How to Customise Loot Tables on Your Rust Server

Customising loot tables allows you to control what items spawn in crates, barrels, and other loot containers. Using the Better Loot plugin, you can adjust loot rarity, add new items, and create unique loot experiences.

Installing the Better Loot Plugin

1. Download the Better Loot plugin from uMod.
2. Upload the plugin file to your oxide/plugins folder. See How to Install uMod Plugins on Your Rust Server for detailed instructions.
3. Start your server to generate the config file.

Using the Looty Web Configuration Tool

Better Loot V4 includes an online configuration tool that makes customising loot tables much easier than editing JSON files manually.

1. Visit looty.cc/betterloot-v4 in your web browser.
2. Configure your loot settings using the visual interface.
3. When finished, click the Download button to generate a Looty ID.
4. Click Download via command.
5. Copy the Looty ID provided.

Applying Your Looty Configuration

1. Navigate to the Wabbanode Control Panel and select your Rust server.
2. Click the Console tab.
3. Run the following command, replacing {looty-id} with your ID:

looty {looty-id}

4. The plugin will automatically download and apply your configuration.

Manual Configuration

If you prefer to edit settings manually, you can modify the config file directly.

1. Navigate to the Wabbanode Control Panel and select your Rust server.
2. Click the Files tab.
3. Navigate to the oxide/config folder.
4. Click on BetterLoot.json to open it.
5. Edit the settings as needed (see below).
6. Click Save then reload the plugin:

oxide.reload BetterLoot

Understanding the Config Options

Better Loot provides extensive control over loot spawns across different container types.

Global Settings

Loot Multipliers

Container Types

Better Loot can customise loot for different container types:

Example Configuration

Increase loot amounts and refresh rate:

{
  "RefreshMinutes": 15,
  "LootMultiplier": 2.0,
  "Scrap Multiplier": 3.0,
  "Blueprint Probability": 10,
  "ExtraLootChance": 25,
  "DropWeaponsWithAmmo": true
}

Managing the Blacklist

You can prevent specific items from spawning in loot containers using the blacklist commands.

Adding Items to Blacklist

Run this command in the console to blacklist an item:

blacklist additem "item.shortname"

For example, to blacklist the Rocket Launcher:

blacklist additem "rocket.launcher"

Removing Items from Blacklist

Run this command to remove an item from the blacklist:

blacklist deleteitem "item.shortname"

Data File Locations

Better Loot stores its data in multiple files: