Guides
Plain guides for running a Rust server on your own VPS or dedicated box, written from our own servers, plus a list of Rust modding resources and the rules a reviewer checks in a plugin. Every figure says which box, which Rust build and which day it came from.
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Game host or your own server?
What a game host does well, what your own box adds, and the hardware that matters for Rust, from load tests on our own servers.
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Set up a Rust server on a VPS or dedicated box, step by step
Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 from first login to a running server: SSH keys, firewall, SteamCMD, Carbon or Oxide, a service that restarts itself, patch day, backups and fixes.
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Run MiX Panel on the same box
In private preview. What it will do: a plugin that connects out, no RCON password, your server's config decides what the panel may do, hosted or self-hosted.
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Set it up with AI
Chat assistants and agents, what never goes into a chat, what AI is good and bad at, and two prompts to copy: one for a chat, one for an agent.
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Outside Unsafe Base: what changed and why
What we found wrong in the original NPC-raid plugin, what changed across four releases, how we tested every tier on a real base, and how to install it.
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Rust modding resources
One list of the guides, references and tools we use for Rust modding, grouped, with a plain line on what each is for and who it is for.
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What reviewers check in a Rust plugin
The rules a careful reviewer holds a Rust plugin to, in plain English: the rule, why it matters and the page it comes from.
New to this? Start with Game host or your own server?, then follow the setup guide. Plugins come after the server runs: how to check a mod before you install it. Writing plugins? Start with Rust modding resources, then read what reviewers check.
