Rust Solo Duo Base | Offline Raid Defense | The Faraday

The Faraday: A Self-Defending Solo/Duo Base (1×1)
Builder's Sanctuary Code: HSSSQN

The Faraday is a compact solo/duo base built on a 1×1 footprint, designed to punish stingy raiders focusing on strong offline resilience while still providing a meta shooting floor, compound, and bedrooms.

From every direction, raiders face three layers to TC, supported by two non-splashable bunkers and a Frustrator-style dropdown—a trap-driven raid deterrent popularized by Evil Wurst’s Frustrator series that turns greedy raid paths into costly mistakes.

Despite its minimal footprint, the Faraday delivers strong defense without sacrificing clean progression. The result is a base that stays small, scales intelligently, and forces raiders to fully commit.

Fun fact:
I name my bases after influential scientists and mathematicians. Since this build is releasing on Christmas, it’s named after Michael Faraday, who was well-known for his love of the holiday and for founding the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture series, which still running over 200 years later.

Chapters:
0:00 - The Base That Defended Itself
2:13 - The Base
3:43 - The Tour
10:46 - Build/Upkeep/Raid Cost
10:51 - Starter
15:59 - Externals
18:52 - Bunkers
22:26 - Compound
29:42 - Shooting Floor
38:49 - Closing Remarks




Music & Audio Credits

Classical music excerpts from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 — “Morning Mood” and “In the Hall of the Mountain King”
Performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Provided via the Museopen project
Licensed under Creative Commons (public domain recordings)

Additional music by Dusty Decks
Licensed via Epidemic Sound

Sound effects recorded in-game and sourced from Epidemic Sound.