How To Use The Quick Smelt Rust Plugin

Quick Smelt is one of the most popular quality-of-life plugins available for Rust servers. Created by misticos, the plugin allows server owners to modify furnace smelting speeds, fuel consumption rates, and output multipliers. It’s especially popular on modded and multiplier servers where players gather resources much faster than vanilla Rust and need furnaces to keep up with increased progression speeds.

The plugin hooks into Rust’s furnace systems using OnOvenCook and OnOvenCooked hooks, allowing it to modify furnace behavior while maintaining compatibility with the game’s normal mechanics.

This guide explains how to install Quick Smelt, configure its settings, and use the plugin on your Rust server.

Note: Make sure you have Oxide installed. This plugin will only work if you have the mod base properly added to your server.

How to Install Quick Smelt to Your Rust Server

To install the Quick Smelt plugin:

1. Visit uMod and search for Quick Smelt, or use this link.

2. Download the latest uMod version of the plugin.

3. Upload the files to your server’s oxide/plugins folder using the File Manager on Physgun, SFTP/FTP file transfer, or manually in your dedicated server files.

4. Restart your server or use the oxide.reload command.

5. Your plugin should be fully installed! After loading for the first time, it will automatically generate its config files.

If the plugin file fails to load, verify that Oxide is installed, that the plugin file was uploaded correctly, and that the plugin loads successfully in your server console. Many issues are caused by a plugin file in the wrong version, a compilation error, or outdated existing configs.

Configuring the Quick Smelt Plugin

Assigning Permissions

Before you start using the plugin, you need to assign permissions. Players with the quicksmelt.use permission will be able to actually benefit from this plugin’s features, making it especially useful if you want your donators to have quicker smelting speed multipliers, while the lowly peasants who haven’t given you money use the vanilla rates.

In your server console, type in the following command:

oxide.grant [user or group] [group name or player Steam ID] quicksmelt.use

For example:

oxide.grant group moderator betterchat.admin quicksmelt.use

This gives players access to the plugin’s modified furnace behavior without affecting users who do not have the permission assigned.

Additional Configuration

The Quick Smelt Rust plugin has a handful of config options you can change in the configuration file. You can find this in oxide/config under the JSON file QuickSmelt.json. The config file offers a variety of settings, including speed options, fuel consumption multipliers, and entity whitelists.

Below is a near-full list of options available in the file:

• Fuel usage speed multipliers

• Fuel usage multipliers

• Output multipliers

• Item and furnace short names

• Whitelisted item names

• Blacklisted item names

• Smelting frequencies

Using the Plugin In-Game

The plugin runs automatically. Depending on your config, your furnaces should now be pumping out resources with increased efficiency.

You’ll still see the normal green progress bar while smelting. The difference is that the progress bar completes much faster thanks to the new fast smelting speeds.

The plugin works with both standard and custom furnace setups, making it useful for servers running high stack sizes, custom economies, or other plugins increasing speed throughout gameplay.

Keep in mind that increased speed may cause furnaces to consume fuel much quicker. Keep track of how much fuel you’re using to be safe.

Conclusion

Quick Smelt is a lightweight but powerful plugin that gives Rust server owners complete control over furnace behavior. By adjusting smelting speeds, fuel consumption, output rates, and item restrictions, you can see how fast items cook, especially with special tools like electric furnaces.

Whether you’re running a small community server, a heavily modded multiplier server, or a custom PvE experience, Quick Smelt provides an easy way to improve resource processing and reduce downtime for your players.

If you find that you’re having issues, make sure you entered everything correctly and installed the plugin the right way.