1 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026

How To Become Admin On Your Quake Server

Admins on a Quake server can kick players, force a match to start, lock the server and change match settings without a vote. Your server already has a random admin password; here's how to see or change it and use it.

Changing the Admin Password

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings.
  3. 3
    Under Basic, edit Admin Password.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

The password must be 6 to 32 characters of letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.

Becoming Admin In Game

  1. 1
    Join your server and press ~ to open the console.
  2. 2
    Type admin yourpassword and press Enter.
  3. 3
    The server confirms that you are now an admin. Type commands to see what you can do, for example forcestart or kick.