Rust Circle Base Design (2026)
For solo & duo players · 1x1 loot core inside a triangle honeycomb ring, two storeys, sheet metal throughout
A rounded honeycomb design that surrounds a central loot room with a ring of triangles, so there's no single cheap face to raid.
Circle Base build cost
The reference build we cost is a 1x1 loot core inside a triangle honeycomb ring, two storeys, sheet metal throughout — 48 building blocks plus doors and a tool cupboard. This design isn't drawn on the planner grid, so only its block count is known and every block is costed as a wall. Floors, roofs and frames cost less than that in game, so the real total is lower.
| Piece | Qty | Cost each |
|---|---|---|
| Sheet metal building blocks, costed as walls | 48 | 200 metal frags |
| Sheet metal door | 3 | 150 metal frags |
| Garage door | 1 | 300 metal frags + 2 gears |
| Tool cupboard | 1 | 1,000 wood |
| Total | 10,350 metal frags · 1,000 wood · 2 gears | |
Circle Base upkeep
Rust bills upkeep by building-block count: 10% of build cost per day for the first 15 blocks, 15% for the next 50, 20% for the next 125 and 33.3% after that. At 48 blocks this design pays a blended 13.4% a day, doors included; the tool cupboard itself costs nothing to keep.
Over a full seven-day wipe cycle that is 9,737 metal frags — the number worth checking before you commit to a size. Work out how long your TC lasts.
What it costs to raid
Cost of the structures on the route this design describes. It isn't drawn on the planner grid, so the route is stated rather than searched, and it counts walls only: whichever door faces outside is usually cheaper than the walls listed.
| Raider has to break | Rockets | C4 |
|---|---|---|
| 3× Sheet Metal Wall | 24 | 12 |
| Total | 24 | 12 |
That is 33,600 sulfur in rockets, or 26,400 sulfur in C4. Compare every explosive.
Pros
- checkNo weak straight-line raid path
- checkEfficient honeycomb
- checkDeceptive true-cost
Cons
- closeTrickier to build
- closeSlightly more expensive
Rotate the entrance away from open terrain so raiders can't easily set up.
Building and raid data verified against Livestock. The piece list above is our reference build for this archetype, published so the totals can be checked — your own layout will differ.
Compare with other designs
Related guides
A no-BS Rust base building guide: building tiers, upkeep, tool cupboards, bunkers, airlocks and honeycomb, plus the raid costs that actually matter.
A real player's Rust raid guide: exact sulfur costs per structure, C4 vs rockets vs satchels vs eco raiding, online/offline tactics and defence.