Whether it’s sharing friendly banter or calling your friends for help during intense firefights, using your microphone in Rust can enhance your experience in a number of ways. While using the game’s voice chat is simple, it can be confusing when your mic isn’t working, so here are a few solutions you can try to fix the issue.

The best way to fix the microphone not working in Rust is to manually select your default recording device. To do this, follow these steps:

You can also right-click on the volume icon on your taskbar and open Sound Settings. You can also set your preferred input device through this window. If you have launched Rust and your microphone is still not working, try restarting the game.

If you have multiple microphones connected, you can disable all of them except the one you want to use. This will prevent Windows from randomly switching the default device.