How to change wood decay time in Rust

Type decay.duration_wood 6 in the server console so an unprotected wood block takes 6 hours to decay fully. Default is 3.

decay.duration_wood

Sets how many hours an unprotected wood building block takes to decay fully.

decay.duration_wood <hours>

Examples

decay.duration_wood 6

Double the default decay time.

Arguments

hoursRequired: Time to decay from full health to destroyed.

What it does

Applies to wood blocks that are not covered by upkeep. The default in this build is 3 hours. Longer durations give players more time to come back to a base that ran out of upkeep.

The game's own description: How long should this building grade take to decay when not protected by upkeep, in hours

Good to know

decay.duration_override replaces all per-grade durations when set above 0.

Run it on your server

Type it in the server console or send it over RCON; admins can also use the F1 console in game. To keep a setting, run server.writecfg after changing it, or put it on the launch line as +name value.

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