The Anchor - A Solo/Duo OPEN CORE 2x1 Expansion | Rust Base Design

An expansion and improvement of the classic 2x1 base in rust. This design incorporates a double bunker, bed rooms, peek downs, open core, and so much more. Built for a solo or duo group, this tank will hold its own against online and offline raids.
COST
*UPKEEP: 2.9k Stone, 3.9k Metal Fragments, 52 HQM
*BUILD COST: 14k Stone, 24k Metal Fragments, 268 HQM (Includes deployable items and doors)
RAID (most ideal raid path)
*RAID (TC bunker): ~26 Rockets
*RAID (Both bunkers + main loot): ~34 Rockets
DISCLAIMER: When considering raid cost I do not count jackhammering etc.
Contents of this video:
00:00 Base Showcase
00:47 Base Tour
03:06 Starter Pt. 1
03:33 Starter Pt. 2
04:18 Starter Pt. 3
04:38 Dropdown
05:27 Metal Upgrades
07:24 Roof Access
07:50 Upstairs Additions
08:35 Window Rooms
09:36 Second Bunker
09:55 Honeycomb
11:05 Bedrooms
13:29 Upstairs Additions
13:45 2x1 Upgrades
15:32 Peek downs
17:30 Vending Bunker
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[@Zypic]

Builder's Sanc Code: QNMS7M

[@housheng_a]

16:34，window break .could u tell me why.btw i cant find the discord .link has expired.

[@LexYeen]

cozy, you say? notify willjum, lads.

[@Zypic]

Please do haha I’d love to watch him use this :)

[@DefiRules]

@@Zypic there are not enought triangles for him :D

[@devschwick]

This site is full of Rust base building channels that focus on pumping out as many videos as possible, but here you are creating this extremely high quality content. Great tutorial, great explanations, and visuals that I haven't seen anyone else doing. I appreciate the effort you're putting in to these! Liked and subbed

[@Gyros-Judo]

fam your bases hit the spot for me. building is my favourite part of rust and cool builds like this keep me playing the game. thanks for the top content man!

[@NzymRias]

As a low hour player (534), this video and subsequently your other after watching this, is massively helping me be more creative, giving me some great go to bases with easy tutorials without building the same tower I see in literally every single server. I look forward to the next one :)

[@alsacestyle]

this is going to be my new base design, thank you

[@yungev9315]

not even finished yet and i already like the build... Good stuff man keep up the work!

[@Lordsam_catkingissocool]

Actually goated base, I love the editing style and the lighting

[@samwow0_043]

Just made this and beside a slight issue with one of the loot rooms everything went pretty smooth and it's amazing!

[@timeobserver8220]

Mid way through a vanilla wipe on this base and its absolutely incredible. The roof peaks are -ok-, nothing amazing but the early peaks you get from the triangles even before window embraziers are absolutely incredible and the bedroom retakes are godlike. Behind the bedrooms you can make two triangle chutes so you always have a way back to base even if the front door is being held. The only issue we've had is the triangle roof that separates the front door and the bunkered loot room can be a little difficult to get through when entering the base (no worries when leaving) even with the code lock on the bunker side. Upgrading from stone to metal didn't really help. Love it so far! Thanks mate!

[@HiddenJoint]

Good idea to make another loot room protected by a spiral staircase. I like it.

[@trippjohnson3237]

Keep em coming!

[@jacevincent2574]

I dont know how you do it, but your bases are by far the best on youtube for solos because you manage to keep the upkeep cost so low.

[@mattsatt8967]

thanks for the great content

[@Lesqueeze825]

Didn’t even watch the video yet but subscribed since it was a 2x1 expansion

[@riley4900]

love the base builds bro being using the agitator for two wipes now and survived two online attempts one in each wipe any chance you could make a design for a 4 man or bigger group

[@dos5757]

built this legit just now, what a lovely and defendable base, cheers.

[@SomethingDuck]

Holy shit you did it again

[@brokie21]

Cant wait for june wipe and try this

[@outrun1504]

Hey man! just built this and am wondering tips for sealing the bunker parts?? Hope all is well! thanks for your time.

[@colin9040]

I’m a bit afraid that during they’ll get control of the shooting floor and thereby also the peaks into the core and airlock. Is this worry justified or am I missing something?

[@hanfiball4136]

Nice base! But the double bunker has the problem that the raiders have it anyways when raiding the core. But with how limited we are since the offset patch i guess that is what we have to work with

[@BlazedLizurd]

ive tested this style of stair bunker on a build server and noticed that twig floor can be splashed through walls because of the fat hitbox

[@ElijahSasserCollins]

it won't let me place either of the triangle spiral stairs for the bunker, I'm play on console, so I guess it's different

[@InteusVII]

Very nice looking little base. I like the floor stack ones you have, but it can get a bit annoying to orient them the way i'd like sometimes, this makes it a lot easier. Definitely giving this one a try.

[@bendeguz1241]

How do I upgrade my ramp through the two half walls? I am struggling to reach it trying boxes for a different angle, but I can't seem to get it. Anyone help please?

[@hazzmattplays1100]

The bunkers don’t work on console so I’ve just used ladder hatches instead. Still a nice base overall

[@rachelkling5619]

nice design but problem is there is no point for secound bunker once they get in to your core raider can just open 2 bunker easy. point of bunker

[@vestyuwu]

cant seem to get the window frames on one side of the roof to work. when i demo the square floors, it breaks the window frames as well, any tips?

[@Zypic]

Yep, it’s all based on the stability of the roof and wall below. Basically when your server restarts sometimes the stability changes for some reason. So you just need to play a wall/foundation next to the honeycomb roof on the bottom and it should update the stability

[@NTGCREW]

for some reason the triangle roof you place for the peak downs the side above my entrance wont place the triangle roof and one side of each of the peeks the back side of the base came out fine i was wondering if there is a stability problem

[@NTGCREW]

ignore me for some reason i had to place a regular roof and the demo it to put down the triangle roof

[@liamw7112]

I have just started rust and this guide was great got everything but the peaks built. Would be nice to see the building of the bunker just to get the orientation correct I messed up the second loot room stairs but I don’t have any loot in it any way. Also found I couldn’t upgrade the ramp for my drop boxes not sure if there is a trick to it or not, otherwise as my first time building a proper base this was awesome

[@Zypic]

I’m glad you enjoyed! For the upgrade in the drop box room, place a small box in front of the low wall and you should be able to reach with the hammer :)

[@rubendebiere499]

Idk if it's just me but on build servers the box doesn't help, I can't upgrade the ramp

[@rubendebiere499]

Haven't tried it on real servers tho

[@liamw7112]

@@rubendebiere499 yeah I tried the box on the server I was on and it didn’t help the two walls just got in the way and I couldn’t upgrade the ramp

[@rubendebiere499]

​@@liamw7112 I think I'll just upgrade and place the ramp when I am placing the walls around the bedroom

[@user-oc3lu8dr9t]

The solitary 2 withstood 3 raids due to the floor stack someone said floor stack doesn’t work so I told them to come test it

[@CStewWV]

Do those spiral stair bunkers work on console do you know?

[@Zypic]

Actually I’ve hear mixed opinions about it. I’d love it if someone who has the console version could do a test for me :)

[@ChEm1cAlKeEn]

I tried last week and they dont work. Won't let you place the stairs through walls

[@iambish]

100% doesn’t work in Console Rust. I have tried in Custom servers, official and build servers and it doesn’t work.

[@cynikuu]

The 2nd bunker seems useless given you get it for free if you get core. I'd just build this without it so you can have your t3 downstairs. Otherwise neat little base, will definitely try some variation of it

[@pollo_diiablo167]

The bunkers work in console?

[@rarebeagle2741]

As an adult with a full time job I play 2x when I don’t have anything going on. When I have stuff going on I play 3x.

[@James-bc7sk]

Same

[@sapphire-4351]

Can you make a nice base for 2 casual 2x players.

[@ExoPhaz]

WOULD LOVE A 2X SOLO/DUO BASE

[@grumpyboomer9107]

Metal walls but stone foundations. What am I missing? Please explain, have I been playing wrong?

[@Zypic]

5:47 should explain :) basically the raid cost doesn’t change regardless of the stone foundations since if someone blows the foundations out the walls will remain in place due to stability from the other walls around :)

[@grumpyboomer9107]

@@Zypic Ok thanks for the info I will have to test my future builds and see if I get the same result. That would mean only upgrade raised foundations that they can pass through.

[@Explowd_]

i play tiderust for the 50% upkeep lol xD

[@noahboor8081]

Does it work on console

[@vicooo4271]

nice, i like it smile

[@reppent]

only play modded servers so the bases dont last long on there but watch every building vid you do some excellent bases

[@firefly8800]

Why do you use low-wall loot rooms? I thought that even with nothing in the way, raiders cannot access the locked boxes anyway since if they are destroyed the inverted ramps prevent them from reaching the fallen stashes. In that case, why not just use a Garage Door? Low-walls allow the raiders to splash more layers at once if they are raiding thru the loot room.

[@Zypic]

True but it would also give the raiders a direct path into the core if they raid through the bedrooms. Instead they need to spend 8 rockets (even if splashed) to break through. But yes for the drop box section by the front door, the low walls could be removed and you could just use a ramp however you’d need to upgrade the ramp to metal which costs more than the low wall (hence the reason I add the low with the stone ramp) :)

[@hotslice1811]

At 16:29 my window frames break when I remove the floor twig any ideas?

[@Zypic]

Ah are you by chance on a build server or official?

[@hotslice1811]

@@Zypic a modded server not on a build server

[@stevie2146]

@@Zypic Exact same problem, official server

[@housheng_a]

same problem. eu main.​and discord link had expired@@Zypic

[@Zypic]

It’s an issue with the square roof price on the lowest level of honeycomb. Essentially when the server restarts sometimes while you’re building the base the roof piece will reset the stability. You can fix and reset the stability by placing a foundation and a wall next to the roof tile on the bottom. (Basically just change any wall around the square roof at the bottom and it should fix the problem)

[@Aussieeeee]

Cool build, but really hard to follow your build tutorial on this one man :( Even with 2k hours and building a lot of custom bases it was hard. Maybe consider top down perspectives when doing layouts and placing foundations. I think it would really raise the quality. You could check out how GameLightz does his top down views. It's super easy to follow! Keep them coming! I love the designs

[@jadensantos5683]

Im a huge fan of your bases. unfortunately i am on console so i can use them. You think you can make a console friends solo/duo base?

[@Zypic]

My next video will be also console friendly :) although it is an slightly more expensive base for a solo/duo it’s more of a trio base (but should still be buildable for the two of you if you follow through the steps)

[@majvax]

don't you think the bunker could be opened with rocket splash or maybe incendiary rocket, I see that on an another video. Didn't test it myself tho. That will make both bunker useless

[@Zypic]

When I tested this I couldn’t manage to open it with an incendiary rocket / flame thrower

[@tron1879]

Sick build bro are you on console cause we need more console builds bro not many do them and its alot harder on console doing bunkers so yeah youd get alot more followers for sure if ya done both no one does both so yeah go for it

[@andrewmcgill884]

What if raiders get to your bunker and fire rockets down into the core destroying all sleeping bags?

[@Zypic]

Well your bags are in the 2x1 so it shouldn’t be an option to send a rocket down into the core unless they break the low wall and a garage door

[@TristanJacobson-ne3db]

Anyone get it to work on console got half way through the base went to go seal it and I can’t get it to place through the wall sigh

[@Zypic]

Unfortunately it seems that this type of bunker doesn’t work on console, nonetheless it’s still strong regardless of the bunker and your door path with garage doors it almost the same as blowing through the wall path.

[@smitasticalll]

Is this base for the new player? I wouldnt last an hour in this thing. I solo in a base close to 12k stone 12k metal 300hqm on main high pops. If a clan saw me loving in this it would be gone instantly. Wouldnt a meta base be good for both a veteran and new player? This seems like a base maybe for a very conservative paddlers that dont get raided often anyways.

[@Zypic]

I would normally say no its not for a newer player. But, since I’ve made the base pretty simple to follow and build with the steps as you get more resources, I would say a newer player could do this without issues.

[@smitasticalll]

@@Zypic could you last more than a few days in it? I put up alot of ypur bases on off wipes so I'm not saying it doesn't have a place. I've always enjoyed your style of building so don't take it as smack talk. I use an old modified base of yours for the past year or so. I just think the tiny bases maybe shouldn't say meta. Lol. Meta (to me atleast) always ment....meta , as in all around best base for the job. It has niche spots I'm certain. It just doesn't seem like I'd last a day in it.

[@alsacestyle]

@@smitasticalll i've been in a trio base as a solo because my mates were not there, it was so bad

[@smitasticalll]

@@alsacestyle what do you mean bad? Upkeep wise or? I personally have no idea how people even call things solo/duo/trio bases. I couldn't live in almost any solo/duo and even alot of trio bases. I was just raided 100+ rockets on rustoria us main day 2 . I only won because I sealed 1 wall deep. If I was in this base , they'd have won in about 20 to 30 mins they where 13 deep. That's why I ask people to kind of be honest on their base builds.

[@Zypic]

@@smitasticalll yep not taking it as any smack haha don’t worry I always appreciate the constructive feedback. I’d say likely yes if you aren’t building in a super high pop area surrounded by clans this should survive a good few days. The base is mainly designed to defend online raids but the double bunker definitely helps for offlines. I’ve been playing on rustoria main (roughly 600 pop) for the past 3 days using this completed base since I test all my stuff before I post. And so far I haven’t been offlined. One attempted online satchel raid but they didn’t get far. Overall I’d say it depends if you piss off a clan haha.

[@user-dc2uu3je9y]

А что не так с яркостью на этом видео?

[@VittinCaesium]

It's difficult to create a strong base for a modded server, I play at 5x, and the raid is very fast, I don't even have time to defend...

[@ZoomTheOne1]

Yeah no shit, every base is designed for vanilla.

[@Drum_stuff304]

I thought the staircase bunker was patched

[@Zypic]

Nope :)

[@Drum_stuff304]

@@Zypic oh cool 👍 nice base

[@Tom-jd4rv]

Bunker doesn’t work on console

[@SomethingDuck]

Whats your build server?

[@Zypic]

I’ve been using builders sanctuary at the moment but I’m debating switching again since the server is extremely laggy

[@SomethingDuck]

@@ZypicOh ok, I use builders sanctuary too but mine seems different then yours

[@Zypic]

@@SomethingDuck probably because I used the commend “/env” which can change the time and environment. I do it for records specifically to make them look more cinematic

[@Tr1niTtyy]

@@Zypic try ukn sandbox, its much better

[@SomethingDuck]

@@Zypic Oh ok, I didn't know that. Thanks!

[@clearthoughts44]

I play modded 3x servers. Mainly warbandits/paranoid or 2x renegade. Why? Vanilla rates are boring and I can jump to the pvp faster

[@slipperybutters5174]

Heyy no way, me and my teammates play 3x,5x and 10x servers depending what time we hop on because we only usually play 1 day wipes since you usually get offline raided. We play warbandits, rustinity, vital rust and hollows

[@vsco.]

Skibidi

[@MrCheekyrust]

This base doesn’t work for console rust

[@Qalladin]

Yes it does

[@MrCheekyrust]

@@Qalladin how? I’ve tried placing i from both side, with and without half wall or furnace

[@Flight_Ri5k]

First(: also can I get your discord

[@Zypic]

Feel free to join my server it’s linked in the description