Rust Guides
Practical, up-to-date guides for every part of Rust — from your first wipe to end-game raiding.
Best Rust Settings for FPS & PvP
The best Rust settings for max FPS and cleaner PvP — graphics config, launch options and low-end PC tweaks that actually make a difference, and the ones that don't.
Best Rust Weapons 2026: Gun Tier List & What to Run
A Rust weapons tier list from a real player: damage, capacity and workbench for every gun, plus honest early/mid/late picks and what to actually run.
Can You Play Rust Solo? A Survival Guide
Yes, you can play Rust solo. Here's how to build hidden, avoid zergs, raid on a budget, and pick servers that don't crush you.
How to Make a Rust Server (2026 Setup Guide)
Set up your own Rust dedicated server with SteamCMD, server.cfg, a start.bat, Oxide plugins, admin, and port forwarding. Plus honest self-host vs host tips
Rust Aim & Sensitivity Guide: Best Settings
The best aim sensitivity for Rust: 400-800 DPI, 0.2-0.5 in-game. Plus recoil control on the AK and SAR, ADS multipliers, FOV, and aim training.
Rust Base Design Guide: Build to Survive (2026)
A no-BS Rust base design guide: building tiers, upkeep, tool cupboards, bunkers, airlocks and honeycomb, plus the raid costs that actually matter.
Rust Beginner's Guide (2026): Your First Wipe
New to Rust? Here's exactly what to do on your first wipe — gathering, your first base, tools, scrap and staying alive. Real numbers, no fluff.
Rust Cloning Guide: Copy a God Plant Forever
Cloning copies a plant's exact 6-gene genome with no rolling. How to clone, run a mother plant, keep clones pure, and when to clone vs re-breed.
Rust Cooking & Food Guide: Eat, Cook, Survive
A first-hand Rust cooking guide: campfire vs BBQ, the best foods to eat, water and hydration, spoilage and fridges, plus tea buffs.
Rust Crafting Guide: Workbenches, BPs & Recipes
A Rust crafting guide: how workbenches, blueprints and the tech tree work, why components bottleneck you, and the recipes worth your scrap first.
Rust Electricity Guide 2026: Wiring for Solos
Stop your turrets dying at night. Practical Rust electricity guide: rW, solar, wind, batteries, wiring and the only circuits a solo actually needs.
Rust Elevator Guide: Fast Vertical Movement
A practical Rust elevator guide: wiring power, stacking pieces, setting up call switches, and fixing dead, misaligned, or won't-stack lifts.
Rust Fishing Guide: Scrap, Food & Loot Tips
A first-hand Rust fishing guide: rods, bait, best spots, the reel-in mechanic, fish traps, and whether fishing is actually worth your time.
Rust Keycards: Green, Blue & Red — How to Get Each One
How to get Green, Blue and Red Keycards in Rust, which monuments need which color, and the fastest route from your first Green card to a Red one.
Rust Monument Tier List: Where to Loot & Avoid
A Rust monument tier list ranked from beginner-safe to end-game: radiation levels, keycard puzzles, recyclers, and the gear you need for each.
Rust Plant Genetics Guide 2026: Genes & Cloning
How Rust plant genetics actually work: the 6 genes, crossbreeding, cloning a god clone, and the best crops to farm. Real tactics, no fluff.
Rust Progression Guide 2026: Wipe to Endgame
A wipe-day-to-endgame Rust progression roadmap: scrap first, WB1 to WB3, first gun to AK, then C4 raids. Do it in this order.
Rust Raid Guide 2026: Boom Costs, Tools & Defence
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.
Rust Recycling Guide: Scrap, HQM & Components
What to recycle in Rust for scrap, HQM, and components, what to never feed the recycler, and the always-recycle list every player should memorize.
Rust Scrap Farming Guide: Fastest Scrap Early
The best Rust scrap farming sources ranked: recycling, road barrels, monument crates, diving crates, cargo and oil rig. Plus a fastest-scrap early routine.
Rust Tea Guide: Buffs, Recipes & Best Teas
A hands-on Rust tea guide: what teas do, the wood/ore/scrap and health buffs, Basic to Pure tiers, the mixing table recipes, and the teas worth brewing.
Rust Tech Tree Guide: Best Unlock Path Per Tier
How the Rust tech tree works, scrap costs, tech tree vs research table, and exactly what to unlock first at WB1, WB2, and WB3.
Rust Trophy Guide: Every Achievement Unlock
A Rust trophy guide to all the Steam achievements, grouped by kills, crafting, survival and monuments, with a quick how-to for the ones that take real work.
Rust Wipe Explained: Force, Weekly & BP Wipes
What a Rust wipe is, force wipe vs weekly vs blueprint wipe, the schedule, what actually resets, and how to find fresh servers. PC and console.