How to complete Rust Launch Site puzzle

The Rust Launch Site puzzle can be complicated for those who aren't well-versed in the Monument's layout. This Red Card puzzle offers players a chance to get tremendous amounts of high-tier loot in the game. It is arguably one of the best places to secure rare weapons, important blueprints, and plenty of high-quality metal.

This guide aims to help you complete the Rust Launch Site puzzle.

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Rust Launch Site puzzle guide

Pre-requisites

Before you proceed to try your luck completing the Red Card puzzle in Launch Site, you first need these items:

• 2x Fuses
• Green Card
• Red Card
• Clothing with 25% Radiation Protection (Hazmat works best)

Once you've gathered them, follow these steps to complete the puzzle:

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Switch in Building 011

Building 110 (Image via Facepunch Studios)

First, locate the single-storey shipping container building marked '011' in Launch Site. Head inside and proceed to toggle the switch present in this building.

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Switch in the Brutalist Building

The second switch (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Right beside Building 011, you'll find a Brutalist-designed building that houses another switch. Go inside, and toggle this switch. This marks the second step in the Rust Launch Site puzzle.

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Enter the tunnel

Switch near the tunnel (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Exit the building and locate the scaffolding. Scale down the ladder – once you see the tunnel, enter it by jumping across the gap. Here, you must activate the timer beside the tunnel doorway.

Proceed to toggle the timer and leave the location.

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Green room

Green card room (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Go to the Green-door building near the three silos in Launch Site. Swipe the card and enter the room. Here, you'll find a fuse box. Put in one of the fuses and toggle the switch. As you complete this step, you're inching closer to solving the Rust Launch Site puzzle.

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Main building - Launch Site

Final switch location (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Go to the far side of Launch Site and locate a small room that serves as an extension to the main building. You can find it beside two blue shipping containers parked near its entrance.

Enter the room, and you will find one more fuse box. Proceed to put it in and toggle the switch.

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Enter through the Red Door

Red card room door (Image via Facepunch Studios)

Exit the previous building and proceed to the main entrance with the red doors. Here, you must swipe the Red Card to gain access to the Launch Site building.

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Once you gain access, clear all the scientists inside the building. Scale up the ladders and emerge on the rooftop of the building. You will find elite and military grade loot scattered here. Loot everything you can and exit in a similar fashion.

Alternatively, if you have a parachute, or are lucky enough to find one in one of these high-tier crates, use it to glide away to safety.

Upon following the aforementioned steps, you will have completed the Rust Launch Site puzzle.

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That concludes our guide on the Rust Launch Site puzzle.

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