Rainbow Six Siege has spawned enough surrounding work that the ordering question comes up constantly.

Short answer

It exists, it is official, and it is not required to understand the game — but it does fill in the parts the game only gestures at.

  • Look for an official assets page before downloading anything.
  • Check whether something is official before treating it as canon.
  • Keep a save or backup from before you start — it costs nothing and occasionally saves an evening.

Siege rewards knowing the building more than knowing the gun, which is why map knowledge outranks aim here. Fan work is frequently better than official work and is not the same thing. Release order and chronological order are different, and both have their advocates.

Where to find it legitimately

Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Adaptations take liberties, and the interesting ones take them deliberately. Canon status is decided by the developers rather than by the adaptation's writers. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

Assets circulated online are often ripped rather than released, which affects what you can legally do with them. Official art books contain material that never appears in the game itself. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

Whether it is worth your time

Licensed soundtracks are the most likely part to be missing from a re-release. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional.

  • Buy from the publisher's own store where one exists.
  • Play first if you mind spoilers — adaptations rarely respect them.
  • Prefer the in-game option over an external tool when both exist.
  • Expect licensed music to be missing from re-releases.
  • Credit fan artists if you reuse their work.

What is fan-made

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. Rainbow Six Siege is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

Where it fits with the game

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on.

What exists officially

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Everything below is framed around the current state of Rainbow Six Siege rather than a launch-week impression.

Where people go wrong

  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.

Siege FAQ

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

Why do other guides describe this differently?

Most were written for an earlier version and never revisited. Compare the steps against what your build actually shows.

Does this work the same on console and PC?

The logic is identical. Menu paths and button prompts differ, and any real difference is flagged above.

Do I need it to understand the game?

No. It adds background rather than filling gaps the game leaves open.

If you only take one thing from this: the answer near the top is the part that matters, the rest is context.