To preface, I'd like to state that if you actually enjoy playing Rust legit and see yourself playing for a long time, DO NOT CHEAT. It is not easy to ban evade. They track a lot of stuff and can make connections very well. Once you get game banned even a SINGLE time, good luck. This is also only for people who are not HWID banned. That is a whole other can of worms, and I wish you Godspeed in dealing with that. Anyways, let's get down to business.
Firstly, I have learned that Rust admins have a massive ego. They treat people like us as criminals. Albeit we are public enemy number one in the gaming world, but wow, they are more unhinged than people make us out to be. They thrive off any sort of control they can muster. I am thankful they aren't even mall cops, let alone real cops with real-world power and control. Anyways, I'm getting off-topic.
From what I have gathered, your IP address is the most important thing that is tracked. This connects all your banned accounts and current accounts together. That is how they get you 90% of the time. Rust admins do not have access to your HWID. Facepunch does but not third-party servers. (NOTE: I am not HWID banned, so I have no experience in that space.) However, I have confirmed that the CPU and GPU serial numbers are documented. I have not confirmed anything else. I have heard rumors about your router's serial number and MAC address also being documented, but I cannot confirm that.
Admins also document your Discord and Steam accounts being linked together. Say, for example, you are banned on a server, then join the server's Discord to make a ban appeal. They will document and link those accounts together in their notes. Furthermore, Discord bots such as Rust Legends require permissions that can see the phone number and email address associated with that Discord account. This then gives them that information too.
I also have my suspicions about purchases. Considering they track basically everything, I would have to assume they document this information too. I am not sure what information they receive when someone makes a purchase on their store, but I would imagine it contains basic information such as your name, billing address, email address, and PayPal account if you used one.
My recommendation to successfully ban evade is first to get rid of any traces of previously banned accounts and anything that can be linked to those accounts. Remove all information you can from your Steam account (friends, screenshots, videos, messages, phone numbers, etc.), set it to private, and request that it be deleted. Set up a new email address, remove your phone number from your Discord, delete the account, and then toss out any old Steam accounts. Never use your old Discord account! I'd recommend resetting your PC to be certain. Then get a new public IP address which can either be dynamic or static. Power cycling your modem/router can change a dynamic IP address easily. Before doing so, however, check your public IP address via a Google search, then check it afterward to ensure that it has changed. A static IP address will need to be changed manually by your ISP. You can call them and ask to have it changed.
Once you've cleaned your PC and changed your IP address, it's time to start anew. I recommend creating a new Steam account on your own and purchasing Rust yourself. Use a new email address and phone number for this. For the phone number, you can rent a phone number for the SMS verification on sites such as sms-man. Use that same email address and SMS service to create and verify a new Discord account. Never under any circumstance should you log in to your old Steam or Discord accounts. This is extremely crucial. Also, lay low for your first 100 hours or so. Don't attract any unwanted attention. I'd suggest setting your Steam account to private so people can't see how many hours you have. Don't use the same name or profile picture on any accounts. We are trying to create a new identity here.
If you do everything I've suggested in the same order (especially when it comes to the IP address), you should be good to go.
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Firstly, I have learned that Rust admins have a massive ego. They treat people like us as criminals. Albeit we are public enemy number one in the gaming world, but wow, they are more unhinged than people make us out to be. They thrive off any sort of control they can muster. I am thankful they aren't even mall cops, let alone real cops with real-world power and control. Anyways, I'm getting off-topic.
From what I have gathered, your IP address is the most important thing that is tracked. This connects all your banned accounts and current accounts together. That is how they get you 90% of the time. Rust admins do not have access to your HWID. Facepunch does but not third-party servers. (NOTE: I am not HWID banned, so I have no experience in that space.) However, I have confirmed that the CPU and GPU serial numbers are documented. I have not confirmed anything else. I have heard rumors about your router's serial number and MAC address also being documented, but I cannot confirm that.
Admins also document your Discord and Steam accounts being linked together. Say, for example, you are banned on a server, then join the server's Discord to make a ban appeal. They will document and link those accounts together in their notes. Furthermore, Discord bots such as Rust Legends require permissions that can see the phone number and email address associated with that Discord account. This then gives them that information too.
I also have my suspicions about purchases. Considering they track basically everything, I would have to assume they document this information too. I am not sure what information they receive when someone makes a purchase on their store, but I would imagine it contains basic information such as your name, billing address, email address, and PayPal account if you used one.
My recommendation to successfully ban evade is first to get rid of any traces of previously banned accounts and anything that can be linked to those accounts. Remove all information you can from your Steam account (friends, screenshots, videos, messages, phone numbers, etc.), set it to private, and request that it be deleted. Set up a new email address, remove your phone number from your Discord, delete the account, and then toss out any old Steam accounts. Never use your old Discord account! I'd recommend resetting your PC to be certain. Then get a new public IP address which can either be dynamic or static. Power cycling your modem/router can change a dynamic IP address easily. Before doing so, however, check your public IP address via a Google search, then check it afterward to ensure that it has changed. A static IP address will need to be changed manually by your ISP. You can call them and ask to have it changed.
Once you've cleaned your PC and changed your IP address, it's time to start anew. I recommend creating a new Steam account on your own and purchasing Rust yourself. Use a new email address and phone number for this. For the phone number, you can rent a phone number for the SMS verification on sites such as sms-man. Use that same email address and SMS service to create and verify a new Discord account. Never under any circumstance should you log in to your old Steam or Discord accounts. This is extremely crucial. Also, lay low for your first 100 hours or so. Don't attract any unwanted attention. I'd suggest setting your Steam account to private so people can't see how many hours you have. Don't use the same name or profile picture on any accounts. We are trying to create a new identity here.
If you do everything I've suggested in the same order (especially when it comes to the IP address), you should be good to go.
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