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Balancing the Digital Economy

Vanilla Rust progression is meticulously designed for a slow and arduous survival experience. To create a “Modded” environment that appeals to casual players or fast-paced competitive groups, you must recalibrate the loot tables residing within world containers. BetterLoot is the industry-standard framework for fine-tuning these drop rates, allowing you to increase the frequency of high-tier components and eliminate “junk” items from the loot pool.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Time

6 Minutes

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Technical Initialization Workflow

Follow these steps to deploy and initialize the BetterLoot logic on your FREAKHOSTING instance.
1

Enable Oxide Support

Navigate to the Startup tab in your Game Panel and ensure the Oxide/uMod toggle is set to Enabled.
2

Deploy Plugin Script

Download BetterLoot.cs from the uMod repository and upload it into your /oxide/plugins/ directory.
3

Initialize Registry

Restart your server. The plugin will programmatically scan the game database and generate its primary configuration file.

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Strategic Loot Calibration

The behavior of your server’s economy is governed by the BetterLoot.json file situated in your /oxide/config/ folder.

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1. Understanding Rarity Scaling

BetterLoot uses a “Rarity” weighting system rather than a global multiplier. By adjusting the probability values for Rare, Very Rare, and Elite categories, you can increase the likelihood of players discovering weapon parts and high-tier explosives within military crates.

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2. Implementing Item Blacklists

To curate a specific gameplay theme (e.g., a “Primitive” server), you can permanently remove specific items from the world loot pool.
  • Method: Locate the "Blacklist" array within the configuration and input the technical item shortnames.
  • Example: "explosive.timed", "rifle.ak"

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Last Updated: January 2026 | Rust: Loot tables established.