Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago
Rust Building 3.0 encourages griefing.
The original update which first allowed tool cupboards to be locked was a great change in reducing griefing. If raiders got all of your loot and were simply left with a locked tool cupboard, there was a good chance they would be satisfied and leave.
Now raiders are almost guaranteed to find some resources within the TC, and so they'll destroy it since TCs are really not that hard to destroy. Most bases are going to have a lot of stone, wood, and metal inside the TC-- it's almost always going to be worth breaking the TC, and then your base will be griefed, or simply decayed before you get back to it.
Is there anything to do for this? My suggestion is to place your tool cupboard visible behind bullet proof glass. Doing this will force raiders to make a conscious choice to use two C4 just to get what's inside your TC. They will be aware that they are not going to uncover a juicy loot room-- just resources inside of a TC. Will they do it? Raiders may fully raid your loot rooms and leave your TC alone. At worst, bullet proof glass will give your tool cupboard more protection than a sheet metal door. Check out this video for a demonstration.
Intro and Outro Music: Speed by Jim Yosef [NCS Release]
Rust Building 3.0 encourages griefing.
The original update which first allowed tool cupboards to be locked was a great change in reducing griefing. If raiders got all of your loot and were simply left with a locked tool cupboard, there was a good chance they would be satisfied and leave.
Now raiders are almost guaranteed to find some resources within the TC, and so they'll destroy it since TCs are really not that hard to destroy. Most bases are going to have a lot of stone, wood, and metal inside the TC-- it's almost always going to be worth breaking the TC, and then your base will be griefed, or simply decayed before you get back to it.
Is there anything to do for this? My suggestion is to place your tool cupboard visible behind bullet proof glass. Doing this will force raiders to make a conscious choice to use two C4 just to get what's inside your TC. They will be aware that they are not going to uncover a juicy loot room-- just resources inside of a TC. Will they do it? Raiders may fully raid your loot rooms and leave your TC alone. At worst, bullet proof glass will give your tool cupboard more protection than a sheet metal door. Check out this video for a demonstration.
Intro and Outro Music: Speed by Jim Yosef [NCS Release]
![When You Hate Your Neighbors, but They Get Raided and So You Have to Roof Camp the Raiders [Rust]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c1uouA0mPwU/mqdefault.jpg "When You Hate Your Neighbors, but They Get Raided and So You Have to Roof Camp the Raiders [Rust]
I hopped on Rustafied Small for some solo primitive plays, but it seemed like every time I left my base for a roam, the group next door sniped me with AKs from their roof. Since two could play that game, I built a roof for my own base, and crafted a scope for my semi-rifle and paid them back. A few hours later, a five man (or more) clan raided my neighbors and then the fun began.
I roof camped the raiders until my semi-rifle broke (how could I resist?), and then sniped them with my revolver before taking it to the ground with revolver, crossbow (how is that guy still alive after 5 crossbow hits?) and mace. Later in the day, as the sun set, the heli arrived to deliver fire and broken dreams from the sky.")
