Server Guide

RustRuin is a PvP survival server built around exploration, risk and a custom resource economy. Progress is designed to pull players out of their bases and into contested areas of the island.

Server Pace

Crafting, smelting and cooking run at 2× speed. Output quantities and resource gather rates remain unchanged.

Resource Economy

Easy ground resources and natural ore nodes are restricted. Valuable materials are earned by exploring the world and fighting specialised NPCs:

  • Stone, metal ore, sulfur ore and HQM — hunt Digger, Miner and Top Miner NPCs.
  • Food, seeds and hemp — hunt Farmer NPCs and search the world.
  • Meat, leather and animal fat — defeat hostile NPCs carrying hunting supplies.
  • Wood — harvest real trees. Easy wood pickups and log piles are removed.

Barrels, crates, junk piles, underwater sites and shore loot remain active. Expect other players wherever valuable resources can be found.

Blood

Blood is a special island item and trading currency used by several unique shops.

  • Receive 1 Blood for every hour of active play.
  • Earn Blood from selected events and powerful bosses.
  • Purchase Blood through the official Blood Store.

AutoPickup Contract

The Contracts shop sells a Bloody Contract: AutoPickup — 7 days for 10 Blood. Use the contract from your inventory to activate automatic collection from barrels and roadside signs for 7 days.

Wasteland Survivor AutoKit

The Contracts shop sells a Bloody Contract: Wasteland Survivor — 7 days for 20 Blood. Use the contract from your inventory to activate the advanced AutoKit for 7 days.

  • Nailgun with 128 spare nails.
  • 12 bandages and 12 blueberries.
  • Hatchet, jumpsuit and miner helmet.
  • Backpack
  • Advanced kit refresh: 10 minutes. Earlier respawns receive the standard AutoKit until the advanced kit is ready again.

Furnace Splitter Contract

The Contracts shop sells a Bloody Contract: Furnace Splitter — 7 days for 10 Blood. Use the contract from your inventory to activate Furnace Splitter for 7 days.

  • Automatically divides ore into equal furnace stacks.
  • Calculates the required fuel. The server already provides 2× smelting speed for everyone; the contract adds no further speed bonus.
  • Settings are available directly in the furnace interface.

One-Block Demolition Contract

The Contracts shop sells a Bloody Contract: Demolition — One Block for 5 Blood. Activate it from your inventory, take a standard building hammer and hit one old building block to remove it immediately.

  • The block must have been placed by you.
  • You must be authorized in that building's Tool Cupboard and building must not be blocked.
  • One successful removal consumes the contract and provides no resource refund.
  • Other players' blocks, deployables and blocks still inside Rust's normal demolition window are not removed by the contract.

Building Upgrade Contracts

Three single-use contracts upgrade an entire connected building to Stone, Sheet Metal or Armored. Activate the selected contract from your inventory, take a standard building hammer and hit one block of your building.

  • The selected block must belong to you, and you must be authorized in the building's Tool Cupboard.
  • Every connected building block below the selected grade is upgraded. Blocks already at a higher grade are never downgraded.
  • The full normal resource cost is taken from your inventory.
  • If resources are missing, the exact amount is shown and the contract is not consumed.
  • The contract is consumed only after at least one building block is successfully upgraded.

Shop offers may change, so save your Blood and check them regularly.

Cobalt Relay Teleportation

Use the RF Transmitter button to the left of your belt to open Cobalt Relay. Every player may register 2 powered home beacons. A home point requires Tool Cupboard authorization and a powered Cobalt Relay Beacon.

  • Teleporting to another player requires their confirmation.
  • Signal lock takes 15 seconds; attacking or taking damage cancels it.
  • Cooldown after a successful transfer is 15 minutes.
  • A safe free arrival point is checked within 2 metres before transfer.
  • Cargo Ship and land, rail or air vehicles are blocked. Boats, tugboats and player-built ships are supported.

The Workshop sells a Cobalt Relay Beacon for 15 Blood. Relay Expansion costs 40 Blood, lasts 7 days and increases the active home limit from 2 to 3.

Events

Major events are happening across the island all the time. Event Manager randomly selects the next event from the managed rotation, which includes Convoy, Harbor, Airfield, Train Heist, Guarded Crates, Heli Refuel, Cargo Ship, Chinook and Patrol Helicopter.

Powerful bosses exist separately as rare persistent threats. Events are dangerous PvP objectives, not protected loot rooms. Bring ammunition, medicine and an escape plan.

Wipe Schedule

Map wipes take place on the first and third Thursday of every month. The first wipe follows the official Rust update; the mid-month wipe starts at 21:00 UTC. Blueprints wipe only when required by Facepunch.

Drone Delivery

Use DELIVERY on the in-game server panel to open the market or view an active order. A physical drone collects the item and flies to your location.

  • You may have only one active delivery.
  • Remain alive, connected and in an open outdoor area.
  • Keep enough free inventory space.
  • If you die, disconnect or the server restarts, the parcel is saved.
  • When ready, reopen DELIVERY and select CALL DELIVERY.

A visible drone can attract players and reveal your direction. Choose the delivery location carefully.

Leave your base. Risk your gear. Fight for what you find.