What the Owner ID is for
Ownership is decided by matching. When you join the server, the game compares your Player ID with the Owner ID the server was started with. If they match, you are the owner. Nothing else grants ownership — not the admin password, not being the first player in, not having created the world.
That is why it has to be your ID and not, say, a friend's. Whoever's ID sits in that field owns the server, full stop.
The three roles, per Jagex's guide
Jagex describes three levels of access on a dedicated server, and the differences are narrower than people expect.
| Role | How you get it | What you can do |
|---|
| Owner | Your Player ID matches the server's Owner ID | Ban and unban anyone, whether they are online or offline |
| Admin | You know the Admin Password | Ban players who are online. Cannot unban |
| Regular player | You joined | No admin rights |
Two things to note.
First, only the owner can unban. An admin who bans someone by mistake cannot reverse it; the owner has to. If you run the server for a group, keep the Owner ID as yours and hand out the admin password to people you trust to kick troublemakers, knowing that any ban they place needs you to lift it.
Second, admin is a password, not a list. Jagex's guide says anyone who knows the admin password can enter the Server Management tab under Pause → Settings. There is no admin roster to edit and no per-player admin flag. Changing the admin password is the only way to remove an admin, and it removes all of them at once.
What is not there
Jagex's guide documents no whitelist. The tools for controlling who joins are the World Password — players must enter it, and it overrides any password saved in the world — and bans. If you want a private server, set a World Password and share it privately; if someone should not be there, the owner bans them.
We have seen community pages describing admin lists, whitelist files and slash commands for this server. None of that appears in Jagex's guide, and some of it contradicts the guide's description of the INI, so we do not repeat it. If Jagex adds any of it, we will update this article.
The contested question: Player ID or EOS ID?
Here is the part where the community and the official guide do not quite agree, and we want to be transparent about it rather than pick a side we cannot support.
Jagex's guide (dated 30 March 2026) says the Owner ID is the Player ID from the bottom of the Settings menu. Host guides describe the same thing, some calling it a 32-character Player ID.
But in a Steam Community thread from April 2026, a reply states that it is now mandatory to use your EOS ID — the Epic Online Services identifier — which can be found in the RSDragonwilds.log file rather than in the Settings menu. The game does require an Epic Online Services account, so an EOS ID exists for every player; whether it is the same string the Settings menu shows, or a different one, that reply does not say.
Our reading: follow Jagex's guide first. Copy the Player ID from Settings, start the server, join, and check whether you can open the owner-level ban controls. If you cannot, open RSDragonwilds/Saved/Logs/RSDragonwilds.log on the server, look for your own ID as the server logged it when you joined, and compare. We are testing this on our own servers and will replace this paragraph with a definite answer once we have one.
Common mistakes
- Typing the ID. Use the copy button. A single wrong character silently makes you a regular player.
- Setting it while the server is running. The change is lost. Stop, set, start.
- Putting a friend's ID in. They own the server now, including the only unban power.
- Confusing the admin password with ownership. The password grants bans on online players only; it does not make anyone the owner.
- Losing the ID to an update. Steam Community replies from April 2026 report that a SteamCMD update can overwrite
DedicatedServer.ini with a default template. Check the file after every update on a self-hosted server. Connect servers back the INI up before each update and restore it if it changed.
Where this fits
The Owner ID is one of the five fields Jagex documents; the others — Server Name, Default World Name, Admin Password and World Password — are covered in the dedicated server setup guide. If you would rather set the five in a dashboard than an INI, RuneScape: Dragonwilds server hosting at Connect has them on a Server Settings tab, applied on the next restart.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is my Dragonwilds Player ID?
In the game, open Settings and scroll to the bottom. The Player ID is shown there with a copy button, per Jagex's dedicated-server guide.
What is the Owner ID on a Dragonwilds dedicated server?
The Player ID of the person who owns the server. Jagex's guide says the server compares each joining player's ID with it; a match makes that player the owner, with the power to ban and unban anyone.
What can an admin do that a regular player cannot?
Per Jagex's guide, an admin (anyone who knows the admin password) can ban players who are online. An admin cannot unban; only the owner can.
Is there a whitelist on a Dragonwilds dedicated server?
Jagex's guide documents none. Use the World Password to restrict who joins, and bans to remove anyone who should not be there.
Do I use my Player ID or my EOS ID as the Owner ID?
Jagex's guide says the Player ID from the Settings menu. One Steam Community reply from April 2026 claims the EOS ID from the server log is required instead. Try the Settings value first and verify you have owner powers; we will publish a tested answer.
Can I change the Owner ID later?
Yes, but only with the server stopped — Jagex's guide notes INI changes made on a running server are lost. On Connect, change the Player ID field on the Server Settings tab and restart.