How To Change A Player's Character On Your Don't Starve Together Server

Don't Starve Together

Nov 9, 2024

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A player on your server may wish to change the character they picked when first joining your Don't Starve Together server. This article will walk you through the process of helping them change their selected character.

Note

In order to follow this article, you must be connected as an administrator. You can find our article to assist you with this here.

#Drop a Player's Inventory

Despawning a player will also delete their items. Before despawning them, you may wish to have them drop all of their items.

Open the developer console by pressing the ~ (tilde) key.
Run the command c_listallplayers() to find the player's ID.
Run the command AllPlayers[number].components.inventory:DropEverything() replacing number with the player's ID.

For example: AllPlayers[3].components.inventory:DropEverything()

#Despawning a Player

In order for a player to re-pick their character, they will need to return to the character selection screen. This can be done by despawning them.

Open the console by pressing the ~ (tilde) key.
Run the command c_listallplayers() to find the player's ID.
Run the command c_despawn(AllPlayers[number]) replacing number with the player's numerical ID as seen below.

For example c_despawn(AllPlayers[3])

Don't Starve Together showing the short player ID in the admin console

If you need any more assistance getting started with your Don't Starve Together server, you can find a list of our other Knowledgebase articles here.

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How To Change A Player's Character On Your Don't Starve Together Server

#Drop a Player's Inventory

#Despawning a Player