Error network-error-connection-timed-out
Enginefall "Network error: Connection timed out" when joining a raid
What you see
A "Network error" box that says "Connection timed out" with a Close button, often after choosing a destination or trying to join a random team. Some players are disconnected mid-raid, cannot reconnect, and see the same timeout.
Cause not confirmed yetReported
The game lost, or never made, its connection to the server, and it is not confirmed whether that is your connection or the servers. On the September playtest one player got in after pressing reconnect a few times, and helpers say "join a random team" times out most of the time.
What players try
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On 25 September a player in the official Discord support channel, who got this every time they tried to play, said they got into a server after hitting reconnect a few times.
ReportedA member with the Hospitality Officer role said on 25 September that "join a random team" only searches for three minutes and has to find two other players doing the same, so you will time out almost every time. Another helper suggested going in solo and meeting players on the train instead.
ReportedA helper suggested this on 25 September. The player it was suggested to did not have a VPN, so nobody has said whether it helps.
Unconfirmed- Note
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What we know and don’t
On 25 September, the second day of the closed playtest, a player in the official Enginefall Discord support channel posted a screenshot of a “Network error” box saying “Connection timed out”, and said they got it every time they tried to play. Sometimes they reached the screen where you choose a destination and got it when trying to join a random team. A member with the Hospitality Officer role said everything they could see was up and running and suspected something on the player’s side. The player later got into a server by pressing reconnect a few times.
The same day, a helper explained that “join a random team” only searches for three minutes and needs two other players searching at the same time, so it times out almost every time. The day before, on 24 September, a player said they had been disconnected from a game and could not reconnect because it “says timed out”. Several messages on 24 and 25 September said a disconnect cost the player the gear they were carrying, one after being disconnected four times in one raid.
Network errors were common in the June demo too. Players reported “network error failed to connect timeout” when loading into a Titan, being kicked out with a network error every 30 minutes while staying on their Dagger, and “Failed to authenticate on destination server”.
The studio has not said what causes this. If your error says “Server Travel Timeout” instead, see the Server Travel Timeout page. If you are getting this now, check the server status page to see whether other players are too.
Also shown as
network error connection timed outconnection timed outnetwork errornetwork errorsfailed to connect timeoutwont reconnect it says timed outfailed to authenticate on destination server
Last checked September 26, 2026.
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Enginefall Playtest, Steam build 25439640. Updated 2026-09-24. Numbers can change between builds. Maintained by Lynxx.