Where to Gather Resources for Rust

Where to Gather Resources

The location you decided to build your base should have been influenced greatly by the resources that are available in it's immediate surroundings. Without doubt the best place to build your base is in a forest as it gives you easy access to lots of trees to farm for wood, any nearby hills will enable you to mine rock nodes for Stone, Metal, and Sulfur Ore which you can gather and use to craft weapons, armor, and equipment. Being near a body of water will give you a drinking source and there are animals in the forest you can hunt for meat.

Ideally you should be near a town as this will give you the opportunity to loot it for Scrap and Components which can be used in crafting and also as a currency for trading with other players. Towns though tend to be dangerous as they will be contested by other players who are also looking to loot it, so you will need to be careful if you enter one.