---
title: "How to Join Your Rust Server"
description: "Information on how to join your Rust Server"
url: https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/431-how-to-join-your-rust-server
collection: "Rust"
updated: 2026-06-10
language: en
---

# How to Join Your Rust Server

Information on how to join your Rust Server

## Summary

Rust is a well-known open-world survival game where players gather resources, craft equipment and weapons, and construct shelters to endure dangerous conditions and aggressive wildlife. Its gameplay centers on survival, base construction, and player-versus-player combat, highlighting strategic planning, resource handling, and teamwork. The guide below explains how to connect to a Rust server.

### How to Connect to a Rust Server (PC)

1.  Log in to the **ChipHead Panel**.
    
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2.  Navigate to dashboard, start the server & copy the server’s IP address + Port under **“My Servers”**
    
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1.  In Steam, open the **View** menu and select **Game Servers**.
    
2.  Go to the **Favorites** tab and click the **+** icon.
    
3.  Enter the IP address copied in step 2.
    
4.  Choose the server from the list and click **Connect**.
    

> **Success:** The server will also appear in the Rust **Favorited** tab.

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### How to Connect to a Rust Server (Console)

1.  Log in to the **ChipHead Panel**.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/m9TYG5jYJeDgWFZBp90f7YuvkrTl3c9KKMF6OutXO2jz0IPaEX0Zhr0D18OWWi1Qm8iDvjGKuoB.webp)
    
2.  Navigate to dashboard, start the server & copy the server’s IP address + Port under **“My Servers”**
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/VZTA3TeYVIfXZdT6iiXY0JKGn9tA3fj15yS2UuCo9Gm37vkV1tWI8Z8VcLGAro5dW5yufwfFUYP.png)
    

1.  Launch Rust.
    
2.  From the main menu, press **F1** and type the following command using the IP address from step 2:  
    `client.connect <IP Address>`