Quality of Life

Kits

Lets players claim predefined item kits from chat (/kit). Essentials.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/kits
• Permission: kits.admin (manage kits), kit-specific permissions
• Tip: Create a starter kit available to everyone with oxide.grant group default kits.kit.starter so new players are not naked on spawn.

Teleportation

Adds /home, /sethome, /tpr, /tpa chat commands. By default these are PvE-friendly; restrict during raid hours via the config's blockable conditions.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/teleportation
• Permission: teleportation.tp for player commands, teleportation.admin for admin teleport.
• Tip: Set Days Before Teleport Available to 0 for instant-use, or higher for survival-style servers.

Remover Tool

Allows players to remove their own building blocks and deployables for a partial refund. Reduces frustration with misplaced walls.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/remover-tool
• Permission: removertool.normal, removertool.target (for admins)
• Tip: Lower Default Remove Time to 30 seconds. Long timers feel sluggish.

Sign Artist

Lets players paste images onto signs and frames via URL. Bring your server alive with player-made art.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/sign-artist
• Permission: signartist.url, signartist.text
• Tip: Restrict to trusted groups (VIP) to avoid NSFW sign spam.

Quick Smelt

Speeds up furnace smelting without breaking balance.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/quick-smelt
• Permission: quicksmelt.use
• Tip: A multiplier of 2.0 to 3.0 is the sweet spot. Above 5.0 it feels like a creative mode.

Server Management

Server Rewards

An in-game economy with points players earn from playtime, kills, or events. Pairs with shops, ranks, and lotteries.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/server-rewards
• Permission: serverrewards.admin for managers
• Tip: Use /srshop to spawn the rewards shop. Stock it with rare items so points have value.

Backpacks

Adds a personal backpack accessible from chat. Players can store extra gear without making it a free-for-all.

• Source: codefling.com/plugins/backpacks (free version)
• Permission: backpacks.use, plus tiered backpacks.size.6, backpacks.size.12, backpacks.size.48
• Tip: Disable on PvP servers if it trivializes raid loot loss.

Better Chat

Custom chat formatting, prefixes, colors, and group tags. Essential for any server with VIP tiers.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/better-chat
• Permission: per-group through the config
• Tip: Use HTML-style color tags in the config: <color=#7c3aed>VIP</color>.

Admin Radar

The standard admin tool for spotting cheaters. Shows entity ESP, player health, and tracks unusual behavior.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/admin-radar
• Permission: adminradar.allowed
• Tip: Bind a key for fast toggle: bind r adminradar.toggle in your own client config.

Discord Core + Discord Messages

Pipes server events (joins, leaves, deaths, chat, RCON commands) to a Discord channel.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/discord-core, umod.org/plugins/discord-messages
• Permission: handled via the Discord side
• Tip: You need a Discord bot token. Create one at discord.com/developers/applications, paste the token into the plugin config, then invite the bot to your server with channel permissions.

Anti-Cheat and Anti-Grief

NoEscape

Blocks teleport, recycler use, and other escape-style abuse during raid and combat windows.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/noescape
• Permission: noescape.bypass for staff
• Tip: 60-second combat block and 5-minute raid block is standard.

AntiOfflineRaid (some variants called AbsolutSorter)

Reduces or blocks damage dealt to bases when the owner is offline. Polarizing; only use if your community asks for it.

• Source: codefling.com (paid)
• Tip: Soft variant (50% reduced damage) keeps PvP alive without punishing solos.

Server Armour

A widely used third-party reputation database. Flags accounts with known cheat patterns or VAC ban history across the Rust network.

• Source: serverarmour.com
• Permission: configured through their dashboard
• Tip: Pairs well with BattleMetrics flags.

Economy and Events

Economics

Generic balance plugin. Many other plugins integrate with it (Server Rewards has its own, but Economics is more widely supported).

• Source: umod.org/plugins/economics

GUI Shop

A polished in-game shop UI for buying and selling items using Economics or Server Rewards.

• Source: codefling.com/plugins/gui-shop
• Tip: Mirror your reward economy. If players earn 1 point per minute and a satchel costs 10 points, that is roughly 10 minutes per satchel.

Raidable Bases

Generates AI-defended bases full of loot for players to raid. Massive endgame content driver on modded servers.

• Source: codefling.com/plugins/raidable-bases (paid)
• Tip: Configure tier difficulty carefully. Players will burn through Easy bases in minutes; Hard bases should be a real challenge.

Convoy / Cargo Train Event / Sputnik

Plugin-driven events that spawn loaded vehicles or convoys players can ambush.

• Source: Codefling (most are paid)
• Tip: Stagger event timing. Three events firing at once kills server FPS.

Performance

Image Library

A dependency for many plugins (Sign Artist, GUI Shop, Server Rewards shops with icons). Install once, forget about it.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/image-library

Gather Manager

Adjusts resource gather rates and stack sizes server-wide. The classic "2x" or "5x" modded preset comes from here.

• Source: umod.org/plugins/gather-manager
• Tip: Carbon ships a built-in Gather Manager module, so you do not need this plugin if you run Carbon.

Installing the Whole Stack

A typical "first time modded server" plugin stack looks like:

1. Image Library
2. Better Chat
3. Kits
4. Teleportation
5. Remover Tool
6. Server Rewards
7. Quick Smelt
8. Gather Manager (or Carbon's module)
9. NoEscape
10. Discord Core + Discord Messages
11. Admin Radar

Drop them in the plugins folder. Within 30 seconds the console will show each one loading. Open the configs in oxide/config/ (or carbon/configs/) and tune them.

After your first round of config edits, reload them all at once:

oxide.reload *

Or under Carbon:

c.reload *

What to Read Next

• Oxide Permissions 101 covers granting access cleanly through groups instead of per-player.
• How to Use External RCON Tools is needed if you want a dashboard like RustAdmin to manage all this from outside the panel.