Vantic for Rust Console Edition
Rust Console Killfeed Bot for Discord
A killfeed turns the fights on your server into a live feed in Discord, and this page covers how Vantic builds one on a platform with no plugins, why its K/D is one players actually trust, and what you can layer on top. Because console exposes only a console stream, Vantic reads death lines directly and sorts each into player, NPC, animal, trap or environment, keeping a single rolling card rather than flooding a channel. The K/D it keeps is PvP-only, so farming and animal deaths cannot distort the number players compete over. On top of the feed sit kill rewards, XP that levels players into roles, and bounties, so the same kill data that fills the feed also drives your economy and progression.
Every kill, one clean rolling card - with K/D that farming can never inflate.
How the Vantic killfeed works
Rust Console Edition has no plugins, so a killfeed has to be built from the server's console stream. Vantic reads every death line the moment it prints, classifies it (player kill, NPC, animal, trap, environment), and posts it into one rolling Discord card that edits itself as kills arrive - never a message per kill flooding your channel. If the feed ever goes quiet it usually means the Rust Console bot keeps disconnecting from WebRCON, not that kills stopped, so Vantic reconnects with backoff and shows honest status instead of a fake online.
Each entry carries a live timestamp, so a kill from an hour ago reads 'an hour ago' on its own. You choose exactly which death types post: PvP only, or everything down to bear maulings, with six one-click category toggles.
K/D that players actually trust
Vantic tracks kills and deaths per player with one deliberate rule: the K/D on the leaderboards, the /kd card and passports is PvP-only. Scientist and animal kills sit in a separate PvE column, so farming NPCs never inflates that ratio and PvE deaths do not count against a fighter's PvP record.
Streaks track live and reset on death, best streaks are remembered forever, and the leaderboards run straight off the same numbers - see them live on the public network ladder.
Kill rewards, XP and bounties on top
On Premium, every kill can pay: an owner-set amount of your server's currency per PvP kill (with an anti-farm cooldown so trading kills with a friend earns nothing), XP that levels players into Discord roles, and revenge bounties that put a price on offline-raiders' heads - announced right in the killfeed.
PvE servers flip one switch and the same engine rewards NPC hunting instead, so the feed fits your ruleset either way.
See it running in minutes
Sign in with Discord, run the Connect Doctor, and watch the Truth Layer go live. Free to start - Premium is A$20 a month per server, cancel anytime.
Frequently asked questions
Does the killfeed need a plugin on my Rust Console server?
No. Console servers cannot run plugins. Vantic reads the server's console output over the same connection your host provides, so there is nothing to install on the server itself.
Can I choose which deaths show?
Yes. Six category toggles (PvP, suicides, animals, NPCs, traps, environment) control what posts. Stats always track regardless, so turning a category off never loses data.
Is the killfeed free?
Yes, the killfeed is part of the free plan. Kill rewards, XP, streak bonuses and bounties are Premium.
How fresh is the feed?
Kills post within seconds of the console line printing, batched briefly so Discord rate limits never delay your channel.
Keep exploring
Rust Console leaderboards · Rust Console economy bot · Rust Console battle pass · the live network ladder