Your first 24 hours

From hitting "Subscribe" to playing on your server, here's what happens — and roughly how long each step takes.

1. The moment you pay

As soon as Stripe confirms your subscription, the Rustinew API kicks off provisioning. You'll get a welcome email within 30 seconds with your dashboard link and Discord bot invite. In the background:

• An OVH DNS record is created (r<numbers>.rustinew.com — that's your server hostname).
• A Pelican panel user + server is created for you.
• Wings (the game-server agent) starts the Rust download — ~6 GB.
• Oxide/uMod is auto-installed.

2. First worldgen (2–5 minutes)

Rust's first map generation is single-threaded and CPU-heavy — even on an i9 it takes 2–5 minutes for a typical 3500-size map. The dashboard will show "Installing…" during this time. This is normal — the server has not crashed.

3. Server ready — connect from Rust

Once worldgen finishes, the dashboard status widget flips to green ("Online"). In the Rust game client:

1. Press F1 to open the console.
2. Type client.connect r<your-number>.rustinew.com:30000 (we'll show your exact hostname in the dashboard).
3. You're in. The first connection takes a moment as the client downloads the map.

You can also find your server in the Modded / Community tab of the in-game browser within 5–10 minutes of going live.

4. The Rustinew dashboard tour

Once you log in at rustinew.com (Steam or Discord), you'll see 7 tabs across the top of your members area:

• Overview — Live server status (online/offline, CPU, memory, uptime), subscription summary, quick actions.
• Server Info — Name, max slots, map size, gather rate, PvP/PvE mode. Apply a quick-start preset here if you want a tested baseline.
• Plugins — Upload custom plugins, view the pre-installed pack, request configuration changes.
• Wipe Schedule — Set your wipe cadence (weekly / bi-weekly / monthly) and what survives wipes.
• Events — Intervals for cargo ship, airdrops, attack heli, etc.
• Maps — Procgen seed picker and (if you have the add-on) custom proc-gen control.
• History — Every config change you've requested and its status.

5. Link your Discord (optional but recommended)

From the dashboard, click "Connect Discord" and authorise the Rustinew bot. The bot will:

• Auto-create a #rustinew category in your Discord with channels for status, wipe announcements, and cheater reports.
• Push live status updates, wipe-day announcements, and AntiCheat alerts there automatically.
• Listen for the /vote map-vote command at wipe time.

The whole setup is zero-click once you invite the bot — no /setup command needed.