What it is
RustLab is a community-maintained web database that centralizes Rust's information: items, recipes, raid costs per wall tier, monument drops, wipe schedule, active Twitch drops, and Item Store skins. It's free, no login required, and stays independent. For people coming from the old RustLabs.com, RustLab.gg is the direct replacement — same dataset, cleaner presentation, better tools.
What problem it solves
Rust has hundreds of items, dozens of monuments, raid costs that shift with each force wipe, and a skin economy that rotates weekly through Twitch drops. Without a decent database you end up bouncing between the official Rust Wiki (incomplete), Corrosion Hour (more guides than data), and old Reddit posts. RustLab gives you everything in one place, organized by category, with fast search and data that keeps up with each patch.
Differentiation
Against Corrosion Hour, RustLab wins on data: raw tables with exact stats, raid costs by explosive type, drop rates where they're known. Corrosion Hour wins on long-form guides and editorial context. Against RustHelp, RustLab wins on completeness (the full item catalog, not just the popular stuff) and on keeping up with each force wipe without lag. RustHelp brings auxiliary tools like the crosshair generator and recycler calculator that RustLab doesn't cover.
What people use it for
- Quick item lookup: stats, recipe, where it's found, what it crafts into.
- Raid cost calculation: pick a target (stone wall, sheet metal door, garage door, armored wall) and see cost in every explosive type.
- Global wipe schedule: see next force wipe, estimated per-server BP wipes, filter by region.
- Trackable Twitch drops: list of active streamers with drops, available items, remaining campaign time.
- Monument loot tables: which crates and what loot each monument drops (Oil Rig, Cargo Ship, military tunnel, train yard).
Who this isn't for
If you want long-form guides with editorial context (how to approach a monument, how to plan a raid step-by-step), RustLab isn't that — it's pure data. For that, Corrosion Hour. It's also not for skin trading: for current skin prices, RustClash or the Steam Market are better.
How to use it
- Open rustlab.gg, no registration.
- Search an item by name from the top bar, or browse categories (Weapons, Armor, Tools, Construction, Components).
- For raid planning, open "Raid Calculator" or browse to the wall/door page you want to break.
- For wipe schedule, open "Wipe Schedule" and filter by region.
- For Twitch drops, "Twitch Drops" shows active campaigns with items and time remaining.
Honest limitations
- English only: no localization.
- Incomplete drop rates: for some rare items, exact percentages aren't published (Facepunch doesn't expose them). RustLab uses "Common/Uncommon/Rare" in those cases.
- No interactive map: for monuments on a map, you have to go to RustMaps separately.
- No tier lists or editorial opinions: raw data, no recommendations.
Getting started
Open rustlab.gg directly. Bookmark the raid calculator if you PvP a lot, or the wipe schedule if you hop between servers. No onboarding needed.
