How to Connect to Your Rust Server
To get started, you need to identify the address of the server you want to join. If you own a EUGameHost Rust Server, you can find your server's address in our Control Panel. This will be labeled as ‘Connection Info’, as shown in the screenshot below.
In the example above, the server address is 123.456.78.9:28015. Breaking this down, the Server IP is the set of numbers before the colon :, and after this symbol are the last five numbers, which represent the Server Port.
Connecting Using Rust's In-Game Console
Once Rust has launched, hit the F1 key to open the game console. Make sure that CONSOLE is selected in the top left of your screen.
With your server's address, type the command client.connect <IP:port>. Then hit Enter.
Connecting Via Steam Server Viewer
On the top left of the Steam app, navigate to View > Game Servers.
Here, you can view all your favorite servers, connect to them, and even add new ones. To add a server, click the + at the bottom.
In the Add Server window, enter the IP and Port of your server, then click the "Ok" button.
Once a server has been added as a favorite, click on the server, then click the Connect button in the bottom right to join it.
Connecting Via Rust’s Server List
After launching Rust, click on Play Game. From here, you will be able to connect to any Rust server. To connect to your server, you can select from one of four tabs:
Community | For Vanilla Rust servers. Simply search by your server name. |
Modded | For Oxide Rust servers. Search by your server name here as well. |
Favorited | Any servers you've favorited or added to Steam's server viewer. |
History | Servers you've joined before. |
Once you have found your server, click on it to open the connection window. Click the Join Server button to join.