[ cheater reports ]
Report a cheater in Rust
Ran into a cheater on a Rust server? Paste a link to their Steam profile, pick the server and describe what you saw. An owner who verified the server on RustTV sees the report right away — but not your name. The RustTV team sees every report and is in touch with server owners. The more detail you give, the better the chances the cheater gets banned fast.
Cheater report
All it takes is a link to the player's Steam profile. The server and a description are optional, but they make the report far more useful.
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How to send a report
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Sign in with Steam
That way reports can't be faked, and all of yours are kept in a history on this page. You sign in on Steam's own site: we never ask for an e-mail or a password.
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Paste the cheater's profile link
Open the player's Steam profile and copy the page address: steamcommunity.com/profiles/… or steamcommunity.com/id/… A SteamID64 works too. A nickname won't: it isn't unique, and the report could land on a stranger.
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Pick the server
Find the server the cheater plays on in the catalog, by name or IP. It's optional, but then the server's owner sees the report if they verified the server on RustTV.
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Describe what happened
When, where on the map, with which weapon and what exactly you saw. Send it, and the report shows up in your history with a link to the player's Steam profile.
Where a report goes
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To the server owner
An owner who verified their server on RustTV sees the reports on it in their dashboard: the player link, the description and the time. An admin can ban a cheater on their own server without waiting for Facepunch.
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To the RustTV team
We see every report and we're in touch with server owners — that's how we influence what happens on servers. A report isn't lost even when no server is named in it.
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Without your name
The server owner doesn't see who sent a report: no nickname, no profile, no SteamID. Only the RustTV team sees your account.
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Details decide
A time, a map grid and one concrete moment give an admin something to check. A detailed report raises the chances the cheater gets banned fast.
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One player, one report
Each account can report a player only once, so the number of reports on a player is the number of different accounts, not one person's persistence.
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The status is on Steam
Every report in your history links to the player's Steam profile, which shows whether the account has a game ban or a VAC ban.
How to spot Rust hackers and what to write
- Aimbot: the crosshair snaps to heads, shots never miss at long range, instant flicks and headshot after headshot with any weapon.
- ESP and wallhack: the player knows where you are through walls and rocks, walks straight to a hidden stash or loot and shoots before they could have seen you.
- No recoil: a long AK spray lands in one spot, and the barrel never climbs or drifts.
- Speedhack and fly: running faster than the game allows, flying or hovering in the air, walking through walls and doors.
- What to include: the time (roughly is fine), the map grid — G12, say — the weapon and what exactly you saw. One concrete moment is worth more than “he's cheating”.
- Video: the form takes no attachments, only text — but you can paste a link to a clip right into the description.
- Not every strong player is a cheater: footstep audio, map knowledge and experience explain a lot. Report what you saw yourself.
The in-game report (F7) and a report on RustTV
Cheaters in Rust are dealt with on two levels. Facepunch, the game's developer, bans through Easy Anti-Cheat, the game's anti-cheat, and that ban applies on every server at once; the built-in report — the F7 key in the game — goes there too. A server's admins ban on their own server, and their ban applies only there.
A report on RustTV doesn't go to Facepunch: RustTV is not affiliated with Facepunch. It's for the second level — it's seen by the server's owner, if they verified the server on RustTV, and by the RustTV team, which is in touch with server owners. An admin can ban a cheater on their server without waiting for Facepunch.
So the best is both: F7 in the game as soon as you notice a cheater, and a report here while you still remember the details.
Questions and answers
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How do I report a cheater in Rust?
There are two ways, and doing both is best. In the game, press F7 — the report goes to Facepunch. Here, sign in with Steam, paste the cheater's Steam profile link, pick the server if you like and describe what you saw: the RustTV team sees the report, and so does the server's owner if they verified the server on RustTV.
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Who bans cheaters in Rust, and how?
Globally, Facepunch, Rust's developer: a ban through Easy Anti-Cheat, the game's anti-cheat, applies on every server at once. On a single server, its admins, and their ban applies only there. You can't ban a cheater yourself, and RustTV doesn't ban anyone either: we're in touch with server owners and pass reports on to them.
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Will the server owner see who reported?
No. The owner sees the link to the player's profile, the description and the time of the report — not your nickname, profile or SteamID. Only the RustTV team sees who sent a report.
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Can I report the same player twice?
No: each account can report a player once, even if you meet them again on another server. So put everything in one report — the time, the spot on the map, the weapon and what exactly you saw.
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How do I know the cheater was banned?
Open their Steam profile — every report in your history on this page links to it. Steam shows game bans and VAC bans on the profile; a Facepunch ban in Rust appears there as a game ban. A ban on a single server doesn't show on Steam.
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Is it free?
Yes, completely. All you need is a Steam account. RustTV.org is a free catalog of Rust servers and is not affiliated with Facepunch Studios.