Factorio Console Commands

Normal Commands

Command	Example	Description	Admin only
/alerts <enable/disable/mute/unmute>	/alerts disable turret_fire
Enables, disables, mutes, or unmutes the given
alert type. Available alerts:
entity_destroyed, entity_under_attack, not_enough_construction_robots,
no_material_for_construction, not_enough_repair packs, turret_fire, custom,
no_storage, train_out_of_fuel, fluid_mixing.	No
/clear	/clear	Clears the console.	No
/color	/color 20 255 255	Changes your color. Can either be one of
the pre-defined colors or [RGB
value](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_space) in the format of “# # #”.
Available colors: default, red, green, blue, orange, yellow, pink, purple,
white, black, gray, brown, cyan, acid.	No
/enable-research-queue	/enable-research-queue	Enables the
research queue.	Yes
/evolution	/evolution	Prints info about the alien evolution factor.	No
/help [command]	/help	Prints a list of available commands, the optional
argument can specify the command that should be described.	No
/h [command]	/h	Same as /help.	No
/mute-programmable-speaker <mute/unmute> <local/everyone>	/mute-programmable-
speaker mute local	Mutes or unmutes the global sounds created by the
Programmable Speaker. Use “local” to mute just the local client. Admins can
use “everyone” to mute the sounds for everyone on the server.	No
/perf-avg-frames	/perf-avg-frames 100	Number of ticks/updates used
to average performance counters. Default is 100. Value of 5-10 is recommended
for fast convergence, but numbers will jitter more rapidly.	No
/permissions	/permissions	Opens the permissions GUI.	Yes
/permissions	/permissions add-player DeveloperGroup
kovarex	Available actions are add-player , create-group
, delete-group , edit-group <input_action> <true/false>,
get-player-group , remove-player , rename-group
<new_name> and reset	Yes
/reset-tips	/reset-tips	Resets the state of the tips and tricks as if the
game was just started for the first time.	No
/screenshot [x resolution] [y resolution] [zoom]	/screenshot	Takes a
screenshot with the GUI hidden, centered on the player. It is saved in the
”script-output” subfolder of your [User data
directory](https://wiki.factorio.com/User_data_directory). Resolution is
optional and defaults to the current window size. Zoom is optional and
defaults to 1.	No
/seed	/seed	Prints the starting map seed.	No
/time	/time	Prints info about how old the map is.	No
/toggle-action-logging	/toggle-action-logging	Toggles logging all input
actions performed by the game. This value isn’t persisted between game
restarts and only affects your local game in multiplayer sessions.	Yes
/toggle-heavy-mode	/toggle-heavy-mode	Used to investigate
desyncs.
Will slow down the game and make multiplayer unplayable.	Yes
/unlock-shortcut-bar	/unlock-shortcut-bar	Unlocks all [shortcut
bar](https://wiki.factorio.com/Shortcut_bar) items, including blueprint string
import, copy & paste, deconstruction and upgrade planner.	No
/unlock-tips	/unlock-tips	Unlocks all tips and tricks entries.	No
/version	/version	Prints the current game version.	No

Multiplayer Commands

Command	Example	Description	Admin only
	Hello team!	Console input that does not start with / is shown as a
chat message to your team.	No
/admin	/admin	Opens the player management GUI.	Yes
/admins	/admins	Prints a list of game admins.	No
/ban	/ban xTROLLx Throwing grenades in base	Bans the
specified player.	Yes
/bans	/bans	Prints a list of banned players.	No
/banlist <add/remove/get/clear>	/banlist get	Adds or removes a
player from the banlist. Same as /ban or /unban.	No
/config <get/set>	/config set password hunter2	Gets or sets
various multiplayer game settings. Available configs are: afk-auto-kick,
allow-commands, allow-debug-settings, autosave-interval, autosave-only-on-
server, ignore-player-limit-for-returning-players, max-players, max-upload-
speed, only-admins-can-pause, password, require-user-verification, visibility-
lan, visibility-public. The units for the options afk-auto-kick and autosave-
interval are in minutes.	Yes
/delete-blueprint-library	/delete-blueprint-library everybody
confirm	Deletes the blueprint library storage for the given offline player
from the save file. Enter “everybody confirm” to delete the storage of all
offline players.	Yes
/demote	/demote AzureDiamond	Demotes the player from admin.	Yes
/ignore	/ignore Cthon98	Prevents the chat from showing messages
from this player. Admin messages are still shown.	No
/ignores	/ignores	Prints a list of ignored players.	No
/kick	/kick xTROLLx Throwing grenades in base	Kicks the
specified player.	Yes
/mute	/mute Cthon98	Prevents the player from saying anything in
chat.	Yes
/mutes	/mutes	All players that are muted (can’t talk in chat).	No
/open	/open AzureDiamond	Opens another player’s inventory.	Yes
/o	/o AzureDiamond	Same as /open.	Yes
/players [online/o/count/c]	/players	Prints a list of players in the game.
(parameter online/o, it prints only players that are online, count/c prints
only count)	No
/p [online/o/count/c]	/p o c	Same as /players.	No
/promote	/promote AzureDiamond	Promotes the player to admin.	Yes
/purge	/purge Cthon98	Clears all the messages from this player from
the chat log.	Yes
/reply	/reply oh, really?	Replies to the last player that
whispered to you.	No
/r	/r oh, really?	Same as /reply.	No
/server-save	/server-save	Saves the game on the server in a multiplayer
game.	Yes
/shout	/shout Hello world!	Sends a message to all players
including other forces.	No
/s	/s Hello world!	Same as /shout.	No
/swap-players [player]	/swap-players AzureDiamond	Swaps your
character with the given player’s character, or if two players are given swaps
the two player characters.	Yes
/unban	/unban xTROLLx	Unbans the specified player.	Yes
/unignore	/unignore Cthon98	Allows the chat to show messages from
this player.	No
/unmute	/unmute Cthon98	Allows the player to talk in chat again.
Yes
/whisper	/whisper AzureDiamond that’s what I see	Sends a
message to the specified player.	No
/w	/w AzureDiamond that’s what I see	Same as /whisper.
No
/whitelist <add/remove/get/clear> [player]	/whitelist get	Adds or removes a
player from the whitelist, where only whitelisted players can join the game.
Enter nothing for “player” when using “get” to print a list of all whitelisted
players. An empty whitelist disables the whitelist functionality allowing
anyone to join.	No

Scripting and Cheat Commands

Command	Description
/cheat	Researches all technologies and enables cheat mode. Using the
all option also gives the player some additional items.
/command	Executes a Lua command (if allowed).
/c	Executes a Lua command (if allowed).
/editor	Toggles the map editor.
/measured-command	Executes a Lua command (if allowed) and measures
time it took.
/mc	Executes a Lua command (if allowed) and measures time it took.
/silent-command	Executes a Lua command (if allowed) without
printing it to the console.
/sc	Executes a Lua command (if allowed) without printing it to the
console.