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How to Update Your Rust Server Description, Banner Image, and Website URL

Posted on by Netch Dev
Customize your Rust server banner artwork

Customize your Rust server listing

Your server description, banner image and website URL are the first things players see in the server browser. Getting them right makes your server look professional and helps with player retention. Here’s the quick, no-nonsense walkthrough.

Not seeing your changes? The server browser may be showing cached data. Restart both your Rust server and your Rust client so the server browser can refresh.

Update your server listing

Everything is set in your server’s server.cfg file.

1

Open server.cfg

Go to your server’s cfg folder and open server.cfg. If the file doesn’t exist, create it.

The server.cfg file inside the Rust server cfg folder
2

Add your details

Add these config options to server.cfg and replace the values with your own.

server.description "Check out modpulse.com for high performance Rust plugins."
server.headerimage "https://i.imgur.com/UTdGanu.jpeg"
server.url "https://www.modpulse.com"
The description, header image and URL lines added to server.cfg
3

Reload the config

The Rust server browser showing the new banner and description

Open your server’s console and run:

server.readcfg

This loads the changes without a full restart.

All set. Your server is customized and will stand out in the server browser.

Tips & tricks

Add new lines to your description

Use \n to start a new line. You can also make and preview changes with our message editor tool.

Use the right banner size

For a Rust server header image, use 512×256 or 1024×512 pixels.

Multi-line descriptions

Put \n wherever you want a line break. Try it first in the message editor: https://www.modpulse.com/message-editor/

server.description "Check out modpulse.com for high performance Rust plugins.\nDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/yz5D3PBXa8"
Check out modpulse.com for high performance Rust plugins.
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yz5D3PBXa8

How it looks in the server browser.

Get a direct image link

Host your header image on a service like imgur. The link must end in .png, .jpg or .jpeg.

  • Works
    https://i.imgur.com/UTdGanu.jpeg

    Direct link to the image file.

  • Won’t work
    https://imgur.com/UTdGanu

    Link to the imgur page, not the image.

To get the direct link: right-click the image → Copy image address.

Right-click menu with Copy image address selected

Get a custom banner

Example custom Rust banner artwork by Design Crew

Consider hiring an artist to create a custom banner for your server. It goes a long way for player retention and trust. Check out the Design Crew art studio to get one.

Design Crew Discord: https://discord.gg/2gFrfHecZt

Take your server further

High performance Rust plugins for Oxide / Carbon, with support on Discord.