When I first entered the drone with rust, I thought I just played with a camera on the wing. I don’t know how they changed my games to use one to find the basic layout of the kemping roof without taking a single bullet. Since then, the drone has been the core part of my strategy.
If you want to fly a drone with rust—Actually Pilot One itself – this is all that I learned from setting to sophisticated surveillance.
Step 1: What you really need
You can’t just throw a drone into the air and call it a day. You will need two things:
- A Drone controlled (not automatic delivery).
- A Computer station to control it.
Both are mid-to-late game items. You see the requirements of the Tier 2 work desk, plus quite a lot of components and memos. I usually get mine by looting rust oil rigs or laboratories, but if I stay, I make them.
This is a short version of the shopping list:
For drones
- 200 metal frags
- 1 CCTV camera
- 2 technology waste
- Tier 2 Workbench
For computer stations
- 5 HQM
- 1 computer targeting
- 1 Recipient of RF + 1 RF announcer
- Tier 2 Workbench
You can also examine both items or buy them from automatic sales machines (sometimes with steep prices).
Step 2: Set it
After I made or found my drone and computer station, this is what I did:
- Place the drone In a flat place – the roof opens perfectly.
- Interact with it (‘e’) and set a special ID. Stay simple, like
drone01. Unspired upper-letters, so there are no typical errors. - Jump on a computer stationType ID, and boom – you fly.
Step 3: Flying like Pro
Here is the default keybind rust that I use:
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Go on | Left shift |
| Down | Left Ctrl |
| Proceed | W |
| To the back | S |
| Strate left | A |
| Strafe is right | D |
| See / direct | Mouse |
You Don’t Need fuel, battery, or cable for drones. Computer stations do need electricity if you also control other electronics, but for drone flights, you are good.
Step 4: Know the range and limit
Drone has a 600m control rangeand the signal completely cuts around 750m. That means if I look for a deep enemy area, I too:
- Prepare the front base with a computer station closer to the target.
- Launched from the Tug and move while flying.
If you push through the range, the drone bait starts to glaze over, and in the end you lose completely.
Step 5: Why do I use a drone in the first place
To be honest? Intel won a fight. This is the way I use mine:
- Target target targets of surveillance – Roof tower, weak wall, tower coverage.
- Pay attention to enemy movements – Who is farming, online, grouping.
- Check monument activities – Even before I entered the dome or railroad yard.
- Spying from security – When my body is tucked in the beehive base.
Drones are basically free eyes. I don’t take the risk of my kit. I didn’t even take the risk of running naked.
Step 6: keep your drone alive
Yes, the drone is rubbed – they have 200 HP Now. But they are still dead if you are careless.
The biggest threat:
- Bullet – Anyone with a decent purpose will shoot down.
- Crashing into something – They broke the strong impact.
- Water – Instant destruction.
If mine was affected but survived, I brought him back and hit him with A Hammer or fix it in A Bench repair. Cheaper than making new ones.
Delivery of Drone Marketplace ≠ Flying Manual
Just so you know – that unpacked market drone No About what this guide is. You can’t control it. You only need to use a terminal on outpost or bandit camp, pay 20 memos, and your goods are flown automatically.
They are extraordinary for spoil transfer. Sometimes I set my own automatic sales machine near the base, “buy” something from that in Bandit, and asked the drone to send my original booty items safely.
Drone in Rust Coming (If you know how to use it)
Drone flying in Rust is not only for roleplayers or base builders – this is a legitimate PVP and survival tool. It takes a little setting, of course. But once you have a drone in the air, you operate with information that your enemy does not have.
And on Rust? Information makes you kill, loot, and survive.
So get your drone. Set your ID. And start having a sky.
FAQ
In the RustDrones are used to lurk, spy on enemies, and transport goods safely. They are a tool for strategy, intelligence, and logistics.
Yes, you can fly drones controlled by players using a computer station. After being connected via a unique ID, you get full control with the standard input and mouse. This is like driving a security camera that moves freely.
Using the Drone Delivery System fee 20 memo per transaction. That is above the cost of goods when ordering from an automatic sales machine. This is a small price for risk free spoil transportation.
Drones controlled by players can fly up to 600 meters Before the signal decreases. On 750 meterscomplete connection down. Through that, you lose control unless you are positioned your computer station.