From zero to a live team map in about two minutes.
Sign in through Steam. That’s your identity — access to any map is limited to its owner and the server’s current in-game team roster.
Open the pairing wizard and follow it:
about:debugging → Load Temporary Add-on; Chrome: unzip → chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked).companion-rust.facepunch.com with Steam — the extension captures your Rust+ token automatically.The extension is a one-time tool; remove it after pairing. Your token is stored encrypted.
On your maps, hit enable as tenant next to the paired server to start the live map. Then anyone on your in-game team just signs in here — their map appears automatically, no pairing of their own.
Optionally turn on leader-passing so teammates can hand you team leadership even while you’re offline (handy for keeping the bot able to act). See the !leader command.
Rust+ tokens rotate — signing into Rust+ on a new phone, or re-registering the companion, invalidates the old one. When that happens your map shows token expired — re-pair and pauses.
To fix it, just re-run the pairing wizard (or paste fresh credentials) for the same server. The map heals in place — same URL, same data, same teammates; it resumes the moment the fresh token lands. Nothing is lost.