🛠️ Rust: How to Not Get Depressed (Too Much)

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Rust is brutal. One minute you're chopping trees with dreams of a stone base. The next, you're naked, bleeding, and some guy named "69BigToe" is dancing on your corpse.

This is not a PvP guide. This is a survival guide... for your soul.

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🌲 Step 1: Lower Your Expectations

Rust is not fair.
Rust is not nice.
Rust is not your friend.

You will die.
You will get raided.
You will scream “WHY?” at 3 a.m. while holding a torch in the rain.

Solution?
Start every wipe with the sacred chant:

“Everything I build will be destroyed.”

Now you're mentally prepared.

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👶 Step 2: Start Small, Stay Smaller

Don’t dream of 8-layer compound bases with turrets and vending machines on day one.

1. Make a 1x2 base.
   
2. Don’t put all your loot in one box.
   
3. Don’t tell your neighbor “we’re chill” — you’re not.

The Rule: If you can build it in 5 minutes, you won’t cry (much) when it’s gone.

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🧍 Step 3: Accept the Pain

You will:

- Get killed by a bow guy hiding in a bush.
- Miss every spear throw.
- Starve 3 feet from a mushroom.
- Die to a bear you swore was behind you.

Just say “classic Rust” and move on. It helps.

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🧠 Step 4: Touch Grass (Literally & Figuratively)

Take breaks.

1. Go outside (if you still remember how).
   
2. Stretch your body.
   
3. Drink water that isn’t from a river in-game.
   
4. Mute global chat unless you like trauma.

Bonus Tip: Play on a chill server occasionally. Like a build server. Or with 12 people. And a dog.

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🤝 Step 5: Make (or Fake) Friends

Solo Rust is hard. But being solo doesn’t mean you can’t vibe.

1. Team up with randoms — worst case, they betray you (standard).
   
2. Join a Discord server.
   
3. Play duos or trios.
   
4. Or pretend to be a “roleplayer” until people leave you alone.

Sometimes, the real loot is the weird guy you meet by the fishing village.

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🔒 Step 6: Always Have a Backup Plan

Before you log off:

- Hide a stash with some basic gear.
- Log out in a bush like a cryptid.
- Sleep at outposts if needed.
- NEVER trust that your base will still be there in the morning.

It’s Rust. Always assume the worst and prepare for it with style.

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🎉 Bonus Coping Mechanisms

1. Name your sleeping bag something funny (“Hope2Die,” “MomPlsHelp”)
   
2. Yell “GG” even if it wasn’t.
   
3. Leave signs that say “I’m new” and “Don’t kill I bake” (might work!)
   
4. Dance with oil rig scientists.
   
5. Start a cult with pumpkins.

Remember: In Rust, you don’t lose. You respawn creatively.

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🏁 You’re Gonna Be Okay (Probably)

You’re playing Rust — the most stressful and hilarious survival game ever made.
You will suffer.
You will scream.
You will laugh so hard you choke on your mic.

And somehow… you’ll come back for more.

Stay strong, nakeds.
And always carry a rock with pride.
🛠️ Rust: How to Not Get Depressed (Too Much)
by: TotallyNotCrying

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Rust is brutal. One minute you're chopping trees with dreams of a stone base. The next, you're naked, bleeding, and some guy named "69BigToe" is dancing on your corpse.

This is not a PvP guide. This is a survival guide... for your soul.

---

🌲 Step 1: Lower Your Expectations

Rust is not fair.
Rust is not nice.
Rust is not your friend.

You will die.
You will get raided.
You will scream “WHY?” at 3 a.m. while holding a torch in the rain.

Solution?
Start every wipe with the sacred chant:

“Everything I build will be destroyed.”

Now you're mentally prepared.

---

👶 Step 2: Start Small, Stay Smaller

Don’t dream of 8-layer compound bases with turrets and vending machines on day one.

1. Make a 1x2 base.
   
2. Don’t put all your loot in one box.
   
3. Don’t tell your neighbor “we’re chill” — you’re not.

The Rule: If you can build it in 5 minutes, you won’t cry (much) when it’s gone.

---

🧍 Step 3: Accept the Pain

You will:

- Get killed by a bow guy hiding in a bush.
- Miss every spear throw.
- Starve 3 feet from a mushroom.
- Die to a bear you swore was behind you.

Just say “classic Rust” and move on. It helps.

---

🧠 Step 4: Touch Grass (Literally & Figuratively)

Take breaks.

1. Go outside (if you still remember how).
   
2. Stretch your body.
   
3. Drink water that isn’t from a river in-game.
   
4. Mute global chat unless you like trauma.

Bonus Tip: Play on a chill server occasionally. Like a build server. Or with 12 people. And a dog.

---

🤝 Step 5: Make (or Fake) Friends

Solo Rust is hard. But being solo doesn’t mean you can’t vibe.

1. Team up with randoms — worst case, they betray you (standard).
   
2. Join a Discord server.
   
3. Play duos or trios.
   
4. Or pretend to be a “roleplayer” until people leave you alone.

Sometimes, the real loot is the weird guy you meet by the fishing village.

---

🔒 Step 6: Always Have a Backup Plan

Before you log off:

- Hide a stash with some basic gear.
- Log out in a bush like a cryptid.
- Sleep at outposts if needed.
- NEVER trust that your base will still be there in the morning.

It’s Rust. Always assume the worst and prepare for it with style.

---

🎉 Bonus Coping Mechanisms

1. Name your sleeping bag something funny (“Hope2Die,” “MomPlsHelp”)
   
2. Yell “GG” even if it wasn’t.
   
3. Leave signs that say “I’m new” and “Don’t kill I bake” (might work!)
   
4. Dance with oil rig scientists.
   
5. Start a cult with pumpkins.

Remember: In Rust, you don’t lose. You respawn creatively.

---

🏁 You’re Gonna Be Okay (Probably)

You’re playing Rust — the most stressful and hilarious survival game ever made.
You will suffer.
You will scream.
You will laugh so hard you choke on your mic.

And somehow… you’ll come back for more.

Stay strong, nakeds.
And always carry a rock with pride.