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Electricity started to play a much more important role in Rust after the Industrial Update. This is because the Electric Furnace can automatically melt Sulfur, Metal Ore, or High-Quality Metal much faster than other traditional furnaces in the game. Even prior to the update, electricity has always been crucial as it’s your best chance to protect your base against online or offline Raids. You can, for example, use electricity to install Turrets in your base or an alarm system that warns you when an enemy approaches your base. Without further delay, let’s jump right into the Rust electricity guide for beginners.
How To Be a Good Electrician in Rust
The most important thing to consider when making an electrical system in Rust is to spend the incoming electricity properly. If too much electricity is going to a system in your base that doesn’t require that much, your electrical system is not fully efficient.
You have to build such a system that all systems should receive exactly as much electricity as they need from the electrical room in the base. When you make an organized system in this way, both your electricity won’t run out so quickly, and you will not get confused as you add new systems. Or you will not have to redo the entire electrical system of the base.
How to Generate Electricity in Rust
Here is a guide to generating electricity in Rust. The items that you can use;
- Large Solar Panel
- Small Generator
- Wind Turbine
Large Solar Panel: It is very likely that the first electricity-generating device you will get your hands on in Rust will be a Large Solar Panel. This item can be crafted in Workbench 1 for x5 High-Quality Metal, x1 Tech Trash. However, you must research it before you can craft it. You can also buy it at the Outpost for x75 Scrap.
Small Generator: The Small Generator is a portable means of generating electricity, but you need to put Low-Grade Fuel in it to generate electricity. So this is not a good idea for providing all the electricity for your home.
Wind Turbine: The best, and most electricity-generating option among these three is the Wind Turbine in Rust. To craft it you need Workbench Tier 2, x500 Wood, x10 High-Quality Metal, x3 Gears, and x3 Sheet Metal. You can buy the Wind Turbine from Bandit Camp for x500 Scrap.
How to Store Electricity in Rust
There are 3 items in Rust electricity where you can store power, and you will learn all in this guide. These are as follows;
- Small Rechargeable Battery
- Medium Rechargeable Battery
- Large Rechargeable Battery
Small Rechargeable Battery: Small Rechargeable Batteries can be used in small bases to run a few Electric Furnaces or to make a lighting system. This is because it has a total capacity of 150, and a max power output of 10. It can be crafted from Workbench Tier 1 for x5 High-Quality Metal.
Medium Rechargeable Battery: The Medium Rechargeable Battery can be used for slightly larger loads. With a total capacity of 9,000, this battery has a max power output of 50. This allows you to easily build several different electrical systems on your base. You can buy it from Bandit Camp for x75 Scrap.
Large Rechargeable Battery: Large Rechargeable Battery is the standard battery that a base should have. You need x10 High-Quality Metal, and x2 Tech Trash to craft it. In Rust, this item cannot be purchased from Outpost or Bandit Camp. You need to search for this item and find it in the Locked Crate, Elite Crate, or Military Crate.
Other Basic Electric Devices That You Will Need
In the Rust electricity guide, it’s time for other devices that you will need in your journey. With these items, you will be able to connect your power source, and battery to store your electricity. These are the items you should know;
- Electrical Branch
- Root Combiner
- Splitter
- Wire Tool
Electrical Branch: This item is like the Splitter, but while the Splitter splits all the electricity coming to it evenly, the Electrical Branch splits the amount of electricity you want. By doing this, you will not waste electricity, and you will send exactly as much electricity as your electrical system needs.
Root Combiner: Root Combiner is used to combine two power sources into one. For example, if you have two Large Solar Panels, you can combine the energy of these two with Root Combiner, and store the electricity generated by 2 Large Solar Panels in one battery.
Splitter: Splitter is used to split electricity evenly among three.
Wire Tool: As the name suggests, this is a cable item, and is used to connect Rust electrical components together.
That wraps up the Rust electricity guide.
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Rust is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
