<cat>Play.General</cat> <title>The Tool Cupboard, decay and building privilege</title> # What's a Tool Cupboard? A tool cupboard (commonly referred to as a 'TC') is a very important building item in Rust that will prevent your base from decaying (getting damaged over time) as well as prevent other players from building on your base and close to it. A tool cupboard, commonly referred to as a 'TC', is a very important building item in Rust that will prevent your base from decaying (getting damaged over time) as well as prevent other players from building on your base and close to it. <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20d95d01fa4.png" size="78069" name="image.png" /> <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20d79a20930.png" size="1160876" name="image.png" /> # Authorisation When you place down your TC you will automatically become authorised to it. This means that you are able to build within its radius, pickup deployable within its radius and be authorised to traps that require TC privilege - flame and shotgun traps. <br/><br/> Your teammates (or anyone else) will not be authorised to the tool cupboard until they approach it and press E to authorise: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20e9bcb4e99.png" size="235742" name="authorise.png" /> Anyone authorised to the tool cupboard can also deauthorise themselves by holding E and choosing to deauthorise: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20ed3b90319.png" size="557982" name="deauthorise.png" /> Anyone that has access to your tool cupboard can hold E and choose to clear all people that are currently authorised to it: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20eefb1bf03.png" size="559666" name="clear.png" /> You will know if you are authorised to the tool cupboard as within its radius it will display "BUILDING PRIVILEGE" in the bottom right above your health bar <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20f5dc32e99.png" size="79743" name="buildingprivIndicator.png" /> # How big is my Tool Cupboard's radius? The foundations of the building that your tool cupboard is connected to will project the TC's radius and your building privilege.<br/><br/> Here is the rough visualisation of the TC radius of a square 2x2 base: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d2113783c6cf.png" size="1521313" name="image.png" /> And for a different base design: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d2135a3d51a5.png" size="1338990" name="image.png" /> **Note how the radius is projected by the foundations and not from the point of the tool cupboard!**<br/> **The radii shown may not be to scale but it is important to note the shape that the privilege makes around the foundations** <br/> You can work out where your building privilege lies by running around your base and noting where the green "building privilege" indicator in the bottom right appears and disappears: <upload src="2b7da/8d8d2140f3c8319.mp4" size="19411872" name="buildingPrivRadius.mp4" /> ⤶ ⤶ # Decay⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20e31f7e74f.png" size="614049" name="image.png" />⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d2140f3c8319.mp4" size="19411872" name="buildingPrivRadius.mp4" /> ⤶ # Why can people still build on my base when I have a tool cupboard?⤶ ⤶ Other players that are not authorised on your base can still place twig floors (using a building plan) and wooden ladders onto your base. When players do not have authorisation, the building outline will display orange and it will display "BUILDING BLOCKED" in red in the bottom right as shown here:⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d21ac729a7f7.mp4" size="20645638" name="laddersAndFloors.mp4" />⤶ ⤶ If another player tries to place anything besides a floor or a ladder then the building outline will display red and they will be notified privately in chat:⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d21c8dd50107.png" size="4373437" name="image.png" />⤶ <br/>⤶ ___⤶ ⤶ # Decay and upkeep⤶ ⤶ Your tool cupboard is also used to prevent your base from decaying by using it to 'pay for' your base with a fraction of the resources it cost to build it - this is known as 'upkeep'<br/><br/>**Without a tool cupboard with resources inside your base will start decaying straight away**<br/><br/>⤶ ⤶ You can press E on the tool cupboard to bring up its inventory and see the cost per 24 hours of keeping it from decaying:⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d20e31f7e74f.png" size="614049" name="image.png" />⤶ ⤶ ## What adds to my upkeep cost?⤶ ⤶ The materials used to build the walls, foundations, ceilings, and roofs of your base will all add to the cost of its upkeep as well as the materials used for doors and window pieces. Items placed within your base, however, such as sleeping bags, will not add to the upkeep cost.<br/><br/>This means that a base that is fully stone and has sheet metal doors will only cost stone and metal fragments to upkeep.⤶ ⤶ # How do I know how long is left before my base starts decaying? ⤶ ⤶ Your tool cupboard inventory will display how long your base is protected for:⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d21f1d791477.png" size="255719" name="image.png" />⤶ ⤶ As well as in the bottom right when you are within building privilege of your base:⤶ <upload src="2b7da/8d8d21f2c3cfb04.png" size="50587" name="image.png" />