How To Add Admin On A Space Engineers Server

Last updated 08 Jun 2025

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This will apply to a new world.

1 Stop the server.

Stop

2 Go to the File Manager on the Kinetic Panel.

File Manager

3 Navgate to Config

4 Open SpaceEngineers-dedicated.cfg

5 Locate your SteamID64. This guide will show you how SteamId

6 Locate <Administrators/> And replace it with

<Administrators>
<unsignedLong>STEAMID64</unsignedLong>
</Administrators>

7 Replace STEAMID64 with your own id from Step 5

6 Save & Start your server

SaveStart

Existing world.

If your world already exists follow this Open

1 Stop the server.

Stop

2 Go to the File Manager on the Kinetic Panel.

File Manager

3 Navgate to Config > Saves > World

4 Open Sandbox_config.Sandbox_config.

5 Locate your SteamID64. This guide will show you how SteamId

6 Paste this into the file.

<Administrators>
<unsignedLong>STEAMID64</unsignedLong>
</Administrators>

7 Replace STEAMID64 with your own id from Step 5

6 Save & Start your server

SaveStart