| Term | Explanation |
Admin Abuse
| When a RUST server administrator violates the server guidelines. See the RUST Admin Abuse guide for a more in-depth explanation. |
| Add me | A request to make a friend connection over Steam or Discord |
| ADS | Shorthand for aim down sights. |
| Bag | Multiple meanings:- The Bag – loot-rich scenario, commonly referred to in success by clutching the bag or in defeat as dropping the bag
- Bag me – to place a sleeping bag and give ownership to another as a respawn point
- Bagged – playing while inebriated
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| Beam/Beamer | The act of hitting inordinate amounts of shots with high precision and accuracy over long distance |
| BM | Battlemetrics, a third-party player and server tracking tool |
| Boom | Any type of tool used to break into a base |
| Boost | The act of aiding a player by allowing them to jump on your person for a ‘boost.’ |
| Bot | Multiple meanings- Game AI is incapable of thinking or acting outside of its programming.
- Players incapable of thinking or acting outside of their programming…
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| Bow God | Prim players capable of outplaying those with guns |
| Bow Kids | Prim players using any type of bow as a weapon |
| BP Wipe | When blueprints wipe for a server |
| Brad | Bradley APC, detailed in this guide |
| Bug | Any unintentional glitch in the game causing an inadvertent outcome |
| Bush-camper | Typically prim players sitting armed in a bush waiting for victims, also known as grubs. |
| Camp | The act of lying in wait for a victim or having someone wait to kill you |
| Cargo | A reference to the Cargo Ship event, see this guide |
| Chad | A professional PVPer and or all-around good player, sometimes referred to as sweaty by envious parties. |
| Cheater | A player accused (until banned) of using exploits or hacks for game advantage – see this guide for details |
| Clan | An unofficial consistent group, normally with a ‘tag’ within each player’s name for identification purposes |
| Clip | The process of taking a video snippet for proof or bragging purposes |
| Code Raiding | Methodically attempting to force-hack a Keypad lock through repeated entry attempts. |
| Combatlog | An F1 console command that yields damage-based information readout; see this guide for more information. |
| Comfort | A beneficial in-game status acquired by standing near comfort-yielding items or campfires, converting calories into health over time. |
| Compound Hopping | The act of building or laddering into enemy compounds in order to exploit weaknesses for base access or to pilfer external loot/furnace contents |
| Comps | Shorthand for components. |
| Coms | Shorthand for communications, used as in ‘clear coms,’ meaning be silent, or ‘hop in VC’ (voice chat/communications) |
| Counter | Used to describe the act of seeking out an in-progress event, such as a Raid or Monument, and attempting to seize that event for yourself |
| Deep | Used as in ‘going deep,’ this is the act of infiltrating a base through non-raid means to seize control and exfil resources. It can also be used to describe a large as a measurement of size, ‘they’re so deep’ |
| Despawn | The act of discarding valuable resources and loot for the purpose of depriving a raiding party, or as a raiding party, depriving the original base owner |
| Disc | Used interchangeably with Discord or Coms |
| Divebomb | Multiple meanings:- Using any aerial vehicle as a ramming instrument to disable or destroy another aerial vehicle while in flight
- Using any aerial vehicle to ‘divebomb’ enemy furnaces, breaking them through impact and fire
- Using an aerial vehicle to crashland friendly players onto an elevated platform for strategic advantage
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| Doorcamp | The act of lying in wait quietly in front of a base, waiting for occupants to leave so that you may murder them quickly |
| Doxx | Illegal activity involving the acquiring of another player’s personal information and posting it publicly without permission, usually with malicious intent |
| Drain Turrets | The act of using obstructed pathing methods to ‘bait’ an enemy base’s turrets of ammunition |
| Eco Raid | Using non-convention methods such as spears or fire to gain access to a base that otherwise should require explosives |
| ESP | The implication that cheats are being used, specifically seeing the unseeable, as in through a structure or landscape. |
| F1 Kill | Performing an intentional suicide in the game, either through the Suicide button on the ESC menu or by typing ‘kill’ in the F1 console |
| F7 | A hotkey to report a player, or receive other support, used interchangeably with ‘report him.’ |
| Facepunch (FP) | The game developer of RUST. |
| Farmer | A derogatory, if shockingly accurate, a term used to describe a player’s playstyle, implying that their place is gathering resources as opposed to PVP |
| Farm Run | A group or individual activity where acquiring raw materials is the objective. |
| Foundy Wipe | An implicit threat to completely remove a base from the map by way of explosives, or the act thereof |
| Full Deep | A full deep implies that the mission to acquire access to an enemy base core was successful and TC privilege has been obtained. Also, see Deep. |
| Good Attachments | When looting the Patrol Helicopter, this is used to describe a crate containing an 8x Zoom Scope and Weapon Lasersight |
| Going Deep | The act of attempting to become ‘Full Deep.’ Also, see Deep, |
| Go Scrap | The act of using the recycler to obtain scrap and other resources |
| Grub | Used to describe a poor player will malicious intent, usually found in the Grub Zone. |
| Hacks | A term to describe assorted cheats or imply a player may be using them |
| Heavies | A term used to describe called-in scientists on either oil rig monument, possessing superior weapons and health compared to regular scientists |
| Heli (bad heli) | A reference to the Patrol Helicopter, described in this guide. |
| Insiding | The act of betraying one’s own team |
| Invalids | A type of latency discrepancy in Rust, resulting in ‘good’ weapon impacts being rendered inert and void, viewable on Combatlog. |
| Legacy | The original version of Rust, since retired |
| Loaded | A streamer term used to describe players or containers that possess outrageous (albeit occasionally meh) loot. |
| Loot | A term used to describe any item of value |
| Map Seed | Numerical reference number for the map being used for a server during a wipe cycle |
| Map Wipe | A term used by owners to describe an event wherein the Map (sometimes exclusively) that is currently being used will transition to a new seed. |
| Meta | AKA the flavor of the month used to describe the newest, greatest, or best method for accomplishing something |
| Mini | Shorthand for the Minicopter. |
| Mod | Multiple meanings:- Moderator – junior level admin, sometimes simply chat moderating
- Modded – used to describe plugins or servers that use them
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| Node | Any minable rock entity that yields useable resources |
| Noob | A term for describing inexperience |
| Officials | A server group run by or under the direction of Facepunch. |
| Oilers | A group of players that constantly run the Oil Rig Monuments, usually living on the beach nearest these areas |
| OTV | OfflineTV is an online social entertainment group of content creators that played a limited engagement event. |
| Parkour | Miniature jump obstacles scattered throughout the map to increase the difficulty for players, also known as jump puzzles |
| PVE | Shorthand for Player versus Environment. |
| PVP | Shorthand for Player versus Player. |
| Rads | Radiation condition acquired in Rust, as described here. |
| Raided | The act of being violently robbed by outside forces, either while online or off |
| Reeee | The mating call of the beach-dwelling grub, mute in-game voice chat immediately. |
| Reported | To use the F7 feature to inform the developer of a player presumably violating a term of service. |
| RHIB | Shorthand for the Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat. |
| Rig Run | The act of completing either Oil Rig monument event |
| Rocket PVP | As implied, using any form of a rocket to kill another player |
| Roleplayer (RPer) | Those players that choose a more pacifistic playstyle focusing on building, gathering, and decorating. |
| Rollback | The act of a server error event, resulting in an unexpected restart and a regression in time, ‘rolling back’ events |
| Rust+ | An external companion app to RUST, as described here. |
| Sash | A visual element displayed on players without torso equipment after they’ve equipped a tool or deadly weapon. |
| Scrappy | Shorthand for the Scrap Transport Helicopter. |
| Scrub | A derogatory term used to describe a ‘bad’ player. |
| Skins | Purchasable in-game graphic alterations for otherwise plain items |
| Soft-Side | The act of eco-raiding a base by hitting a wall on its weak side |
| SS | Shorthand for a screenshot. |
| Staging | Refers to the staging branch, an alternate experimental game version of Rust |
| Stream Snipe | The act of utilizing a third-party viewership platform such as Twitch to ascertain the location of another player that is ‘streaming.’ |
| Sus | The implication that another player is behaving suspiciously. |
| Team Limit | Multiple meanings:- Used to describe the default team limit of 8
- Used to describe server-specific team limitations, such as solo/duo/trio
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| Tech Tree | A direct blueprint acquisition feature available in-game on all Workbench types. It’s used to learn items of that bench with large quantities of scrap. |
| Toggle | A term used to describe someone turning on or off a third-party application or process |
| Tripled | To hit or be hit three consecutive times in the head with bullets |
| TTV | A reference to a streamer (Twitch.tv) |
| Tunnels | Multiple meanings:- Rats – a derogatory term for players that frequent the underground tunnel network for scrap, also used to describe cave base owners
- Dwellers – the appropriate name for underground scientists
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| Turtling | Implying that an enemy is retreating deeper into a structure and deploying all possible defenses |
| Vooood | Wood, but said all fancy-like. |
| Walled | A term to describe the deployment of any entity large enough to obstruct the aim |
| Wipe | Multiple meanings:- Day – first Thursday of every month, or as indicated per server description
- Hype – the excitement felt in anticipation of Wipe Day
- Them – order to seek and destroy everything owned/loved by a person or group
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| Zerg | An abnormally large organization of players banded together into a group to overwhelm any competition through sheer numbers. |
