AASM has a built-in RCON console at the server tab's RCON sub-tab. It connects automatically when the server is running (using the RCON credentials AASM already knows) so you can fire admin commands without setting up the standalone RCON Manager app.
Prerequisites:
Server tab → RCON sub-tab. The console area opens and AASM auto-connects to the server's RCON endpoint.
Common starter commands:
listplayers serverchat Restart in 5 minutes saveworld broadcast Welcome to the server
The full cheatsheet lives at Common RCON Commands.
Many ARK RCON commands deliberately return an empty body on success (e.g. serverchat, broadcast). AASM shows "Server returned: (empty)" - that's normal. Only commands that have something to report (like listplayers) return text.
v0.8.2 reliability fix: earlier builds assumed every RCON packet arrived in one TCP read. ARK can fragment large responses across multiple packets. v0.8.2's drainPackets helper handles fragmented and pipelined packets correctly, so commands like listplayers on a 70-player server no longer truncate.
You can run any ARK admin command from inside AASM without a separate tool. Watch the output to confirm execution; empty responses are expected for most broadcast-type commands.