Real terrain
World regions stream around you from the Rust world data set. Roads, buildings, terrain, water, and interiors are authored as one continuous place.
Rust edition · live guide
Learn the world. Then make it yours.
This is the Rust game guide, updated from the original TS wiki and trimmed to the systems currently shipped in the Rust client.
Rust-only source of truth
If a legacy TS page disagrees with this guide, follow what you see in the Rust lobby, HUD, and current server. The version badge above is read from the live Rust server.
If a legacy TS page disagrees with this guide, follow what you see in the Rust lobby, HUD, and current server. The version badge above is read from the live Rust server.
Overview
TerraGrid is a shared first-person sandbox set on real map terrain. Join a place, explore the streamed world, gather materials, build a home, and share the same weather and time with other players.
One living world
Daytime, weather, wildlife, vehicles, transit, and house interiors are authoritative multiplayer systems rather than a separate menu simulation.
Controls
The Rust HUD is the final reference for bindings. Contextual activities can temporarily replace the basic hints.
Move and look
WASDMove
ShiftRun
SpaceJump or rise with a jetpack
LMBUse hands or the equipped tool
RMB / FInteract or place
Wheel / Q / EChoose a toolbar slot
World and social
TDrop the selected item
XUse the current interactive
IInventory
VEmotes
CChat
MMap
KWeather
HHelp
Items
Every item currently registered by the Rust crafting and inventory system. Weights, stack sizes, tools, and wear durability come directly from the Rust build.
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Recipes
The complete current Rust recipe graph, including inputs, output quantities, stations, locations, and required tools.
Blocks and terrain
These are the terrain surfaces the Rust item system can place. Natural terrain, roads, trails, snow, and streamed structures remain part of the live world.
Skills
Current Rust progression tracks. Skills advance through play and affect the relevant activity without replacing the live HUD.
World database
The TS wiki grouped the world into items, recipes, blocks, trees, buildings, flora, and wildlife. Rust keeps those same concepts, but the live systems are authoritative in the streamed world.
Terrain and weather
Grass, dirt, rock, sand, water, snow, fog, rain, storms, cloud cover, and changing light shape how a place feels and how you move through it.
Resources and tools
Gather wood, stone, soil, plants, and ore. Equip tools from the hotbar, watch energy and durability, and carry materials into construction and crafting.
Trees and forests
Forests use species-specific silhouettes and seasonal presentation. Trees are harvestable world objects, not decorative wiki badges.
Buildings and stations
Residential buildings, shops, stations, storage, and other structures are streamed with the world. Enterable homes use real doors and interiors.
Survival loop
Start with what the land gives you, then turn gathered materials into tools, shelter, food, and a safer base.
Gather
Forage plants and wild food, harvest trees, mine stone and ore, and dig or place terrain blocks as the situation demands.
Craft
Use the inventory and available stations to turn raw materials into tools, equipment, storage, food, and construction components.
Energy matters
Actions consume energy and movement changes when you are tired. Rest, eat, and choose the right tool for the job.
Make a home
Claim a home for a stable base, storage, and the beginning of longer production and exploration loops.
Build and live inside
Construction is more than a placed prop: homes have ownership, doors, interiors, and a real transition between outside and inside.
Place with care
Prepare the ground, choose a buildable location, place the structure, and supply the materials required by the current recipe.
Enter normally
Face a door and use the normal interaction binding. The server owns the open-door and interior state, so other players see the same change.
Travel and activities
Travel is part of the world, not just a teleport between menus.
Bikes and vehicles
Spawn or find a bicycle, ride through streamed terrain, and use the vehicle-specific controls shown by the HUD.
Jetpack flight
Equip a jetpack, take off, rise, vector-fly, and land. Flight has its own helmet display and changes how terrain streaming is presented.
Transit and competitions
Rail, courses, golf, soccer, skiing, and other activities can take over the contextual HUD while they are active.
Wildlife and discoveries
Birds, mammals, fish, ambient events, and aircraft make the world feel inhabited. The roster below is the current Rust simulation roster.
Observe first
Wildlife is streamed and simulated around the world. Watch habitats, movement, and ambient events before deciding whether to interact.
Keep exploring
Aircraft, wildlife, stars, and other discoveries can add entries to your personal collection and reveal more of the world.
Multiplayer
Rust is server-authoritative. Movement, weather, interiors, vehicles, activities, and admin-only tools are validated by the connected Rust server.
Join a place
Use /lobby to choose your name and spawn. The root page is the marketing landing; the dedicated lobby keeps joining predictable.
Play together
Use chat, emotes, shared activities, and world landmarks to meet other players. The same streamed world is the common reference.