The RUST RHIB command (Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat)

The RUST RHIB command, short for Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat, was hinted at in the RUST road map, but the first bit of evidence that the boat had made any progress was in a development commit on June 18th, 2018. On August 2nd, 2018 the RHIB was introduced to the main branch in The Bandit Town Update, but the event side of things hadn’t quite been completed.

Supposedly a 4k server will only spawn with 6 RHIBs, spread cross the map, located in areas where there are floating junk piles and not near the starter zones.

It’s expected that this boat will be under the command of the scientist and become another event type. The RHIB event will be similar to the attack helicopter, air/supply drops and the Chinook events. The road map hints these vessels might be used to transition from one server into the next.

Changes are expected to occur, but as it stands now:

Max health of 500 pts

Seating for 6 players

Item storage (12 slots), located on the bow, you’ll find a wooden box

Fuel storage(1 stack) of low grade fuel, located in front of the captain’s seat

Repairable with metal fragments

RUST RHIB ( Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat) Screenshots

Practical reasons for using the RUST RHIB command and variables

Because it’s freaking awesome!

Potential future for this becoming a vessel that can be used when transitioning to a different server.

Can be used to add additional NPCs into your servers

Allows players to interact with more hostile NPCs, adding more danger and risk overall

Spawn the RHIB into the game for custom events and mayhem

Adds additional interactions for players to use and be creative with

Admins using the RHIB can advertise a unique aspects of their RUST servers, especially once modded

Provide an additional means for transportation in the game beyond running, walking, and swimming

Who can enter the RUST RHIB command

The RUST RHIB command can be issued and configured on vanilla RUST servers by RUST admins and moderators only. Non-admin players on vanilla RUST servers cannot use the RUST RHIB command and variables. Rest assured, there are modded servers that will make these available to all players in no time.

RUST RHIB command

This command is used to manually spawn a RHIB, otherwise known as the Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat, into the game, regardless if events are enabled.

When issuing this command, the initiating player must be above the ground and not clipped in a wall or geography

The mouse cursor needs to be pointed in the exact location of where the RHIB should spawn (Point above the water level)

The RHIB can be removed using the ent kill command

Note that this command does not work from RCON platforms and does require being logged into the game server.

Use the command below to spawn a single RHIB:

spawn rhib

On success the console will display:

spawned rhib[34262] at (111.0, 0.1, 124.9)

Related RHIB (Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat) Variables