On the Players page, choose Act on an online player’s row, then Kill. Confirm in the box. The player’s character dies as it would in the game. What they carried stays where they fell, and they respawn. The player stays on the server.
Use it to free a player stuck in a bad spot, or to reset a character. To remove someone from the server, use kick or ban instead.
Before you start: live game details
Kill needs live game details on, and a running server.
If the page says “Live game details are off”, start the server and choose Turn on live game details. See live game details.
Kill a player
- Open the Players page. Under Online, find the player.
- Choose Act on the row, then Kill.
- Read the box. It says: “(name) dies as in the game: what they carried stays where they fell, and they respawn.”
- Choose Kill.
The panel answers that the player was killed and that what they carried is where they fell. The effect is at once. Nothing is lost: the player, or a friend, can pick the items up from the spot.
Who can do it
You need a role that allows acting on players in the game. If Act or Kill is missing, live game details are off or your role does not allow it. ask the owner to change your role (Settings, Access, Manage roles on the organization page).
If it does not work
- There is no Act button on the row. Live game details are off, or the server is stopped.
- The player has no body to kill. They are dead already, or they are in the map view. Try again when they are back in the game.
- The player left. Check Online on the Players page.
More about the game: Factorio servers.
Sources: wiki.factorio.com: Console