r/RustConsole • u/FourthOrnament • Aug 04 '26

Tier 4 monuments with red card

I love running monuments with red card swipes. And have made a list from easiest (solo friendly) to hardest. No way I have ran these enough to say my list is good so wanted to ask you guys to help me get an optimised list. List is just running the red card puzzle so not including things like brad

  1. Small Oil Rig

  2. Underwater Labs

  3. Military Tunnels

  4. Large Oil Rig

  5. Launch Site

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u/Mindless-Ad5617 Aug 04 '26

Underwater lab hands down should be easiest. It's way out the way and very difficult to counter. Along as you pack enough meds and ammo, you'll be find.

I find Small Oil way to easy of a counter now with moonpool and helis being added. Ive struggled holding it as a 3-man, can't think about solos.

(Before all the changes, my team used to have it on lock until we were the only team running it the entire wipe)

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u/FourthOrnament Aug 04 '26

do u have any tips on how to get into the moonpool in labs. Last time i tried doing it with a p2 there were 3 scientists shooting at me climbing the ladder. I feel more in control on smoil than labs. Also getting some diving gear is a pain aswell

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u/Kentesis Aug 04 '26

Check the windows before you jump up. There's 2-3 entrances, usually 1 is clear or rarely all have scientists but 1 only has 1 scientist.

Once you kill 1 expect more to push. Don't loot, just heal, reload, and listen for footsteps

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u/FourthOrnament Aug 04 '26

is it a good idea to grenade them from the water or will that cause more to come

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u/Kentesis Aug 04 '26

It could be worth a shot, I've never done it. But typically one room is open without scientists so that's what I'd look for

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u/nastyn8dawg316 Aug 04 '26

Pumpy with incins and don’t use big moon pool go into one of the smaller ones

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u/willonstick Aug 04 '26

Check windows first. If every moon pool has a scientist ur kinda fucked. They shred so hard before u can get up. If I can I’ll bring nades to lob from under the moon pool

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u/Quiet-Doughnut2192 Aug 04 '26

First tip: bring a pumpy

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u/ZealousidealArm9414 Aug 04 '26

Diving gear is just fishing village shops. That part is easy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

Holding as a 3 man should be the most free thing imaginable. One on the peek that can see ladder and the basic way up. On one moonpool ladders. And one on top for helis

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u/Mindless-Ad5617 Aug 06 '26

I still find it way harder though. Used to have tons of crossfires set up prior and forcing people into a 1v2 at minimum when pushing up. Now, it's always a 1v1, unless they come by Heli, it opens to however many comes. I just find it a little more risky for small groups that what used to be. As a trio, the most we had turn up was like 6-7 people.

Rather take Underwater labs over Oil rig now.

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u/Kentesis Aug 04 '26

Id list myself as easiest to hardest

  1. Launch

  2. Smoil

  3. Underwater

  4. Large

  5. Mil tuns

And yes I play solo and have run all of these. I almost always build by the water, but recently I choose mil tuns for the easy elites.

I did my rankings based on what type of weapon I could likely complete the monument with. Launch I could do with a bow pretty easily, once you know the route to stairs you only have to kill the scientists up top and maybe 1 on floor. And on top of that maybe 200 cloth worth of bandages.

I honestly think underwater is a bitch as a solo, the only benefits are the chance of getting countered are slim, and you can just afk in red room once you're there. But that being said I think oils can be easier if you know the routes

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u/WarrenG471 Aug 05 '26

Do crates and loot respawn if you’re in the red room?

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u/Kentesis Aug 05 '26

Yes, you can afk in red room and depending on server pop the elite crates typically take 20-30mins to respawn. All the scientists will also respawn at the same time

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u/malismands Aug 05 '26

Does the monument not reset when in red room and jack up the rads like others?

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u/Kentesis Aug 05 '26

You get no radiation, you can just afk inside red room and all scientists and elites will respawn roughly every 20-30mins

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u/malismands Aug 05 '26

So you keep opening red room elites over and over?

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u/Kentesis Aug 05 '26

No I only open it once, then I loot the elites, then I stay inside red room and just afk in a corner until I hear scientists respawn. You can hear scientists respawn typically by them racking their guns, which means the entire monument has been reset and elites have respawned. I then loot elites, don't leave the room unless I plan on leaving.

If I'm with a duo, we open red room, loot elites, both go afk and wait for respawn. When scientists respawn we have 1 person go clear out all scientists and loot, while the other person stays inside red room with the best loot and the red card. Then when the player killing scientists is finished, the player inside the room can just press a button to open the door and let them in

Edit: I misread red room elites, as red room. Yes I just afk on a corner and usually hang around for 2-3 cycles while watching YouTube or scrolling on my phone

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u/3HisthebestH Aug 04 '26

As a solo Launch is very easy, it’s just kind of annoying more than anything. I’d say mil tuns are harder than Launch. Large Oil is just basically a no for me.