How to kill all animals in Rust

Type ai.killanimals in the server console to kill every animal on the server at once.

ai.killanimals

Kills every animal on the server.

ai.killanimals

Examples

ai.killanimals

Remove all animals.

What it does

Clears wildlife at once, for example while testing performance or before changing animal populations.

The game's own description: Kills all animal NPCs and animal NPC2 entities currently on the server

Good to know

Animals respawn over time unless their populations are set to 0.

Run it on your server

Type it in the server console or send it over RCON; admins can also use the F1 console in game. To keep a setting, run server.writecfg after changing it, or put it on the launch line as +name value.

Your own
game server.

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