PZ Admin Command Cheat Sheet
Quick-reference PZ admin commands organized by use case — event triggers, player help, and staff management. Click any command to copy it.
Access Level Hierarchy
Commands are NOT case-sensitive, but player names and item IDs ARE case-sensitive.
Quick Actions
/save
Save the current game world to disk.
Run before any maintenance or restart.
/servermsg "Your message here"
Broadcast a message to all connected players.
Appears as a system notification on screen.
/checkModsNeedUpdate
Check whether any loaded mods have updates available.
/players
List all currently connected players.
Outputs to server console log.
/startrain
Start a rain event on the server.
/stoprain
Stop the current rain event.
/quit
Gracefully save and shut down the server.
Always prefer /save first, then /quit.
Event Triggers
/chopper
Trigger the helicopter event — draws zombies to a player.
PZ-unique event. Zombies follow the helicopter path.
/gunshot
Play a gunshot sound event at a random location.
Attracts zombies to the sound source.
/alarm
Trigger a house alarm sound event.
/createhorde 50
Spawn a horde of zombies (replace 50 with desired count).
Spawns near a random online player.
Player Help
/teleport "PlayerName"
Teleport yourself to the named player.
Player name is case-sensitive.
/teleport "PlayerName1" "PlayerName2"
Teleport PlayerName1 to PlayerName2's location.
/additem "PlayerName" "Base.Axe" 1
Give an item to a player. Replace module.item and count.
Item IDs are case-sensitive. Find IDs at pzwiki.net.
/godmode "PlayerName"
Toggle god mode (invincibility) for a player.
/invisible "PlayerName"
Toggle invisibility to zombies for a player.
/noclip "PlayerName"
Toggle noclip (walk through walls) for a player.
/addxp "PlayerName" Carpentry=50
Add XP to a skill for a player.
Skill names: Carpentry, Mechanics, Farming, Cooking, etc.
/heal "PlayerName"
Fully heal the specified player.
/kick "PlayerName" "reason"
Kick a player from the server.
/ban "PlayerName" "reason"
Ban a player by username.
/banid SteamID64 "reason"
Ban a player by Steam ID (more reliable than username).
/unban "PlayerName"
Remove a ban from a player.
Staff Management
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" admin
Set a player to Admin access level.
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" moderator
Set a player to Moderator access level.
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" gm
Set a player to GM (Game Master) access level.
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" overseer
Set a player to Overseer access level.
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" observer
Set a player to Observer (read-only) access level.
/setaccesslevel "PlayerName" none
Remove all elevated access — return to regular player.
/grantadmin "PlayerName"
Shortcut to grant full admin access to a player.
/removeadmin "PlayerName"
Remove admin access from a player.
World Management
/reloadlua
Reload all server-side Lua scripts without restarting.
/reloadoptions
Reload server options from the INI file.
/changeoption optionName optionValue
Change a server option at runtime.
/voiceban "PlayerName"
Mute a player's in-game VOIP.
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