your multiplayer sessions.

Admin commands in Project Zomboid’s chat window

How to Use Admin Commands in Project Zomboid

The only requirement for using admin commands is for players to be counted as an admin for a server. Whoever hosts a Listen server will automatically be considered as the admin, but if you want your friends to have access to the same commands as well, type the following in the in-game chat window:

Take note that commands are case-sensitive, so you must input player names as-is. Don’t forget the capitalized letters, or the game won’t recognize the command.

Large zombie horde in Project Zomboid

If you’re playing via a dedicated server, you can set which players have admin-level access by using the same command above via the server console window (usually the Command Prompt window running on the host machine. If you’re renting a server from a third-party provider, then you’ll have to check their specific instructions on how to modify server settings.

All Admin Commands in Project Zomboid

Using cheats is great if you want to explore the game without risks, even so if you want to try someProject Zomboidmodswithout much hassle. Like the command listed above, admin commands are used via the in-game chat window or the server console. You can type “/help” into either of these to get a full list of commands, but if you want to check them out without having to open the game or your server, here’s every command in the game so far:

additem

PROJECT ZOMBOID

adduser

addvehicle

Project Zomboid-1

Spawns a vehicle at a player’s position or designated coordinates.

addxp

Isometric view of a fortified house in a misty forest in Project Zomboid

Adds XP to the selected player and their selected perk.

alarm

Family Manor mod for Project Zomboid

Triggers a building alarm in the admin’s position (only works when indoors).

banid

Project Zomboid (2)-1

banuser

changeoption

Character exploring trailer park while zombies approach in Project Zomboid

checkModsNeedUpdate

Indicates if a mod has been updated.

Yaki’s medieval dress

chopper

clear

Project Zomboid: Gas Station

createhorde

godmode

gunshot

help

invisible

kick

lightning

Triggers a lightning and thunder effect.

log

noclip

players

quit

Save and quit the server.

releaseasafehouse

reloadlua

Reloads a Lua script

reloadoptions

removeuserfromwhitelist

removezombies

replay

Record and play a replay from a moving player.

save

servermsg

setaccesslevel

showoptions

startrain

startstorm

teleport

teleportto

thunder

unbanid

unbanuser

voiceban

Block or enable a player’s voice comms.

If you’re not sure how a command’s syntax is supposed to be used, the game will tell you how if you input a command as-is. As for the additem or addvehicle commands, items are usually formatted as “Base.Itemname” or so. For example, if you’re trying toconnect a trailer to a vehicle inProject Zomboid,but you don’t have an actual trailer to attach, type in “/addvehicle Base.Trailer” to spawn one.