Spawn Instances
The Spawn Instances panel counts the Rust spawners in the selected prefabs and shows a new random pick of what they spawn. It shows when every selected prefab has spawners of its own. It is not a component on the prefab.
Some Rust prefabs do not hold all of their contents. Their spawners pick prefabs and put them at spawn points while the server runs. A desert military base gets its tents this way, an underwater lab and a tunnel get their rooms, a road sign spawner gets its sign, and many monuments get their crates, barrels and NPCs.
RustEdit shows what the spawners can spawn, so a place looks as it does in the game:
- Scenery shows by itself when the prefab is placed, opened with a map or copied: dwellings (desert military bases, underwater labs, tunnels), road signs, and door and train barricades.
- Loot, NPCs and vehicles show when you select the prefab.
What the spawners show is only a picture. It is not saved, not exported and not listed in the Hierarchy. Clicking it selects the prefab that holds the spawner. The game picks its own when the server runs.
The Spawn Instances panel
| Row or button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Summary | How many spawners the selected prefabs have, and how many of them are scenery. |
| Refresh Spawn Instances | Takes away what the spawners of the selected prefabs show, and shows a new random pick. |
The same map shows the same pick each time you open it, until you refresh it.