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How to Add an Admin on a Stardew Valley Server

Easily add an admin on your Stardew Valley server with Kinetic Hosting. Follow this quick guide to grant admin access using config edits or in-game commands

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Make the First Player to Join an Admin

1. Login to the Kinetic Panel.

2. Stop the server.

Stop

3. Go to the File Manager on the Kinetic Panel.

File Manager

4. Navgaite to StardewValley > Mods > StardewServer > Config.json.

5. Locate "MakeAdminOnFirstConnection": false, and change it to: "MakeAdminOnFirstConnection": true,.

6. Save & Start your server

Save

7. Join your server.

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Remember to disable MakeAdminOnFirstConnection otherwise each player who joins will get admin.

Add Additional Admins

1. In-game, type the command:

!admin Username

2. Press enter.

Remove Admins.

1. In-game, type the command:

!unadmin Username

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