How to Become an Admin (OP) on Your Hytale Server

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To manage your Hytale server you’ll need the ability to run administrator commands. This guide walks you through granting and removing operator (OP) permissions for both online and offline players.

Accessing the Server Console

Most of the steps below are run from your server console, but they can also be run in-game if you are already an operator (OP).

NexLink Core customers can log in at panel.nexlinkcore.com, select their Hytale server, and click the Console tab in the left-hand menu. If you host elsewhere, open your provider’s panel and navigate to its console section.

Granting OP to an Online Player

1. Have the player join your Hytale server with the account they want promoted.
2. Open the server console.
3. Run /op add [username] — replace [username] with the player’s Hytale username.
4. On success, the console will display: [username] is now an operator!

Removing OP from an Online Player

1. Open the server console.
2. Run /op remove [username] — replace [username] with the player’s Hytale username.
3. On success, the console will display: [username] is no longer an operator.

Granting OP to an Offline Player (UUID)

In Hytale, every account has its own UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) — a unique string used to identify the account. UUIDs let you OP a player who isn’t currently connected to your server. A UUID looks like this:

586a5971-e505-4aad-be0b-41f08829f9d7

You can find the UUID of any player who has joined your server by browsing to your server files at universe/players. Each player has a file in that folder, and the file’s name is their UUID.

1. Open the server console.
2. Run /op add [uuid] — replace [uuid] with the player’s UUID.
3. On success, the console will display: [uuid] is now an operator!

Removing OP from an Offline Player

1. Open the server console.
2. Run /op remove [uuid] — replace [uuid] with the player’s UUID.
3. On success, the console will display: [uuid] is no longer an operator.

OP Command Reference

Below are the available subcommands of the /op command.