Ready for more? Graduate to advanced
You started with nothing and now you've got a real base, gear, and kills.
The graduation checklist
You've graduated when you can check off most of these:
- Stone
walls on your base — minimum to survive casual raid attempts - Codelocked doors — every entrance has a working code, and you have a backup
- 500+ scrap
saved — real scrap reserves for blueprint research - Killed your first player — won a real PvP fight
- Completed a recycler run solo — got home with the materials
- Basic scrap routes memorized — you can loop nearby monuments
- Worn full roadsign armor at least once
If you can check 5+, you've graduated.
What advanced content covers
- Raid math — exact C4
/rocket 
/satchel 
costs per wall type - Gene weights — agriculture Y, G, H, W, X trait breeding for perfect plants
- Industrial automation — auto-craft, auto-sort, auto-feed turrets
- Recoil patterns — every gun has a pattern (AK, MP5
, Custom SMG 
most important) - Electricity — smart switches, smart alarms
, turrets , lights, timers 
- Monument puzzles — keycard puzzles with elite crate rewards
- Base design — bunker bases, honeycomb walls, peek-shoot designs
Pick what interests you and go deep.
How to switch to advanced mode
Click the Advanced Rust Players button at the top of any page. Your choice is remembered, so every future visit lands you in advanced mode automatically.
Coming back if you get overwhelmed
If advanced gets to be too much, come back here. Click the Are you New to Rust? button anytime. The beginner section will always be here.
A final word
Rust is one of the most punishing games ever made and one of the most rewarding.
The first time you defend a raid, finish a big monument, or take down a clan base, you'll understand why people come back wipe after wipe.
You survived the learning curve. Now go have fun.
Quick recap
- Graduated = stone walls, codelocks
, 500+ scrap , a kill, a solo recycler run - Advanced covers raid math, gene weights, industrial automation, recoil, electricity, base design
- Click the Advanced Rust Players button at top to switch
- Come back to beginner anytime — your choice is cached
- The hardest part is over. Have fun.
Next: Switch to Advanced ↗ — dive into the deep end.