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Everything you need to run a Rust server with friends: setting it up, getting everyone in, configs, mods, backups and fixes for common errors. Written by the Wilderack team and checked against Facepunch Studios’s own documentation.
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The same seven guides for every game, in the order most people need them.
- Getting started
How to make a Rust server
Create your own Rust server, pick vanilla, Oxide or Carbon, start it for the first time, make yourself owner and invite your friends.
- How to connect
How to connect to your Rust server
Join your Rust server with client.connect or from the server browser, pair the Rust+ app, keep it private, and fix a server that won't connect.
- Config reference
Rust server config reference
Where Rust's server.cfg, users.cfg and bans.cfg live, how to change settings, and what the important Rust server settings do.
- Mods and plugins
Rust plugins with Oxide and Carbon
Install Rust server plugins with Oxide (uMod) or Carbon, by one tap or by hand, give permissions, and keep plugins working after Rust updates.
- Backups and your world
Rust server backups and moving your world
How your Rust world is backed up, how to restore or download a backup, where the save files live, and how to move a Rust world from another host.
- Performance tips
Rust server performance and RAM guide
How much RAM a Rust server needs, which settings cost the most, when to restart, and how to read your server's graphs to find lag.
- Common errors
Fix common Rust server errors
Fix the Rust server errors players really see, from Connection attempt failed and Steam Auth Failed to EAC kicks, version mismatches and broken plugins.
More Rust guides
- More guides
Rust wipe day guide for server owners
What a Rust wipe is, when Facepunch's monthly forced wipe happens, map vs blueprint wipes, and how to automate wipe day with a schedule.
- More guides
Rust admin commands and how to become owner
Make yourself owner or moderator on your Rust server with ownerid and moderatorid, then use the admin commands for kicks, bans, teleports and more.
Run your Rust server on Wilderack
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