How to Boost Rust Server Gather Rates with Gather Manager

Overview

Rust can be brutal enough before everyone spends half the wipe scraping together stone and wood. If your server needs faster progression, easier base building, or a stronger post-wipe head start, changing resource gather rates is one of the cleanest ways to do it.

The Gather Manager uMod plugin lets server owners adjust multipliers for many resource sources, including trees, ores, pickups, quarries, and survey charges. Once installed, you can apply broad rates or tune specific categories.

Install Gather Manager

• Download the Gather Manager plugin from uMod.

• Open your server panel and stop the Rust server.

• Enable uMod support in your panel settings, then save the change.

• Open your FTP client and go to the `oxide` folder.

• Open the `plugins` folder, then choose the upload option.

• Upload the Gather Manager plugin file you downloaded earlier.

• When the upload reaches 100%, return to the main panel and restart the server.

Gather Rate Command Types

Dispenser Rates

Dispenser rates affect resources gathered directly from objects, such as trees for wood, ores for metal, or corpses for animal resources. You can adjust one dispenser type at a time or use `*` as a wildcard to target everything in the category.

Pickup Rates

Pickup rates control loose resources found on the ground, such as small stones. For example, a default pickup of 50 stone can become 100 stone with a 2x multiplier.

Quarry Rates

Quarry rates affect resources produced by mining quarries. Keep in mind that quarries are location-based, so increasing a multiplier will not make every resource appear at every quarry. Sadly, math cannot summon sulfur from thin air.

Survey Rates

Survey rates control the amount of resources returned from survey charge grenades. This is useful if your server relies heavily on quarry placement and resource scouting.

Set All Resources to 5x

To quickly set common resource sources to 5x, run the Gather Manager commands from the server console.

• Open your server panel and log in.

• Select the Console tab from your panel menu.

• Enter `dispenser.scale tree 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `dispenser.scale ore 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `dispenser.scale corpse 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `gather.rate dispenser * 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `gather.rate pickup * 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `gather.rate quarry * 5` and press Enter.
• Enter `gather.rate survey * 5` and press Enter.

After the commands are entered, gather rates should increase across the configured resource categories. If the change does not appear immediately in-game, restart the server so the plugin and rates reload cleanly.

For a different multiplier, replace `5` with the value you want. For example, use `2` for 2x rates or `10` for a much faster server economy.

Troubleshooting

Commands do not work: The plugin may not have loaded. Confirm uMod support is enabled and saved, then check that the Gather Manager file is inside `/oxide/plugins/`. Restart the server after verifying both items.

Commands work, but resources are unchanged: Run the commands again, then restart the server. If trees, ores, or other gather sources still feel too low, raise the multiplier and test again. Loot-based objects such as barrels may already have generated their contents, so gather rate changes may not affect those existing items.