Hytale Server Admin Commands Usage

How to OP Yourself in Hytale

To give yourself admin (OP) access in Hytale, you can use either the console command method or manually edit the permissions file.

Method 1: Console Command (Easiest)

1. Join your server with the account you want to make admin
2. Open the server console in your control panel
3. Type: op add [username]
4. If successful, you will see: "[username] is now an operator!"

Note: The player must be online for the username method to work. Use the UUID method below for offline players.

Method 2: Edit permissions.json

Step 1: Stop your server

Make sure your server is stopped before editing configuration files, or your changes may be overwritten.

Step 2: Locate your Player UUID

• Open your server's File Manager
• Navigate to: universe/players/
• You'll see files named with UUIDs (e.g., 34ef6c2d-13be-3de0-ba01-6bca1d9af96b.json)
• Open each .json file to view the username and find which UUID belongs to which player
• Alternatively, run /uuid in-game to see your own UUID

Step 3: Edit permissions.json

Open or create the permissions.json file in your server's root directory and add your UUID:

{
"users": {
  "YOUR-UUID-HERE": {
	"groups": [ "OP" ]
  }
},
"groups": {
  "Default": [],
  "OP": [ "*" ]
}
}

Replace YOUR-UUID-HERE with your actual UUID (e.g., 34ef6c2d-13be-3de0-ba01-6bca1d9af96b).

Step 4: Start your server

After saving the file, start your server for the changes to take effect.

For Singleplayer

Use /op self in chat to become an admin on your own world.

Using Admin Commands In-Game

Once you have OP status:

• Type /help in chat to see all available commands
• Clicking a command will show what it does, how to use it, and a button to send it to chat

Admin Commands

Command	Description
op add [username]	Add a player as admin (player must be online)
op add [UUID]	Add a player as admin using their UUID (works offline)
op remove [username]	Remove a player's admin status
op remove [UUID]	Remove admin status using UUID
op self	Make yourself admin while connected to the server
/help	View all available commands in-game