How do I change my crosshair in Rust?

Open Settings, then User Interface, then Crosshair, and pick the style, colour and sizes. Or build one on this page and paste its console commands in the F1 console.

What is the Rust crosshair command?

The crosshair is ten client settings, like crosshair.style and crosshair.color, plus client.crosshair, the switch that turns it on. This page writes one command for each, joined by semicolons, so one paste in the F1 console and one Enter set them all.

Why does my Rust crosshair not show?

Check that client.crosshair is true: it is the master switch. With dynamic visibility on, the crosshair also hides while you aim, free-look or hold no gun. The Dot style with dot size 0 draws nothing.

How do I turn off the crosshair in Rust?

Type client.crosshair false in the F1 console. client.crosshair true brings it back.

What is the best crosshair for Rust?

A small dot is the usual choice for spray control: it never moves, so you track recoil against a fixed point. With lines, turn dynamic spacing off so the gap stays put. A black outline keeps a white or yellow crosshair easy to see on snow and sand.

Rust Crosshair Generator: Custom Crosshair Console Command

Start from a look

Then change anything below.

Looks

Which shape?

Which colour?

Main colour: White

OutlineKeeps a light crosshair visible on snow and sand.

Outline colour: Black

How big?

Dot size1.7Spacing1Line length7Line width2

Should it move?

Dynamic spacingWith a gun, the gap follows your aim cone. Spacing is ignored.

Dynamic visibilityHides while aiming, free-looking or holding no gun.

Your crosshair: Game default

Console commands

Dynamic spacing is on, so Spacing has no effect. Turn it off to set the gap.
Dynamic visibility is on: the crosshair hides while you aim, free-look or hold no gun.

crosshair.style 0
crosshair.color 0
crosshair.outline false
crosshair.outlinecolor 0
crosshair.dotsize 1.7
crosshair.spacing 1
crosshair.length 7
crosshair.width 2
crosshair.dynamic_spacing true
crosshair.dynamic_visibility true
client.crosshair true

Press Copy command, then F1 in game, paste and press Enter: one paste sets everything. Each line above has its own Copy button for one setting.

How the Rust crosshair settings work

Rust stores the crosshair in ten client convars, the same ones the Settings menu edits, plus client.crosshair, the switch that turns it on. This page uses the same fields and value ranges, so the commands it writes set exactly what the menu would.

crosshair.style: 0 Default (dot and four lines), 1 Dot, 2 T-shape.
crosshair.color and crosshair.outlinecolor: fixed palette indices 0 to 7, not RGB.
crosshair.dotsize (0 to 5), spacing (0 to 3), length (1 to 20), width (1 to 8): sizes in UI units.
crosshair.dynamic_spacing and dynamic_visibility: the two dynamic toggles.
client.crosshair true turns the crosshair on; client.crosshair false hides it entirely.

Start with a look. Game default, Small dot, Tight cross, Green dot and Cyan T each set every control. The preview updates with each change. Grass, snow, sand and night only swap its background.

Copy command copies all eleven commands on one line, joined by semicolons and ending with client.crosshair true. In game, press F1, paste it and press Enter. Pasting several lines does not work: the console joins them and runs only the first. Each line has its own Copy button for changing one setting. Reset restores this page's starting values.

Rust crosshair: common questions

How do I change my crosshair in Rust?: Open Settings, then User Interface, then Crosshair, and pick the style, colour and sizes. Or build one on this page and paste its console commands in the F1 console.
What is the Rust crosshair command?: The crosshair is ten client settings, like crosshair.style and crosshair.color, plus client.crosshair, the switch that turns it on. This page writes one command for each, joined by semicolons, so one paste in the F1 console and one Enter set them all.
Why does my Rust crosshair not show?: Check that client.crosshair is true: it is the master switch. With dynamic visibility on, the crosshair also hides while you aim, free-look or hold no gun. The Dot style with dot size 0 draws nothing.
How do I turn off the crosshair in Rust?: Type client.crosshair false in the F1 console. client.crosshair true brings it back.
What is the best crosshair for Rust?: A small dot is the usual choice for spray control: it never moves, so you track recoil against a fixed point. With lines, turn dynamic spacing off so the gap stays put. A black outline keeps a white or yellow crosshair easy to see on snow and sand.