Start with the icons on your screen
Look for the LOST PARADISE icon tabs on your in-game HUD, separate from Rust's usual hotbar. Click an icon to open what you need.
Before you travel to Paradise Haven
Paradise Haven is a protected hub. Typing /hub TELEPORTS you away from your current location. It does not place a sleeping bag, save a home, or mark your original base for you.
Before traveling, claim /kits if needed, place a sleeping bag near your base, and use /sethome NAME if that command is available to you. Keep track of your base location. Use /leave to exit Paradise Haven; do not rely on an unmarked location as your only way home.
The WIKI's START HERE guide link is informational and will not teleport you. To visit Haven intentionally, use /hub only when you're ready.
Build, explore, or take on an operation
Build your base on the main island, visit the Activities desks in Paradise Haven, or investigate Project Eden at your own pace. The story is there to discover, not something you have to finish first.
Your progression systems
Skill Tree (/st) records character levels, Skill XP, skills and Prestige progression. Prestige (/prestige) is long-term. Paradise Seasons (/season) uses different Season XP and has 40 reward tiers. Premium is available for 100,000 in-game Paradise Credits, or included when you have active ULTIMATE VIP. Once unlocked, Premium stays active for that season even if VIP expires.
Paradise Passport (/passport) tracks persistent discoveries and stamps. Project Eden (/eden) separately records a location VISIT and VERIFIED NOTE RECOVERY. The gameplay leaderboard (/leaderboard or /stats) is another independent record.
When installed, World Director's /journey report reads those existing records together. It never resets progress, pays rewards, adds XP or automatically unlocks Season tiers.
How Project Eden fits into wipes and seasons
Five Project Eden sites have been released. Search them for notes at your own pace, and check Passport > Project Eden for the difference between a recorded visit and recovered evidence.
Previously recorded notes and visits persist through map wipes. New monuments follow the storyline release schedule; the two-week map wipe is independent of the longer Paradise Seasons timer.
Finishing all 40 tiers is not required for the next season to begin. And players who only want to build, farm or trade are never required to join the story.
Join the community
Meet other Islanders, ask questions, report bugs, and hear what's coming with the next Cycle.
Want a few extras?
VIP isn't needed to enjoy LOST PARADISE. PRIME, PREMIUM and ULTIMATE offer optional conveniences such as larger backpacks, extra kits and travel perks.
Prefer typing?
The HUD does the work for you, but chat commands are still available if you prefer them.