Factorio: Console Commands

Open your server in My Servers, type in the Console card's command box and press Enter. Your server must be online. Swap the made-up names, numbers and messages in the examples for your own. To stop or restart, use the Power buttons.

/version shows the game version.

/version

/seed shows the map seed.

/seed

/time shows how long the map has been played.

/time

/evolution shows how evolved the biters are.

/evolution

/h explains one command. /help lists every command.

/h players

/players online lists who is online right now. /players lists everyone who has joined.

/players online

These use the player's Factorio name.

/promote makes a player an admin, and /demote takes it away. The player doesn't need to have joined yet.

/promote TestPlayer01

/ban bans a player with a reason, and /unban lifts it. /bans lists who is banned.

/ban TestPlayer01 Testing the console

/kick removes a player from the server. The player must be online.

/kick TestPlayer01 Testing the console

/mute stops a player from chatting, and /unmute lets them chat again. The player must have joined before.

/mute TestPlayer01

/purge removes a player's chat messages. The player must have joined before.

/purge TestPlayer01

/whitelist add lets a player in, /whitelist remove takes them off, and /whitelist get shows the whitelist.

/whitelist add TestPlayer01

/permissions groups lists the groups.

/permissions groups

/permissions create-group makes a new group.

/permissions create-group TestGroup01

/permissions get-player-group shows a player's group, and /permissions add-player moves them into one. The player must have joined before.

/permissions add-player Default TestPlayer01

A line without a / goes to everyone as chat.

Hello from the server console

/shout sends a message to everyone.

/shout Hello everyone

/whisper sends a private message. The player must be online.

/whisper TestPlayer01 Hello there

/server-save saves the world right away.

/server-save

/save saves a copy under a name you pick.

/save TestSave01

/config get shows a setting: max-players, password, afk-auto-kick, autosave-interval, only-admins-can-pause, allow-commands, visibility-public, visibility-lan, name, description, tags, require-user-verification, max-upload-speed, ignore-player-limit-for-returning-players or auto-pause-when-players-connect.

/config get max-players

/config set changes a setting until the next restart.

/config set max-players 12

More examples:

/config set afk-auto-kick 30

/config set autosave-interval 5

/config set only-admins-can-pause false

/config set description Test description

/config set tags test one

/config set password sets the join password.

/config set password TestPass01

/sc runs a line of Lua and prints the answer. Wrap what you want to see in rcon.print. The first time, it asks you to send it again.

/sc rcon.print(game.tick)

/sc can list the mods that are running.

/sc rcon.print(serpent.line(script.active_mods))

/sc can show the current research.

/sc rcon.print(game.forces.player.current_research and game.forces.player.current_research.name or "none")

/c runs Lua that changes things. Set the time of day (a number from 0 to 1), or make it always day.

/c game.surfaces.nauvis.daytime = 0

/c game.surfaces.nauvis.always_day = true

More changes that work the same way:

/c game.speed = 2

/c game.surfaces.nauvis.peaceful_mode = true

/c game.map_settings.enemy_expansion.enabled = false

/c game.forces.enemy.set_evolution_factor(0, "nauvis")

Give a player items, or move them. The player must have joined before.

/c game.players["TestPlayer01"].insert{name = "iron-plate", count = 100}

/c game.players["TestPlayer01"].teleport({0, 0}, "nauvis")

Send us the command and what the Console printed, on Discord or at support@haptic.gg.