The Best Rust Plugins for a Modded Server

One plugin per job

Two plugins that both change loot, chat or respawns will fight each other. Decide which plugin owns each job and remove the other.

Know your dependencies

Many plugins lean on a few shared ones: Image Library for UI images, Economics or Server Rewards for currency, and Discord Messages for webhooks. Install those first.

Oxide or Carbon

Both frameworks load the same .cs plugins. Every ModPulse plugin supports Oxide and Carbon, so you can switch later without rebuying.

Add in small batches

Install a few plugins at a time, set up their permissions, and watch your console for errors before the next batch. It makes problems easy to trace.

Info UI

A welcome screen, daily rewards and a feedback form in one plugin. New players find your rules and commands without asking in chat.

Player retention

Chat Mod+

Catches spam and bad language on its own, and lets mods mute by reason with durations that scale with the player’s history.

Less admin work

Restart Rewards

Schedules daily restarts, warns players in advance and rewards everyone who reconnects in time, so restarts don’t empty the server.

Population after restarts

Base Utility

Players repair or upgrade their whole base with one click instead of hitting every wall.

Quality of life

Kill Feed

Kill notifications in chat, an Apex Legends style UI or Discord, with killstreaks that survive restarts.

PvP engagement

Plugin Update Checker

Free. Checks your server for outdated ModPulse plugins and tells you, so a monthly Rust update doesn’t catch you out.

Server stability

Chat Mod+

Manual mutes, warnings and automatic chat filtering in one UI. Mods pick a predefined reason and the plugin sets the duration, which ends the “why was I muted for so long” arguments. Moderator actions can be logged to a file or console.

Jail

A fully automatic prison that survives wipes and restarts. Prisoners get a set outfit and a locked inventory, can serve time online or offline, and get their original items back, backpacks and attachments included.

Command Logger

Free. Logs every command your players try. If dozens of people type a command from another server, you know what they expect to find.

Auto Translate

Translates plugin language files into every language automatically, and can translate chat into a language you choose. Useful for international servers.

Feedback

An in-game form for player feedback, logged to your console, a log file or straight to a Discord channel.

Server Polls

Create polls in-game, let players vote through a UI and post new polls and results to Discord. Ask before you change wipe days or rates.

Loot Blocker

Blocks and replaces loot in phases, for example no high-tier weapons on day one. It checks crates, crafting and vending machines.

Rocket Man

Launches a player into the air on a rocket, with an optional ban reason for when the ride ends. A memorable way to remove a caught cheater.

Kill Feed

Broadcasts PvP kills to chat, UI, Discord webhooks or any mix, translated per player. Players can set their own notification preferences.

Raid Announcer

Announces raids with grid coordinates in chat and Discord and marks them on the map with the attacker’s and defender’s names or clans.

Loadout

Players respawn with a saved kit, skins, attachments and ammo included. Ideal for battlefield and high-pop servers where gearing up again is a chore.

Health Regeneration

Heals players while they are out of combat, like in Call of Duty. You set the delay, tick speed and heal amount.

Self Revive

Lets downed players revive themselves, with an optional required item and a countdown UI.

Tasers

Turns any weapon into a taser that stuns with one hit. Ammo, durability and stun time are set in the config.

C-RAM Mini Cannon

Turns SAM sites into a C-RAM with a mini cannon to shoot down helicopters. Damage, fire rate and ammo type are configurable.

Battle Wear

Free. Armor loses durability when the player takes damage, so gear wears out in long fights.

Crosshair

A customizable crosshair with 26 built-in designs, picked and resized from a clean in-game UI.

Base Protection

Bases linked to a protected TC take no damage from anything, NPCs included. Players toggle it, or buy hours of protection with items, Economics or Server Rewards.

Patrol Heli Kill Tracker

Tracks which player destroyed the patrol helicopter, by most hits or the last attacker. Settles who gets credit for the kill.

Gems

Mining has a chance to drop rare gems, 19 in the default config. Use them in shops and kits, or exchange them for items or currency.

Custom Crafting Menu

Your own crafting menu with custom recipes, categories and ingredients. The default config already includes most DLC and uncraftable items.

Merge Craft

Players combine two items into a new one. Build custom foods, resources or currencies, each with its own permission.

Storage Restocker

Refills boxes and lockers with the items you choose on a timer. Good for community supply points and event loot rooms.

Coinflips

Players flip each other, or the server, for scrap, tokens or any item through a simple UI.

Raffle

Raffles for items, kits, Oxide groups and permissions. Players buy tickets with Economics, Server Rewards or scrap, and a winner is drawn automatically.

Loot Box

Chests and keys that open into random loot. They work in shops and kits and make a good vote or daily reward.

Random Items

Six random-item features in one: on a timer, for kills, on respawn and more, each with its own permission tiers.

Base Remove

Players remove their own placed objects. Charge for it with Economics, Server Rewards, scrap or any item, with an optional cooldown.

Gems

The optional exchange command turns mined gems into Economics or Server Rewards currency, so farming feeds your economy.

Auto Lock

Auto-locks placed items with a preset code, and teammates get access straight away. No more shouting codes in team chat.

Raid Announcer

Shows clan names on raid markers and posts raids to Discord, so clans know when to log in and defend.

Support Weapons

Weapons that heal, revive, feed or apply teas to teammates. Set up multiple tiers with any weapon or skin.

Chest Stacker

Stack chests and other deployables vertically, manually or automatically, with limits per permission tier. Group loot rooms stay tidy.

Locked Crate Event

King of the Hill style events around a locked crate: the first player to loot it wins. Runs on its own with a cooldown and minimum player count.

Farm Event

A points race for farming resources, with a random double-points material and a live leaderboard. Rewards can be Server Rewards, Economics or items.

Firework Shows

Full fireworks displays from a single item, with 40 pre-made shows. Use it to open an event, celebrate a wipe or reward a winner.

Raffle

Timed giveaways with Discord announcements. A raffle running over the weekend keeps players checking in.

Command Bubbles

Invisible zones that message players, show an info box or run commands when they enter or leave. Build checkpoints, arenas or event areas.

Deployable Commands

Runs server commands when someone uses a button, switch, thrown signal or storage. Wire up event start buttons and prize boxes.

Instant Barrel

Barrels and road signs break in one hit and their loot goes straight into the player’s inventory.

Base Utility

One-click repair and upgrade for the whole base through an easy UI.

Cords UI

Shows the player’s grid coordinates in the corner of the screen. Position and size are configurable.

Building Skins

Upgrades automatically to base building skins without the DLC, with a chat command to toggle it.

Welcomer

Greets each player with a personal message on connect and announces them to everyone else, with permission-based messages.

Announcer Plus

Free. Automated messages for updates and events, with separate messages for your VIP members.

Chat Commands

Custom chat commands such as !pop for the server population, each with its own permission.

Information Key

Shares your website and Discord links in-game in a form players can copy and paste.

Vehicle Instruments

Ten new modules that let players attach playable instruments to their vehicles.

Item Vault

A virtual vault players collect items from by chat command or a custom vending machine. A clean way to deliver webshop purchases in-game, with optional logging.

Webshop delivery

Loadout

A VIP permission saves extra loadouts, and the respawn cooldown can differ by rank (default 60s, VIP 20s).

VIP perk

Instant Barrel

Saves real time on every roam, which makes it one of the easiest convenience perks to sell.

VIP perk

Base Protection

Offline protection time can depend on permission level, or players buy protection in-game with items or points.

Tiered perk

Info UI

Includes a VIP panel to show what your ranks include, right where new players land.

Shows your perks

Join Groups

Puts new players in a group automatically, or only if their name carries your community prefix. Reward players who advertise your server.

Free promotion