This comes up often enough in Rainbow Six Siege that it deserves a straight answer rather than a thread to scroll through.

Short answer

The direct answer is above the fold; the reasoning underneath is there for when the direct answer does not fit your situation.

  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • 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. Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one.

Why it works this way

It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Rainbow Six Siege. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

When the usual advice fails

It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Try the straightforward approach before the elaborate one.
  • Read the whole sequence once before doing the first step.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.

The practical answer

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. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional.

Everything below is framed around the current state of Rainbow Six Siege rather than a launch-week impression. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

Worth knowing alongside this

The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

What to do instead

If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on.

Where people go wrong

  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.
  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.

Siege FAQ

What is the short answer?

It is the paragraph near the top. Everything after it exists for the cases where that paragraph does not quite fit.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

Does this change between platforms?

The behaviour does not. Where menu paths or prompts differ, that is noted above.

Is this still accurate after the latest Rainbow Six Siege update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

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