Rust Keeping Afloat Mission: Steps, Reward and Cooldown

Time limit: None
Repeat after success: Once
Retry after a fail: After 5 min
Steps: 4

Steps

1
Acquire 3000 wood
2
Venture into the deep sea
3
Reach the floating city
4
Speak to the Lumberjack's contact

The mission fails if the Deep Sea closes before you finish.

Reward

Where to start it

Given by: Lumberjack
Found at: Bandit Camp

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Methodology

Tested in game on our own server: the steps, rewards, time limit and cooldowns of this mission. Tested on the current version of Rust.

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Keeping Afloat: common questions

How do you start the Keeping Afloat mission in Rust?: Talk to the Lumberjack at Bandit Camp. You can only have one mission active at a time.
What does the Keeping Afloat mission give in Rust?: It gives 300 Scrap.
Can you repeat the Keeping Afloat mission in Rust?: No. You can finish it only once. If you fail or abandon it, you can try again after 5 minutes. It has no time limit.