{"article":{"id":360008398478,"url":"https://facepunch.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/360008398478.json","html_url":"https://support.facepunchstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008398478-Verify-Rust-Files","author_id":15789605129,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":-6,"vote_count":14,"upvote_count":4,"downvote_count":10,"section_id":360001189178,"created_at":"2020-05-10T16:10:17Z","updated_at":"2025-09-23T16:24:35Z","name":"Verify Rust Files","title":"Verify Rust Files","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2025-09-23T15:35:01Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":107929,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":["EAC","Verify","Files","Bundles","Unknown","Violation"],"body":"<h2>How to verify Rust files</h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Ensure Rust is closed.</li>\n<li>On your Steam library page right click on Rust and select \"Properties\" which will open a new window.</li>\n<li>Navigate to \"Local files\" and click \"VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES\".</li>\n<li>Steam will start to verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><img src=\"https://support.facepunchstudios.com/hc/article_attachments/360017939517/verify_files.gif\" alt=\"verify_files.gif\"></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>This process is commonly used to resolve \"Unknown file version\" errors. </p>"}}