How to change how long patrol heli stays in Rust

Type heli.lifetimeminutes 45 in the server console so the patrol helicopter stays out 45 minutes before leaving. Default is 30.

heli.lifetimeminutes

Sets how many minutes the patrol helicopter stays out before leaving.

heli.lifetimeminutes <minutes>

Examples

heli.lifetimeminutes 45

Helicopter stays 45 minutes.

Arguments

minutesRequired: Time the helicopter stays out.

What it does

The default is 30 minutes. Shorter values make it harder to take down, longer values give players more time to fight it.

The game's own description: How many minutes the patrol helicopter stays airborne before self-destructing; default is 30 minutes

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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