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  • Rust Server Not Showing in Community/Modded List
    Rust servers hosted by RAMShard are automatically added to the Community or Modded server list in Rust, depending on if your server is modded or un-modded. If your server is not appearing in this list, it is usually caused by one of multiple common reasons. If your server is not appearing in the Rust server lists, it can usually be solved with one of the following steps: Update your Rust server - If Rust is not up to date, the server will not appear. Our system will automatically updatePopular
  • How to Manually Install Oxide on Your Rust Server
    To install Oxide on your server, you can follow these steps: On the Oxide website (https://umod.org/games/rust), click download next to "Linux build" (Direct download). The file should download as Oxide.Rust-linux.zip. Note: It is important you download the Linux version, as our servers run Linux, even though you may usSome readers
  • How to Increase Item Stack Limits
    In Rust, the default item stack limit is 100. If you wish to increase this, you will have to use an Oxide plugin. This article assumes you already have Oxide installed. If you need help with installing Oxide, you can find our tutorial here. In this example, we will increase the stack limit to 10,000. To do this, you can follow these steps: Download the Stack Size Controller plugin, located here. TheSome readers
  • How to Add a Custom Map to Your Rust Server
    If you want to use custom maps on your Rust server, you'll need to use the RustEdit Oxide extension. Download the RustEdit Oxide extension, located here. The file you downloaded should be called Oxide.Ext.RustEdit.dll. On your control panel, naviSome readers
  • Rust: How to Mute/Unmute Players
    Mute and Unmute are 2 examples of commands that do not work in the in-game console. To proceed with muting and unmuting players, you must use an RCON client. If you do not know how to set up RCON, you can find our tutorial here. How to Mute a Player To mute a player, you can follow these steps: Connect to your server via RCON. From within the RCON console, type mute "playernameorsteamid" (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/2f7c46d7ab05ec00/screenshot18Some readers
  • How to Add an Admin to Your Rust Server
    Granting a player Admin access on your Rust server allows the player to execute all Rust admin commands in-game. This can be used to ban, mute, kick players and more. You can find a full list of commands at: http://rust.wikia.com/wiki/ServerCommands The available Admin roles for Rust are: ownerid - This grants access to all admin commands, and can add/remove other admins. moderatorid - ThisSome readers
  • How to Pair the Rust+ Mobile App with Your Server
    Rust+ is the official Rust companion app that allows you to pair servers you play on with the app on your phone. You can view the server status, chat with other players, view the map and more. To setup and pair Rust+ with your Rust server, follow the steps below: Download the Rust+ app on your phone (iOS, Android). Push Notifications must be enabled for thFew readers
  • How to Update Oxide/Rust
    Once a month, the Oxide developers update their product. Sometimes, Rust also pushes an update for servers, which also requires Oxide to be updated again outside of their regular update schedule. If you ever experience issues while connecting to your server, or you suddenly cannot see your server on the server list, the first thing to try before anything else is performing these updates, if the issues were not present before. To update Oxide/Rust, you can follow these steps: Login to yourFew readers
  • How do I connect to my Rust server?
    Getting Started Connecting to your Rust server is quite simple. Though in order to do this, you need to add the server as a favorite server on Steam. Adding A Favorite To add a favorite server, at the top of the Steam application, click View, then click into where it says Servers. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/2f7c46dFew readers
  • How to Install Oxide Plugins on Your Rust Server
    This article guides you through the process of installing plugins to your Rust server. You will need to install Oxide on your server before continuing. If you need assistance doing so, you can find our guide here. If you want to install plugins on your Rust server, you can follow these steps: Find your desired plugin on the UMod Press Download on the right-hand side.Few readers
  • How to Change Your Server Description, Header Image and URL
    To change your server description, header image and URL, you can follow these steps: Stop your server, navigate to Files FTP File Access and log in using your control panel password. Under /server/myserveridentity/cfg, create a new file called server.cfg. If you do not have the following lines, add them: server.url "link-toFew readers
  • How to Ban or Unban a Player
    Banning a Player Method 1: Player Name To ban a player who is currently connected to the server, you can follow these steps: Press F1 to open the console. Type ban "playername" "optionalreason" Ensure you replace with the Steam ID of the player you wish to unban. Note: For unbanning, do not wrap steamid in quotes or it will not work. UnbanninFew readers
  • Rust: How to Setup RCON
    There are multiple tools you can use to setup RCON with a Rust server; however, we recommend using RustAdmin. To setup RCON using RustAdmin, you can follow these steps: Download the RustAdmin Desktop Client, located here. Once RustAdmin is downloaded, extract the ZIP file and run RustAdmin.exe. Switch to the Configuration tab and set the followFew readers
  • How to Increase Gather Rates
    If you wish to increase gather rates for resources in your server, you will need to use an Oxide plugin. This article assumes you have Oxide installed. If you need help with installing Oxide, you can find our tutorial here. For this example, we will change the gather rate of all resources by 10. To do this, you can follow these steps: Download the Gather Manager plugin, found here. The file should download as GatherManager.cs. (https://stoFew readers
  • How to Reset Your Rust World & Playerdata
    It is recommended that Rust server owners reset their worlds every 30-days to help keep their server community active. If you like the current world you're using you can also reset the player data which won't affect the world or configuration you've setup in your server.cfg. Resetting your server's Playerdata: Login to the Rust server control panel and stopFew readers
  • How to Set a Server Name for Your Rust Server
    When connecting to your server in Rust or viewing the server in the Steam server list, all servers have a custom name displayed. You can modify the server name for your Shockbyte Rust server via our server control panel. Steps to set a Rust server name: Login to the server control panel. On your server's page, navigate to Files Config Files. On this page, you click on the main setting file for Rust: Rust Server Settings (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/websitFew readers

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