Rust Survival
BakoshApp installs and runs a Rust server on your PC; viewers spawn animals and NPCs next to you, fill your inventory, heal you or launch you into the sky.
BakoshApp sets up a Rust server on your PC with the Bakosh plugin, and you play on it. Viewers spawn animals and NPCs right next to you, fill your inventory from almost a thousand items, heal you or launch you into the sky — and every action shows the viewer's name.
Plan: every plan. On Free, one action from each of the 17 categories works; PRO and MAX unlock all 1,022.
Install the server
The server needs a strong PC: the install dialog recommends a 3.4 GHz 8-core CPU, 32 GB of RAM, 128 GB on an NVMe SSD and an RTX 2060, because the server and the game run side by side. It takes about 8 GB of disk space.
- Open Rust Survival → Manage Mod. Check the install folder —
C:\RustServerby default; Change folder picks another one outside Program Files. - Click Install Server. The dialog asks you to accept the Rust terms of use: tick the box and click Install.
- BakoshApp downloads SteamCMD (into a
SteamCMDfolder next to the server folder), the Rust server, the Carbon mod framework and the Bakosh plugin. Depending on your connection, this takes a while.
The install runs in a window that shows each step and its progress. Until it finishes, the rest of BakoshApp waits; only the console at the bottom stays open, with the details. Cancel stops the install and keeps what was already downloaded — Continue installation picks up from there.
Play
- Switch Rust Survival on in the sidebar. This starts the server; it can take a few minutes to be ready.
- Start Rust, press
F1and typeconnect localhost. If you changed Server Port, add it:connect localhost:28020. How to Connect on Manage Mod shows the exact command. - The first player on the server is the one viewers play with.
Switching the mode off, or switching to another mod, stops the server; so does closing BakoshApp — after a restart, switch the mode on again. While the server runs, the Manage Mod buttons are unavailable.
The server card on Manage Mod shows whether the server is starting or running and why it stopped; Server console shows its output. If the server crashes, the mode switches itself off.
The plugin makes the game stream-friendly: it keeps the time at midday, turns off anti-cheat kicks, turns on the Halloween event and respawns you instantly after death.
What viewers can do
| Category | Actions |
|---|---|
| Animals | 12 — spawn right on you |
| NPCs | 34 — scientists, zombies, a Bradley APC, a patrol helicopter, a cargo plane and more, spawned about 2 m away |
| Player | Add Full HP (health, water and food), Teleport To Sky (150 m up) |
| 14 item categories — weapons, construction, resources and more | 974 — a full stack goes into your inventory; if it's full, the item is lost |
Each action shows "{viewer} activated an action!" in the game. External Commands, the Win Counter and Team Score actions and the Avatar actions are available too.
Server settings
The gear next to Delete Server opens Rust Survival settings; Open folder in its header opens the server folder. The settings can be changed only while the server is stopped, and each field saves when you leave it.
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Server Name, Server Description | BakoshApp Rust Server, Rust Dedicated Server |
| Owner Steam ID — your SteamID64 (17 digits) for admin rights; empty means the first player to join becomes the owner | empty |
| Max Players, World Size, Seed | 5, 1500, 1337 |
| Server Config (server.cfg) — console commands applied at every start | fps.limit 60 |
| Server Port, RCON Port, Query Port | 28015, 28016, 28017 |
| RCON Password — RCON accepts connections only from this PC | generated for this install |
The Low PC, Medium PC and High PC presets replace Server Config with ready values: server frame rate, tick rate, how many animals and resources spawn, the patrol helicopter, airdrops and the Bradley APC, and building decay. Low PC turns the events off and spawns the least; High PC runs everything at full rate.
Update and delete
- Update Server updates the Rust server through SteamCMD, then Carbon and the Bakosh plugin. Your world, saves, settings and the plugins you added are kept. Click it after Rust itself updates: the game can't join a server of an older version.
- To start over, tick Delete the world and start over in the same dialog. The server is downloaded again with a new world: the map, saves, blueprints and the plugins you added are deleted.
- Delete Server removes the whole server folder; the
SteamCMDfolder stays.
BakoshApp updates the Bakosh plugin by itself when it starts, but the server only when you click Update Server. After Rust's monthly update, the game itself may start a new map — that's Rust's forced wipe, not the update.
Updates run in the same window as the install. Cancel works until SteamCMD starts applying the update — and, when you start over, until the world is deleted. An update cut short after that must be finished with Finish the update before the server can start.
Switch Rust Survival off in the sidebar first: these buttons are unavailable while the server runs.
Common questions
connect localhost doesn't connect.
Wait until the server has started — the console at the bottom of BakoshApp shows its progress. If Windows asks whether to allow the Rust server through the firewall, allow it. If Rust has updated since you installed the server, click Update Server.
Viewers send gifts, but nothing happens. Check that you're connected to the server, that Rust Survival is switched on in the sidebar, and that the actions have triggers. The console shows each action as it runs.
The install fails. See Install, update and delete errors — the usual causes are disk space, a folder in Program Files, or the antivirus.