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Rust: 67 server guides on wipe schedules, Oxide and Carbon plugins and getting started, from Play Your Way, in plain English.
Getting Started
Add a Custom Map to Your Rust Server
Host a Rust .map file at a direct link, paste it into Custom Map URL on the Startup tab, restart and wipe, or go back to procedural.
How to make a Rust server: admin and wipes
Join your Rust server, make yourself admin with ownerid, edit server.cfg, run your first wipe and load Oxide or Carbon, all from the panel.
Settings & Admin
Change Crafting Speed on Your Rust Server
Set a crafting speed multiplier on Rust with the Crafting Controller plugin, with its commands and permissions, plus the game's craft.instant.
Change Deep Sea Settings on Rust
Use deepsea settings in server.cfg to control when Rust's deep sea opens, what spawns there, who can enter and lag while it opens.
Change Team Size on Your Rust Server
Set the largest team your Rust server allows with relationshipmanager.maxteamsize, from the Console now or server.cfg for good.
Change the Game Mode on Your Rust Server
Set Rust's softcore, hardcore or primitive mode with one launch argument on the Startup tab, then restart. Includes the mid-wipe warning.
Change the Missile Silo Timer on Rust
Set the wipe countdown in the Nuclear Missile Silo to your real wipe day, hour and timezone with Additional Arguments and wipetimer.printwipe.
Change the Time of Day on Your Rust Server
Set the in-game clock with env.time, hold it with env.progresstime, and use two scheduled commands to keep it after a restart.
Disable NPCs on Your Rust Server
Switch off scientists and other NPC spawns on your Rust server with the ai.npc_enable convar, and keep the change after a restart.
Edit Loot Tables on Your Rust Server
Edit Rust loot tables with the BetterLoot plugin and the Looty web editor: install it, import a table, block items and reload.
Enable Creative Mode on Your Rust Server
Give everyone or named players creative mode with Facepunch's creative convars, including free placement, free building and free repair.
Enable Trains on Your Rust Server
Above-ground rail only generates on maps of 4250 or larger. Set World Size, wipe, and check the train convars the game lists.
Give Yourself Items on Your Rust Server
Become an owner, spawn items with spawnitem and give items with the inventory commands the game lists.
Hide Admin Commands in the Rust Console
Keep item-give notices and kick or ban announcements out of Rust chat with the No Give Notices and Secure Admin plugins.
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- Increase Gather Rates on Your Rust Server
- Increase Item Stack Sizes on Rust
- Merge Bandit Camp and Outpost on Rust
- Mute Players on Your Rust Server
- Pair the Rust+ App With Your Rust Server
- Run a Rust Server With No Monuments
- Rust server.cfg and admin commands
- Rust wipe schedule and forced wipe times
- Set a Custom Loading Message on Rust
- Set the Message of the Day on Rust
- Set Up a Primitive Rust Server
- Teleport on Your Rust Server
- Use Centralized Banning on Rust
- Whitelist Players on Your Rust Server
Mods & Plugins
How to install Oxide/uMod plugins on your Rust server
Install Oxide or Carbon from your Rust server's Plugins tab, add uMod plugins in one click, keep them updated, edit their configs and grant permissions.
Install Harmony Mods on Your Rust Server
Add a Harmony mod to your Rust server: upload the DLL to the HarmonyMods folder, load it with harmony.load, and unload it again.
Update Plugins on Your Rust Server
Update Oxide and Carbon plugins from the Plugins tab with Check for updates and Update all, or replace a plugin file by hand.
Use the Admin Panel Plugin on Rust
Install Admin Panel on a Rust server, grant the permission, learn which buttons need other plugins, and set the Teleport destination so it works.
Use the Admin Radar Plugin on Rust
Give moderators an on-screen radar on a Rust server with Admin Radar: who can use it, the radar commands, limits and settings.
Use the Advanced Air Strike Plugin on Rust
Add F15 air strikes and nukes to Rust with the paid Codefling plugin: upload it by hand, set permissions, commands, shop and cooldowns.
Use the Better Chat Plugin on Rust
Give Rust chat groups colored titles and name colors with Better Chat: the /chat command, group fields, priority and settings.
Use the Better Loot Plugin on Rust
Go beyond loot tables with Better Loot on a Rust server: permissions, multipliers, hammer previews, backups and ore spawning.
Use the BGrade Plugin on Rust
Let players auto-upgrade building blocks as they place them with BGrade: its permissions, chat commands and timer settings.
Use the Blueprint Manager Plugin on Rust
Give Rust players blueprints by permission, set a starter list, hold some back after a wipe, and reset or unlock them by command.
Use the Clans Plugin on Rust
Add chat-command clans and alliances to a Rust server with the Clans plugin, and see how it differs from the game's own clans.
Use the Copy Paste Plugin on Rust
Save a build on your Rust server and place it again with the Copy Paste plugin: commands, permissions, options and fixes.
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- Use the Dangerous Treasures Plugin on Rust
- Use the Discord Chat Plugin on Rust
- Use the Fuel Monitor Plugin on Rust
- Use the Furnace Splitter Plugin on Rust
- Use the Health Boost Plugin on Rust
- Use the Image Library Plugin on Rust
- Use the Info Panel Plugin on Rust
- Use the Kits Plugin on Rust
- Use the No Give Notices Plugin on Rust
- Use the Permissions Manager Plugin on Rust
- Use the Raidable Bases Plugin on Rust
- Use the Recycler Station Plugin on Rust
- Use the Remover Tool Plugin on Rust
- Use the Save Announcer Plugin on Rust
- Use the Server Rewards Plugin on Rust
- Use the Sign Artist Plugin on Rust
- Use the True PVE Plugin on Rust
- Use the Vanish Plugin on Rust
- Use the ZLevels Remastered Plugin on Rust
- Use the Zone Manager Plugin on Rust
Performance
How Map Size Affects Rust Performance
What World Size changes in Rust (memory and disk), what it doesn't (player CPU load), and how to tell if your server is coping.
How much RAM does a Rust server need?
Map size decides most of it: 8 GB for a 3000 map and about 40 players, 12 GB for 4000 and 80, 16 GB for 6000 and 150, the signs and how to upgrade.
Improve Your Rust Server's Performance
Measure Rust server lag on the Console tab, find heavy plugins with Performance Monitor, and see which settings cost the most.
Troubleshooting
Fix Rust Crashing When Joining a Server
Steps from Facepunch's support articles for Rust closing as you join, plus what a server owner can check on maps and plugins.
Fix the Rust EAC Timed Out Error
Players seeing EAC timed out or EAC Authentication Timeout in Rust: Facepunch's fixes, from launching via Steam to repairing EAC.
What Crashes a Rust Server
The faults Facepunch's own pages tie to a Rust server stopping or freezing, and what to check on your server to avoid each one.
Game guides
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Rust servers here have a Wipes tab that stops the server, wipes the map, reseeds it and starts it again on a schedule you set in your server's own time zone. Oxide or Carbon installs from the Modding framework section on the Settings tab, and the forced wipe on the first Thursday of the month lands that day in the US, at about 1:45 pm Eastern (10:45 am Pacific).