"RCON connection refused" on startup

Issue

You've just started your server, and the console is repeatedly showing messages like RCON connection refused.

Solution

This is expected. Your server relies on a local RCON connection to finish starting up and to save/shut down gracefully, and it isn't available until the world has finished loading. This can take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes on a fresh boot, longer on larger maps or with a lot of mods installed.

Let it run, the messages will stop once the server has fully started. If it's been significantly longer than 20 minutes with no change, contact us for further help.