EPICPVE

Two progression currencies

RP buys. XP builds.

Rust Rewards points—RP—are spendable currency. Skill Tree XP raises your persistent progression. They are earned separately, and this page uses the current server values rather than pretending they are the same number.

Earn Rust Rewards

RP from ordinary play.

First welcome200 RPAwarded once by the current RustRewards configuration.
Regular scientist50 RPVanilla scientist categories, including Oil Rig, Cargo, monument, Bradley, and roaming scientists.
Heavy scientist75 RPHeavy Scientist and Bradley heavy-scientist categories.
NPCs / Dwellers40 RPEvery Added NPC-managed scientist plus tunnel and underwater dwellers. Scarecrows, zombies, event bots, and similar configured NPC classes also pay 40 RP.
Animal kill15 RPThe current default for supported animal entries, including the shark entry.
Bradley or CH47250 RPBradley APC, CH47 entity, and CH47 scientist entity. Patrol helicopter pays 200 RP.
Ore node3 + 20 RP3 RP per rewarded hit and 20 RP for the final hit.
Tree2 + 20 RP2 RP per rewarded hit and 20 RP for the final hit.
World pickup10 RPPlants, berries, crops, mushrooms, diesel, wood, stone, metal, sulfur, and other configured world collectables.
Loot crate tier5 / 10 / 20 / 40 RPBasic crates pay 5, regular crates 10, military crates 20, and elite crates 40.
Special loot2–100 RPBarrels pay 2; supply drops 30; Bradley and heli crates 40; hackable crates 100.
Gut a listed fish5 RPAnchovy, catfish, herring, orange roughy, salmon, sardine, small shark, trout and yellow perch.
Complete a Raidable Base150–2,500 RPEasy 150 · Medium 300 · Hard 750 · Expert 1,500 · Nightmare 2,500 RP.

Spend RP

Four verified places.

/shop

Opens the Server Rewards item store. Your RP balance is displayed in the shop; choose an item, review its price, and confirm the purchase.

/vb

Opens Vehicle Buy. The current RP entries are Minicopter at 550 RP and Rowboat at 450 RP; other visible vehicles use their configured item prices. The separate /mini command remains the free server mini.

/buyraid

Buys a private prebuilt Raidable Base for you to attack: Easy 1,000 RP · Medium 1,500 · Hard 2,000 · Expert 3,000 · Nightmare 5,000.

/raidme

Turns the tables: NPC raiders attack your own TC-authorized base. Use /raidme for the menu, /raidme buy for prices, then /raidme buy <tier> to queue a raid. The five tiers cost the same 1,000–5,000 RP. Player cooldown is one hour, and a newly authorized cupboard has a 24-hour wait.

Skill Tree XP

Exact base values from the current tree.

XP loss on death is disabled. A rotating XP event is attempted every 20 minutes with at least one player online; it chooses one source for 5–20 minutes and adds a configured bonus—usually +80% to +120%, with selected combat sources able to receive +150%.

Gather & make

  • Ore node: 4 XP/hit · 20 final
  • Tree: 3 XP/hit · 15 final
  • Skinning: 4 XP/hit · 20 final
  • Wild plant: 10 XP · ripe grown plant: 1.5 XP
  • Crafting: 0.035 base scaling · timed explosive override: 1 XP
  • Gut fish: 3 XP

Hunt & fight

  • Normal scientist: 50 XP · heavy: 100 XP
  • Tunnel or underwater dweller: 40 XP
  • Scarecrow, zombie, raider, bot or jet pilot: 35 XP
  • Small / medium / large animal: 8 / 18 / 35 XP
  • Bradley APC: 500 XP · Patrol helicopter: 500 XP

Loot & explore

  • Road sign: 3 XP · Barrel: 6 XP
  • Hackable crate: 80 XP
  • Heli crate: 40 XP · Bradley crate: 40 XP
  • Elite crate: 50 XP · Military crate: 40 XP
  • Underwater basic / advanced crate: 8 / 30 XP
  • Supply drop: 60 XP · Diggable stash: 30 XP
  • Green / blue / red card swipe: 15 / 30 / 75 XP

Completion rewards.

Raidable Bases RP

Easy 150 · Medium 300 · Hard 750 · Expert 1,500 · Nightmare 2,500 RP are awarded from the Raidable Bases difficulty profiles.

Raidable Bases XP

Easy 150 · Medium 300 · Hard 750 · Expert 1,500 · Nightmare 2,500 XP. Team completion XP is split among eligible raiders.

Current .175 events

Air Event, Arctic Base, Sputnik, Triangulation and Caravan are each configured for 500 winner XP.

Current event RP switches

Cargo Plane Crash and Airfield winner RP are 0. Sputnik and Caravan economy rewards are disabled. Heli Signals RP and XP rewards are disabled.

Play the world. Stack RP. Grow the tree. Buy the dangerous raid when you feel brave.