How to Fix Rust Crashing After Loading Cheats

Rust closes before the main menu

Find out what closed first in a Rust cheat crash. If Rust disappeared, open it from Steam with the loader closed and try to reach the same screen. If the game still closes, follow the Rust checks below. If Rust stays open on its own, compare the stage where the loader entered the earlier run.

Rust crashes when joining a server

On a Rust cheat crash while joining, look at the last stage on screen. Did the server browser close, did the map stop loading, or had you already spawned? Use that same stage on the game-only run. Reaching the main menu tells you Rust started, but you still need to reach the server screen to compare these two runs.

Verify Rust game files if it crashes with the cheat loader closed

If Rust still closes on its own after a Rust cheat crash, close the game and open Rust’s Properties in Steam. Choose Installed Files and select the option to verify game files. Let Steam finish. Open Rust from the library and try the first screen where it closed.

A run that gets past the original failure gives you a working comparison. If Rust still closes at the same screen, the next check depends on whether Steam shows a startup message or the game closes without one.

If Rust says Steam is not open before a crash

If a Rust cheat crash leaves the message that Steam is not open, close Rust and restart Steam. Open the game from the Steam library. If the message comes back, check for a Steam client update before reopening Rust. That is Facepunch’s advice for this particular startup error.

Look at the title of the window that shows the error. A Windows dialog naming a DLL or a message inside the loader belongs with the loader checks. The Steam restart is for the game saying Steam is not open.

Find the Rust crash dump for Facepunch support

If Facepunch asks for a dump after a Rust cheat crash that also happens with the loader closed, open File Explorer. In your user folder, go to AppData, Local, Temp, Facepunch Studios LTD, Rust, then crashes. Choose the .dmp file whose modification time matches the crash.

Sort the files by date modified if you see several. A dump from a previous day belongs to another session. If there is no file at the time you need, use the game error instead. Send any dump only through the support channel that requested it.

Rust stays open but the cheat loader closes

If the loader disappears and you can still move around in Rust, use the Rust loader guide. The game is still responding at that point. When both windows close in a Rust cheat crash, the earlier closure is the first check, even if the second window goes away just afterwards.

Rust freezes or drops frames without closing

A brief hitch can feel like a Rust cheat crash until the scene moves again. If movement recovers and the game window stays open, use the FPS guide. If Rust stays visible and ignores input, it has frozen. If it disappears and you see the desktop, the game has closed.

Rust started crashing after a game update

If your first Rust cheat crash followed a game update, compare the last working session with the first one that failed. Look for the exact product on the SurchCheats status page. The update guide covers what to do if a notice is shown, and how to separate a game update from a Windows change on the same day.

Rust closes after you spawn on a server

For a Rust cheat crash just after spawn, try to identify the first action that changes the result. Standing still gives you a baseline. If the game stays open until you turn the camera or open a menu, use that single action in the comparison.

Try the same starting point without the loader. If Rust closes while standing still on that run, use the game checks above. If it stays open until you move, compare the same movement once before trying a different server.

Which Rust cheat are you using?

Check the product you use in our Rust cheats category.

• Rust External
• Rust NFA Accounts is an account purchase.
• Rust Internal

Where to get help with your Rust cheat

Send SurchCheats support the product name, the first message from the Rust cheat crash and the result with the loader closed. If the two windows closed at different times, put them in order. Crop out keys and private order information.