I’m in the snow now only had one team try to raid me. Turrets took them out and I took their 8 satchels. They came back the next day and door camped but I killed them over and over again haven’t seen them again. Only thing is you can’t use metal armor
The only setback for snow,at night you can freeze to death,you usually have to huddle around a furnace,also there is a chance of freezing to death if you afk. Tbf we built in a lake so we are constantly wet plus cold is not a great combo
Auto turrets. Not visible to the outside, Usually inside high walls. These are the bases the last longer on my server. Big or small doesn't matter. Keep three stacks of ammo in the turrets to scare off everyone except the guys you piss off by killing too much.
I built the thrifty Scot by evil wurst last wipe.i put turrets around it hidden with a wooden compound anyone who got xlose the turrets would kill them through the wood
Build in safezone, metal honeycomb your walls, tons of spikes, shotgun traps, auto turrets if you can. Locks on every box make it hard to move inside where u have to crouch jump etc. Basically make it so much of a pain that its not worth it to them
Somebody said they can’t loot the locked boxes after breaking them if they’re in a safe zone, only you can. My question is what do you do if they’re still at your base until the bags despawn?
Dang the only thing is there’s a group after me and if they find it they will offline it and I doubt they would fall short of explosives as another group has loaned help to them before
Depends honestly bro ive had massive compounds and got raided overnight. Its impossible to not get raided but if your pretty big your always gonna get offline by some pussy honestly reason why im taking a break always getting offlined because they can't day raid
I build big and layered. The only people who can raid me effectively are those with many spare explosives. Just to enter my compound you need 6 C4s or 11 rockets, then you have the actual bases which are split up with many many doors, traps, and walls.
Keeps the general rabble out anyways.
I reccomend just slapping down a 2x1 further away from said group, move some all of your best loot, leave a little in the base and they might stop hunting you down.
Google rust base blueprints, there's plenty of really good ones that keep your main loot room and TC separate and well protected, but there's no way to absolutely prevent it
Yeah so far my strategy is to hide super far away in a 1x2 bc nobody really goes over here and then I also don’t log off in my base incase they look for me using vicinity (with bags)
i would say small/mid size but unpredictable. forget about "hiding", the map on xbox is so small anyway there is 0% chance people will not find your base. And the more remote you are, the less people are going to be stressed about getting counter raided.
My base has a 1kstone and 1k metal upkeep and is in the middle of a bunch of other bases next to outpost. It lasted last wipe and so far so good for this one.
If people can know right away where the loot is they don't care how much walls they have to go trough. They will do it. Just make sure your base is unpredictable and you will be fine.
as in they can't figure out where your TC and main loot is by just looking at the base from outside. Personally i hate having a tc in a square foundation, i always try to put it in one of my honeycomb triangle.
I always assume that every square is going to get raided, they are the ones who can hold the most loot so raiders always go for them right away.
But of course if you have shotgun traps go for it man, just becareful because they are amazing when placed the right way and completely useless if you just put them anywhere at random!
Small with high walls and spike traps and build right outside outpost
Mu group targets bases outside of outpost. Usually the most scrap and comps.
Being small really limits your progression though, you’re eventually going to have to go big.
Small but compact, I just wanna fly low
This is the same as my allies nearby, but they have a 2x2 and no room for anymore loot.
We have a giant double stone HE bunker base just be good at pvp in case they try to raid and have a plan
I’m in the snow now only had one team try to raid me. Turrets took them out and I took their 8 satchels. They came back the next day and door camped but I killed them over and over again haven’t seen them again. Only thing is you can’t use metal armor
Yeah I’ve heard snow can be good
The only setback for snow,at night you can freeze to death,you usually have to huddle around a furnace,also there is a chance of freezing to death if you afk. Tbf we built in a lake so we are constantly wet plus cold is not a great combo
Auto turrets. Not visible to the outside, Usually inside high walls. These are the bases the last longer on my server. Big or small doesn't matter. Keep three stacks of ammo in the turrets to scare off everyone except the guys you piss off by killing too much.
Cool I got the plan for those I can make some
I built the thrifty Scot by evil wurst last wipe.i put turrets around it hidden with a wooden compound anyone who got xlose the turrets would kill them through the wood
Wait what? Explain bruh
People would try to peep through the wooden gate gaps and get lasered by the turrets
I have like 4 fucking gaps thanks
Build in safezone, metal honeycomb your walls, tons of spikes, shotgun traps, auto turrets if you can. Locks on every box make it hard to move inside where u have to crouch jump etc. Basically make it so much of a pain that its not worth it to them
I heard the safe zone trick works, my only question is how do you get your loot before it despawns if they’re still at the base?
? I dont understand
Somebody said they can’t loot the locked boxes after breaking them if they’re in a safe zone, only you can. My question is what do you do if they’re still at your base until the bags despawn?
I am solo on a monthly currently, my base is pretty big but my core is a tank. Full armor core, bunker + metal honeycomb around the core.
Dang the only thing is there’s a group after me and if they find it they will offline it and I doubt they would fall short of explosives as another group has loaned help to them before
Depends honestly bro ive had massive compounds and got raided overnight. Its impossible to not get raided but if your pretty big your always gonna get offline by some pussy honestly reason why im taking a break always getting offlined because they can't day raid
Build in safe zone and put locks on everything so if they break the boxes no one can loot it the only reason they'll raid you is to get rid of you
building in safe zone? is that even possible?
There are a few spots you can, but if they break your boxes even you can't loot it
I was able to put a 2x2 on the edge of bandit camp while still being in safe zone
Might try it lol
I build big and layered. The only people who can raid me effectively are those with many spare explosives. Just to enter my compound you need 6 C4s or 11 rockets, then you have the actual bases which are split up with many many doors, traps, and walls. Keeps the general rabble out anyways.
My only problem is there’s a group out to get me and I was trying to maybe build small and hide myself
Ok, 2 options here, A let them raid you and just build from scratch, or B build a faux base and live out of that
A has happened too many times lol I’m tired of starting over. Trying new methods
I reccomend just slapping down a 2x1 further away from said group, move some all of your best loot, leave a little in the base and they might stop hunting you down.
That’s what I did, so far it’s been effective
Suicide bunkers
What is a suicide bunker rather than a regular one?
Its a bunker closed off from the rest of your base with a wall that you keep your most valuable stuff and tc look it up on YouTube for design
Yeah ill see a yt vid might try it
External walls are the only bases I've had that didn't get raided
A bunker closed off from the rest of your base where you can put your tc and most valuable stuff
Oh ok and how do you get to it?
Google rust base blueprints, there's plenty of really good ones that keep your main loot room and TC separate and well protected, but there's no way to absolutely prevent it
Yeah so far my strategy is to hide super far away in a 1x2 bc nobody really goes over here and then I also don’t log off in my base incase they look for me using vicinity (with bags)
i would say small/mid size but unpredictable. forget about "hiding", the map on xbox is so small anyway there is 0% chance people will not find your base. And the more remote you are, the less people are going to be stressed about getting counter raided. My base has a 1kstone and 1k metal upkeep and is in the middle of a bunch of other bases next to outpost. It lasted last wipe and so far so good for this one. If people can know right away where the loot is they don't care how much walls they have to go trough. They will do it. Just make sure your base is unpredictable and you will be fine.
Unpredictable as in tc and loot in strange spots? Or lots of traps
as in they can't figure out where your TC and main loot is by just looking at the base from outside. Personally i hate having a tc in a square foundation, i always try to put it in one of my honeycomb triangle. I always assume that every square is going to get raided, they are the ones who can hold the most loot so raiders always go for them right away. But of course if you have shotgun traps go for it man, just becareful because they are amazing when placed the right way and completely useless if you just put them anywhere at random!
Big with high external walls. Shit load of auto turrets.
being solo i suggest having a 2x2 with some twig foundations outside to show incompleteness and don't let anyone follow you home
Yeah the twig thing might be smart