How to Increase Gathering Rates on Your Rust Server

Increasing gathering rates allows players to collect more resources per hit, making progression faster and reducing grind. Using the Gather Manager plugin, you can customise rates for different resource types.

Installing the Gather Manager Plugin

1. Download the Gather Manager 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.

Configuring Gathering Rates

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 GatherManager.json to open it.
5. Edit the settings as needed (see below).
6. Click Save then reload the plugin:

oxide.reload GatherManager

Understanding the Config Options

The Gather Manager plugin uses multipliers to control gathering rates. Higher values mean more resources per hit.

Multiplier Values

Resource Dispenser Settings

Pickup Settings

Quarry and Survey Settings

Example Configurations

Double all gathering rates:

{
  "Options": {
    "Default": 2,
    "Tree": 2,
    "Ore": 2,
    "Corpse": 2,
    "Collectables": 2
  }
}

5x ore, 2x everything else:

{
  "Options": {
    "Default": 2,
    "Tree": 2,
    "Ore": 5,
    "Corpse": 2,
    "Collectables": 2
  }
}