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How to set your Rust Servers Tags

Quickly set tags for your Rust server with Kinetic Hosting! Edit your serverauto.cfg file (Server > Rust > cfg), find server.tags, and add tags from groups like Wipe Schedule, Difficulty, Region, and more within the quotes " ". Save, restart your server, and help players find your server easily!

In this guide

Rust server tags are how people can sort for servers, this is helpful when people are looking for servers with a specific wipe period, location and much more.

1 Login to the Kinetic Panel

2 Head to the file manager.

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3 Click on the Server folder.

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4 Now, open the Rust folder.

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5 Open the cfg folder.

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6 Now, open the serverauto.cfg file.

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7 Navigate the configuration files until you find "server.tags"

8 From there, you can put any information you would like in the "".

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What you can put for tags

These are what can be put into the server.tags category. Keep in mind that you can only use one tag per group, otherwise it cause issues when people are looking for server & it may not display

If your tags are not working, make sure you use the 'Value'.

Value

Tag Displayed

Group

monthly

Monthly

Wipe Schedule

biweekly

Biweekly

Wipe Schedule

weekly

Weekly

Wipe Schedule

vanilla

Vanilla

Difficulty

hardcore

Hardcore

Difficulty

softcore

Softcore

Difficulty

pve

PvE

roleplay

Roleplay

creative

Creative

minigame

Minigame

training

Training

battlefield

Battlefield

broyale

Battle Royale

builds

Build Server

NA

North America

Region

SA

South America

Region

EU

Europe

Region

WA

West Asia

Region

EA

West Asia

Region

OC

Oceania

Region

AF

Africa

Region

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