You're not buying power.
You're buying your Saturday back.
Nobody can raid you here, so there's nothing to win. Every membership perk does exactly one thing: it deletes a chore, so the hours you do have go into monuments, events and building — not into swinging a hatchet at a tree.
Four tiers, from $7/month. Cancel any time.
The Four Cards
Each tier contains everything below it. The question isn't which perks you want — it's which chore annoys you most.
Removes the two most repetitive jobs in Rust: hauling loot to a recycler, and sorting furnaces.
- Virtual recycler —
/recanywhere - Furnace splitter — auto-splits ore
- 25% faster smelting
- Base quick upgrade/repair UI
- +12 backpack slots
- Stacks to 30,000
- Members starter kit
- Skins & green name colour
Adds a free supply drop every day and doubles your carrying capacity. The comfortable middle.
- Everything in Green
- Free daily supply drop —
/vip - 50% faster smelting
- +24 backpack slots
- Stacks to 70,000
/day— lights on at night- SignArtist — images on signs
One-hit nodes and barrels. If farming is the part you dislike, this is the tier that fixes it.
- Everything in Blue
- 1-hit node gathering
- 1-hit barrels & road signs
- 75% faster smelting
- +42 backpack slots
- Crops never die once grown
- Floating foundations — water bases
/heli— your own patrol heli
The resource loop, solved. Nothing waits on a timer ever again.
- Everything in Red
- Instant smelting
- Instant crafting
- 2 mining quarries
- 2 pump jacks
- Largest stack sizes
- Purple name colour
All tiers are monthly subscriptions and auto-renew. Cancel any time with a Discord support ticket.
What Each Perk Actually Deletes
Perk lists are meaningless until you know which chore they remove. Here's the honest translation.
| Perk | The chore it deletes |
|---|---|
| Virtual recycler | Walking to a monument every time you want to break down loot. Recycle standing in your base, or mid-run at a body. |
| Furnace splitter | Manually dividing ore evenly across furnace slots so nothing sits idle. It just does it. |
| Faster / instant smelting | The dead time where you're waiting on metal and can't do anything useful. |
| Quick upgrade UI | Hammering every single block by hand to upgrade a base. Upgrade the whole thing from the tool cupboard. |
| Bigger stacks | Box sprawl, and the constant shuffling of resources between containers. |
| Backpack slots | Cutting a monument run short because you're full, or leaving loot behind. |
| 1-hit nodes & barrels | The single most repetitive action in Rust. Turns a farming trip into a walk. |
| Members kit | The naked-on-the-beach hour. Start the wipe already playing the game. |
| Daily supply drop | Grinding for basics you've already farmed a hundred times before. |
| Quarries & pump jacks | Farming sulfur and HQM by hand for late-game builds. |
| Crops never die | Losing a farm because real life happened for four days. |
Side by Side
Every difference between the tiers, in one table.
| Perk | Green $7 | Blue $17 | Red $27 | Purple $47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual recycler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Furnace splitter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick upgrade/repair UI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Members starter kit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skins & name colour | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smelting speed | +25% | +50% | +75% | Instant |
| Backpack slots | +12 | +24 | +42 | +42 |
| Base resource stacks | 30,000 | 70,000 | 70,000+ | Largest |
| Daily supply drop | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SignArtist (images on signs) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/day lights at night | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1-hit node gathering | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1-hit barrels & road signs | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crops never die once grown | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Floating foundations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
/heli personal patrol heli | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant crafting | — | — | — | ✓ |
| 2 mining quarries | — | — | — | ✓ |
| 2 pump jacks | — | — | — | ✓ |
Which One Is Right for You?
Pick based on which part of Rust you'd happily never do again.
"I just want to stop hauling loot home to recycle it."
The virtual recycler and furnace splitter are the two perks that change daily play the most, and they're both in the cheapest tier. Most players never need more than this.
→ Green Card, $7"I play a few evenings a week and want a head start."
A free supply drop every day plus double the backpack means less time farming basics and fewer trips cut short. The tier most of our members settle on.
→ Blue Card, $17"Farming is the part I hate."
One-hit nodes and one-hit barrels change the game more than any other perk on this page. A sulfur run stops being a chore and becomes a walk with a pickaxe.
→ Red Card, $27"I have a few hours a week and want all of them to count."
Instant smelting, instant crafting, quarries and pump jacks. Log in, build the thing you imagined, log off. Nothing waits on a timer.
→ Purple Card, $47And the honest version
You don't need to buy anything. The servers are free, every monument and event is open to everyone, and most of our players have never spent a cent. Nothing here unlocks content — it only removes repetition.
It also isn't pay-to-win, because there's nothing to win. Killing and raiding are off. No perk can ever be used against another player. A free player and a Purple Card member can do exactly the same things; one of them just spends fewer hours getting there.
If you have more time than money, ignore this entire page and go play — the beginner's guide will get you further than any purchase. If you have more money than time, that's what this is for.
Questions
Is buying VIP pay to win?
There's nothing to win. Killing and raiding are disabled on RUSTPVE, so no perk can be used against another player. Memberships buy convenience — less time farming and smelting, more time at monuments and events. A free player and a Purple Card member can do exactly the same things.
Do I need to buy anything to play?
No. The servers are free to join and every monument, event and feature is available without spending anything. Memberships only save time. Most of our players have never bought anything.
Which tier should I start with?
Green Card at $7 for most people — the virtual recycler and furnace splitter alone remove the two most repetitive tasks in the game. Go Red if farming specifically is what you dislike, because one-hit gathering changes that completely.
Is it a recurring subscription?
Yes, all four tiers are monthly and auto-renew. You can cancel any time by opening a support ticket in our Discord.
Do perks carry across wipes?
Yes. Your membership perks are tied to your account, not the map, so they're active again the moment a new wipe starts on the first Thursday of the month.
Is there anything besides memberships?
Yes — the shop also has one-off packages: kits, airdrops, vehicles, weapon attachments, resources and event spawns. Memberships are the better value if you play regularly; one-off packages suit occasional players.