Rust Monuments

Every major Rust monument by tier – safe zones, no-card starter spots and green, blue and red keycard monuments, plus the Oil Rigs and other ocean content.

Updated 3 November 2026Checked for patch Livestock Update (October 2026)7 sources
Image: Facepunch / YouTube

Monuments are the fixed landmarks on every procedurally generated Rust map. They hold the best loot – crates, barrels, recyclers and keycard puzzles – so they're where most fights happen. The rule of thumb: the further up the card ladder, the better the loot and the higher the radiation. Server owners can change layouts and loot, so modded servers may differ. Use the buttons to filter by tier.

Safe zones5Small monuments (no card)7Green card monuments6Blue card monuments5Red card monuments3Ocean monuments and events5

Safe zones

5 monuments
Outpost
Safe zone · Scientist-guarded safe zone with vendors, workbenches and recyclers. Draw a weapon and the turrets will shoot you.
Bandit Camp
Safe zone · Safe zone with vendors, gambling and keycard sales. The Air Wolf vendor sells helicopters – since October 2026 only after players repair its helipad each wipe.
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Fishing Villages
Safe zone · Small coastal safe zones that sell boats and fishing and diving gear.
Ranch
Safe zone · Safe zone that sells horses and riding gear. Its Stables vendor buys cows, sheep and wool since the Livestock Update.
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Large Barn
Safe zone · A bigger farm safe zone with horses and equestrian supplies.

Small monuments (no card)

7 monuments
Oxum's Gas Station
No card · Roadside stop with a recycler and a green card spawn. When powered, its garage car lift works.
Abandoned Supermarket
No card · Food, components and a green card spawn. A powered freezer hands out chilled food since Power Trip.
Mining Outpost
No card · Small roadside monument with crates, a recycler and a green card spawn.
Lighthouse
No card · Coastal tower with barrels, a recycler and a green card spawn.
Junkyard
No card · Scrap yard with a recycler and a car shredder.
Quarries
No card · Stone, Sulfur and HQM quarries mine resources for you when you fuel them with diesel.
Apartment Complex
No card · Added with Common Ground in July 2026. Rent a room or a player shop for scrap – but a master key somewhere on the island opens them all.

Green card monuments

6 monuments
Harbors
Green card · Small and Large Harbor. Green card puzzle leads to a blue card.
Satellite Dish Array
Green card · Green card puzzle with a blue card reward. Light radiation.
Sewer Branch
Green card · Underground green card puzzle with a blue card reward.
The Dome
Green card · Climb the ladders for loot; green card puzzle inside. Since Power Trip it fills with crude oil pumped from the Oil Rigs.
Ferry Terminal
Green card · Coastal monument with a green card puzzle and a car lift.
Radtown
Green card · Irradiated town added with World Update 2.0 in October 2024. Green card puzzle inside.

Blue card monuments

5 monuments
Airfield
Blue card · Large monument with hangars and radiation. Its control tower terminals can speed up airdrops or call a Chinook crate when powered.
Power Plant
Blue card · Large monument with radiation. Since Power Trip, Heavy Fuses restart it and power recyclers, roadside powerlines and loot rooms across the map.
Train Yard
Blue card · Large rail yard with radiation and a blue card puzzle that leads to a red card.
Water Treatment Plant
Blue card · Large monument with radiation. Turn its gearboxes to restore water to pipes along the roads.
Arctic Research Base
Blue card · Scientist base in the snow biome. Blue card puzzle with a red card reward.

Red card monuments

3 monuments
Launch Site
Red card · The toughest land monument: high radiation, a Bradley APC and elite crates. Its computer can call down a Satellite Crash.
Military Tunnels
Red card · Underground complex full of scientists with elite loot behind a red card door. Bring radiation protection.
Nuclear Missile Silo
Red card · Added in May 2023. A red card opens the underground silo, guarded by scientists and radiation.

Ocean monuments and events

5 monuments
Small Oil Rig
Ocean · Offshore rig with scientists, keycard rooms and a locked crate. Its switch can pump crude to the Dome.
Large Oil Rig
Ocean · Bigger, harder rig with more scientists and card rooms. Crude pumping takes 15 minutes to start since October 2026.
Cargo Ship
Ocean · A moving event ship with scientists and timed locked crates. Expect heavy PvP.
Underwater Labs
Ocean · Randomly built seabed labs with card rooms and military and elite loot. You need diving gear or a submarine.
Deep Sea
Ocean · The Naval Update of February 2026 added the Deep Sea with tropical islands and ghost ships.

Section images: official Rust trailers (Facepunch / YouTube).

How keycards work

Green → blue → redGreen cards spawn at small monuments. A green card puzzle gives a blue card, and a blue card puzzle gives a red card.
Fuses run the puzzlesMost card doors need power – bring a fuse, flip the switch and swipe the card.
Watch the radsBigger monuments have radiation. Wear a hazmat suit or radiation-resistant clothing before you go deep.
Power the islandSince Power Trip, Heavy Fuses in the Power Plant unlock loot rooms, recycler boosts and monument features for everyone.

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Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.