The Dugout - New META 2x1 for SOLO/DUO/TRIO (ft. Coma)

Learn to expand any standard 2x1 into "The Dugout," a cost-effective design for solo, duo, or trio players. This tutorial covers a new meta expansion that's affordable and provides ample space for teams without sacrificing strength. Ideal for players looking to upgrade their base efficiently and experience a "large base feel" in a small footprint and cost. It can be built single TC for those quick snowball wipes, or it can be built with 2 optional external TCs for longer adventures.

📢 Huge shoutout to @ComaYT for coming to me with this request!

Builder's Sanctuary Code: QH6GNM

Total Cost & Upkeep WITH deployables:
- Stone: 44K - 8K
- Metal: 44K - 8.7K
- HQM: 262 - 70

Timestamps:
0:00 - 1:29 Intro
1:29 - 1:39 Build Cost & Upkeep
1:39 - 5:24 Base Tour
5:24 - 6:47 The Starter
6:47 - 11:08 Second Floor
11:08 - 13:59 Bedroom Floor
13:59 - 16:47 Shooting Floor & Roof
16:47 - 19:31 Compound
19:31 - 21:41 Compound (Optional External TCs)
21:41 - 21:56 Outro

#rust #rustbase

[Blooprint]

Production quality is insane but the Coma collab is even better 😍

[dustgg]

By the way, I made all of the Unreal Engine animations myself. Please subscribe & like the video if you like them. I put a crazy amount of effort into these base build videos for y'all, and would really appreciate it.

[XPSftw]

One thing is that your designs are generally awesome, but the way you go through and describe, the speed at which you do, and how clearly you move making it easy to follow is simply on the very top of Rust content creators! I watch more rust build videos than I care to admit, and yours are just top top quality! Keep up the great work :)

[humanityreimagined]

Thanks for another beautiful build. I started watching you when you first started doing this. I took a couple years off Rust and came back to see everything had changed. It's nice to find at least one familiar thing is still here

[ComaYT]

Amazing base design! Looking forward to testing it out on a server! 💙

[TimmyTenderss]

I loved this base! I made the loot room an open core design with turrets by expanding triangles off the square loot rooms and going up a half wall. a few odds and ends to make it so if I was getting onlined (if that ever happens lol) the base would become harder to raid unless they pummel to core at range. You continue to inspire me to build more than my basic 2x1 or 2x2 base and for that I thank you!

[bowsars]

You're on another level when it comes to videos like this! Not only is the video cinematic pleasing to see, but the base is also perfect! Keep it up!

[JakeStets]

I just started rust and this video is perfect. Teaches me how to make nice peeks, turret placement, externals, all kinds of stuff I see in rust yt vids. It’s so strong and so beginner friendly. Dust a real one

[mikemcleod]

My wife and I were looking for this exact base and didnt even know it! Thanks for another banger base design!

[hallettnr]

I don't say this lightly.... I watch a TON of base builds from many different builders and I am pretty picky on what I like, but you are THE best builder on youtube period. Every base you build is insanely well thought out and creative. You don't just spam a million low effort builds out every other day for the sake of quick views, but instead put time and effort into every build!

On top of all of that, your editing is awesome too! Keep up the amazing work man!

[xanderpawz]

Awesome piece of advice, he mentions the single double door on the roof as a peak to compensate for a lack of turrets early game, but if you replace that sheet metal door with an armored door late game, the position aligns perfectly with the full view of the hatch, so you can get a super tiny peak for extra manual roof defense that has the advantage of way more health to keep you safe while peaking

[NineRust]

Beautiful Cinematics, an absolute master! 🔥

[nimoeyt]

This base and video quality is amazing!

Small addition: If you upgrade the roofs above the window frames on the roof to Brutalist (DLC) or Shipping Container (DLC), you can still place the wind turbine afterwards.
You can also change it midway through wipe :)

[Trnzr]

I loved this base design so much that i just builded it on willjum's server . I think this is the best base for solo/duo . Thank's for ur work

[leonvanderliner]

I've been watching base videos for ~3 hours to try and zero in on what I want before getting back into Rust.
I would say every aspect of this one is good but what stands out above and beyond as superior to every other one I watched is the very clearly defined expansion stages that are paced well and not overly complicated.

[Wind]

''chemical that makes carrots orange”' - Coma owes me for this one <3

[kenlynch]

no gonna lie been watching your builds for a few years now and these videos get better and better same with the bases like mind blowing the stuff you come up with IMO. Lastly HUGE shoutout to coma the feature of him was awesome!

[brianzdanowski]

“Comment the chemical that makes carrots orange”

Okay:
β-carotene

[itsjawa]

I have made this base recently and changed from 2 ext TC to 4 ext. Placing the large furnance was tricky without the frame connecting the gate house to main. Additional turbine on ext TC and placed large battery in compound bedroom, replicating same footprint as the gatehouse but used the triangle to place the battery.

[guitarsolos]

Hey! Love the build. I just wanted to give a little tip for those who wants to minmax the base a bit more. Instead of making garage doors to the loot rooms with reverse ramps, upgrade the half floor to hqm, and put a window frame in HQM where the garage is supposed to be. Then they'd have to break 1x HQM to get through!