Rust guides
Loot tables, skin containers, recycling, raiding and wipes. Checked against current game values and linked to sources.
Loot and crates
- Loot and crates Rust Elite Crate Loot Table, Spawns and Drop Chances Rust Elite Crate loot table with drop chances from Rust Labs, which monuments spawn elite crates, how fast they respawn and how to farm them each wipe.
- Loot and crates Rust Locked Crate Guide, Hack Timer, Loot and Spawns How the Rust locked crate works: where hackable crates spawn, the 15 minute hack timer, the full loot table with drop chances and how to hold the crate.
- Loot and crates Rust Military Crate Loot Table and Where to Find Them Rust Military Crate loot table with drop chances, where the green crates spawn, why Heavy Fuses matter in 2026 and how they compare to elite crates.
- Loot and crates Rust Supply Drop Guide, Supply Signals and Airdrop Loot How Rust supply drops work, where to find a supply signal since it can't be crafted, how airdrops get called in, and the full loot table with chances.
Skins and containers
- Skins and containers Rust High Quality Bag Crafting Cost, Drops and Price The Rust High Quality Bag drops one random clothing or armor skin. Its crafting cost, Steam price, notable drops and why opening one rarely pays off.
- Skins and containers Rust High Quality Crate Skin Box Cost, Drops and Value What the Rust High Quality Crate skin container costs to craft, which deployable skins it drops, its Steam price and whether opening one pays off.
- Skins and containers Rust Low Quality Bag Crafting Cost, Drops and Price The Rust Low Quality Bag is the cheapest skin container. Its 10 cloth recipe, Steam price, likely drops and how it compares to the High Quality Bag.
- Skins and containers Rust Skin Crafting Guide to Cloth, Wood and Metal How Rust skin crafting works, from breaking skins into cloth, wood or metal to the four container recipes and when scrapping a skin beats selling it.
- Skins and containers Rust Weapon Barrel Skin Container Cost, Drops and Price The Rust Weapon Barrel skin container drops weapon and tool skins. Its crafting cost, Steam price, what can drop and when buying skins directly is smarter.
Gameplay
- Gameplay Rust Keycard Puzzles Guide for Green, Blue and Red Rooms Every Rust keycard puzzle by tier, with which monuments have them, the cards and fuses each one needs, what the rooms hold and the best order to run them.
- Gameplay Rust Raiding Guide, Explosives, Sulfur Costs and Raid Paths Rust raiding guide covering hard side vs soft side, which explosives give the best sulfur value per wall and door, eco raiding, raid paths and counters.
- Gameplay Rust Recycler Guide to Yields, Locations and Best Items How the Rust recycler works after Power Trip, safe zone vs monument yields, which monuments have one and what every common component recycles into.
- Gameplay Rust Scrap Farming Guide for Early and Mid Wipe The fastest ways to farm scrap in Rust from barrels, crates, scrap tea, recycling, monument runs, diving and fishing, with scrap per container numbers.
- Gameplay Rust Upkeep and Decay Guide, Tool Cupboard Costs Explained How Rust upkeep works in the Tool Cupboard, how cost scales with base size and group size, decay times for every building tier and how to cut your upkeep.
- Gameplay Rust Workbench Tech Tree, Costs and What to Research First Rust workbench level 1, 2 and 3 crafting costs, the blueprint fragments they need, how the tech tree works now and what the key BPs cost in scrap.
Wipes and updates
- Wipes and updates Rust 2026 Updates, Every Monthly Patch So Far Every Rust 2026 monthly update from January to October, with the main new items, features and balance changes in each one, taken from Facepunch's devblogs.
- Wipes and updates Rust Wipe Schedule Explained, Force Wipes and BP Wipes How the Rust wipe schedule works, when the monthly force wipe goes live, whether blueprints wipe in 2026 and how to check any server's wipe schedule.