The Grift - Unique & Cozy TRIO Funnel Base 2023 RUST

The Grift is a cozy trio base that can be afforded by a dedicated solo or duo, but also spacious enough to fit a small group. It has a funnel wall, 22 beds, loads of storage, and head glitch peeks all over compound. This base is incredible easy to build, has a great starter, and will carry you through wipe.

📢 Huge shoutout to @spinky for collaborating on the new Scissor Peek

Builder's Sanctuary Code: CCW5ML

Total Cost & Upkeep WITH deployables:
- Stone: 50k - 9k
- Metal: 50k - 8.7k
- HQM: 437 - 114

Timestamps:
0:00 - 0:29 Overview & Features
0:29 - 0:40 Build Cost & Footprint
0:40 - 4:10 Base Tour
4:10 - 6:12 The Starter
6:12 - 9:34 Second Floor
9:34 - 10:01 Final Grades
10:01 - 10:35 Funnel Pods
10:35 - 11:46 Non-Bunkered External TCs
11:46 - 13:29 Bunkered External TCs
13:29 - 14:39 Funnel Pods (cont.)
14:39 - 16:52 Gatehouses
16:52 - 17:38 Compound
17:38 - 19:08 Bedroom Floor
19:08 - 21:08 Roof Defenses
21:08 - 22:12 Electricity
22:12 - 22:25 Outro

[Yexom]

0:34 a real 'dedicated solo' would build the anvil on their own...

[cloveruty]

TAKE NOTE: As of 10/5/2023 update, the triangle roof at 19:32 can not be placed if the frames are already there. Place the roof first then you can add the frames and walls.

[davidlett]

I've been building your base for about a year now. This was my first YouTube base. Now with the industrial update and 2000 hours I've freestyled the shooting floor incorporating a mountain roof with absolute broken angles 360 around the base. Next I wanted to turn the original jump up into honey comb and incorporate the entrance into the second floor to third floor jump up. Only issue with changing the jump up is it removes the incentive to go through the shotgun traps. Thanks for the go to base!

[chancep]

To attest to this bases strength, I built it yesterday and ended up getting 3v8 onlined. 2 full rounds of mlrs, 3 guys rocketing, 1 guy c4, 1 with m2 explo and it ended up costing them over 100+ rockets before they finally punched a hole all of the way through to core, and then rocketing up to roof. For only 3 of us on, we were able to move swiftly through the base defending, and resealing. I’d highly recommend this for a 3-6 man to live in. Plenty of room for loot and beds for that size of team, easily. Thanks Dust for another great one!

[pedro_sousa]

Halfway through the video and your content just never stops surprising me in a good way. From the video editing to the actual base designs, everything just looks so well done. You deserve all the good things life will bring you Dust, these videos are amazing, please keep it up!

[thomaszhang]

Yexom tested your Anvil base in a 1v5 raid defense. The video dropped 2 days ago. It seems that the shooting floor is pretty good, but the brokenly small ventrico peeks on the shooting floor is too small for automatic fire. You really need a bolty to take advantage of that peek.

[thecowboyfromcali]

I'd love to see a duo or trio, maybe even quad sized base that is decent against offline attempts. I rarely ever have the luxury to defend my base while it is being raided, so something a little bigger, or more honeycomb/rocket cost is great. I also love heli and frequently put my base in bigger areas with water, so maybe a small addon garage or boat house, as well as some sort of easy attack heli enclosure. I've used so many of these, and I always appreciate the intricate designs you come up with.

[shrugs]

Seeing the time difference between showing off the base on stream and the video coming out really puts into perspective the effort put into these vids 😄

[PercyOBJ]

i would love to see a video of you explaining your building process. you never over build anything and you never under build anything. everything you build is so well put together and perfect. like it was a base that was meant to be in the game. I have been watching and building your bases since the release of the crypt.

[Cubiclator]

Just successfully defended a raid for ~2 hours with a modified, half build version of this base. Would highly recommend, thank you for this wonderful design!

[senseless]

built this 15 wipes ago, this is a certified dust classic.

[rasmusthomsen]

Love the base, I only miss you make room for refinery and SAM sites, but a really nice and compacted base.

[LittleDzn]

When I think your production value has peaked for your videos and you come out with any another banger! By far the best editor on the rust build scene. If not rust, in general!

[MoreElgato]

Always love the base designs, would love to see more that maximize the turret ranges like this one, and/or ones with more use of bunkers!

[Edd_Black]

Your bases are my absolute favorite! When my son and I made the Crux years ago, it was the best time in RUST we ever had! Thanks for the memories man!

Have you ever thought about making a hemp/berry farm base for people like me who have a more chill playstyle?

[xZXD]

@Dust I been trying this footprint for weeks upon weeks and never found a design for it. No wonder nobody has made a video on it because it's so difficult to find something that works. Good job, fr. I had a similar layout to yours but you just perfected it.

[dingusgoober]

Dust doesn't even need to make a good base his editing is so good I would be convinced to use the design anyways

[SplixRust]

Wow. This is base was so good this wipe, my trio needed a unique base and when i came across this design, me and my tm8s were so excited to build this wonderful base

[thomaszhang]

DUST, you HAVE TO come check out this peak. It is the most disgusting peak I’ve ever seen, ever. It’s basically a one way peak.

It’s at 1:13 of the video “The Perfect Farm Expansion” by spinky. It’s like your slit peak in Anvil base, but it allows you to adjust elevation to hit targets at a wider range.

[KingOfLeeYT]

Holy crap, exactly what I needed. Always needed to build a starter before I built the palisade, better main base progression this time. Ty