How to Use RCON on Your Unturned Server

Published 9 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

RCON lets you run server commands remotely without being in-game. Unturned's RCON is provided by RocketMod and uses the Telnet protocol.

Before you start: Install RocketMod before following these steps.

Enable RCON

  1. Stop the server.
  2. In the game panel, click Configuration Files.
  3. Open Rocket.config.xml using the text editor.
  4. Set RCON to true and set a strong password in the <RCON> block.
  5. Note your RCON port: it is two ports above your game port. For example, if your game port is 27015, your RCON port is 27017.
  6. Save the file and start the server.

Connect with PuTTY

  1. Download PuTTY from chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html.
  2. Open PuTTY, enter your server IP and RCON port, and select Telnet as the connection type.
  3. Click Open.
  4. Log in with the password you set in Rocket.config.xml:
    login <your-rcon-password>

You can now run server commands directly from the terminal session. To grant admin access so commands take effect, see How to Make Yourself an Admin on Your Unturned Server.