How to Use RCON for Remote Administration

RCON lets you send admin commands to your server from outside the game, handy for Discord bots, admin dashboards, or quick commands from your PC without launching Palworld. (For everyday use, the panel's Console tab already does this, RCON is for connecting external tools.)

Enable RCON

1. Stop your server in the Game Panel.
2. Open the Server Properties tab and set RCONEnabled to True and RCONPort to 25575.
3. Make sure your Admin Password is set (in the Startup tab): it doubles as your RCON password.
4. Save and start the server.

Your server's RCON port must be reachable from outside. If the port shown in your panel differs from 25575, use the panel's port, and treat the admin password like a server key: anyone with it has full control.

Connect with an RCON client

Any Source-compatible RCON tool works (mcrcon, rcon-cli, web-based RCON clients):

mcrcon -H your.server.ip -P 25575 -p YourAdminPassword ShowPlayers

Useful commands over RCON

Commands are the same as in-game admin commands, without the leading slash:

• ShowPlayers: list who's online
• Save: force a world save
• Broadcast Message_here: announce (use underscores, not spaces)
• KickPlayer <SteamID> / BanPlayer <SteamID>
• Shutdown <seconds> <message>: graceful shutdown with warning
• Info: server version info

Quirks worth knowing

• Palworld's RCON is more limited than its in-game console and famously dislikes spaces in broadcast messages.
• If the connection is refused, re-check RCONEnabled, the port, and that the server was restarted after the change.