Rust
Hosting a modded 2x, 5x, or 10x server is one of the most popular ways to play Rust. Increasing the amount of wood, stone, and metal your players harvest significantly speeds up the pace of the game.
Let us walk through how to easily increase your resource gather rates using either native console commands or the highly customizable Gather Manager plugin.
Method 1: Native Console Commands
You can actually multiply your server rates without installing any plugins at all! Simply enter the following commands into your MintServers panel console, replacing the number 5 with whatever multiplier you want (like 2 or 10).
- dispenser.scale tree 5 - Multiplies the total amount of wood a tree holds.
- dispenser.scale ore 5 - Multiplies the total amount of resources an ore node holds.
- gather.rate dispenser * 5 - Multiplies how much you get per hit from hitting nodes and trees.
- gather.rate pickup * 5 - Multiplies the resources gained from picking up loose stones and wood off the ground.
- gather.rate quarry * 5 - Multiplies the output speed of mining quarries.
Do not forget to run the server.writecfg command after entering these so your rates save for the next restart!
Method 2: Using The Gather Manager Plugin
If you want absolute control over your economy, the Gather Manager plugin is the industry standard. This method requires you to have the Oxide framework installed.
- Download the Gather Manager plugin from the uMod website.
- Navigate to your Files tab and drop the .cs plugin file into your /oxide/plugins/ folder.
- Restart your server to load the plugin and generate the configuration file.
- Navigate to /oxide/config/GatherManager.json to easily edit your rates.
Inside the JSON file, you can set specific multipliers for individual resource types, meaning you could make wood 5x but keep sulfur at 2x to prevent excessive raiding!
If you increase your gather rates, your players' inventories will fill up almost instantly. We highly recommend pairing these changes with a Stack Size Controller plugin from uMod so players can hold thousands of resources in a single inventory slot!