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.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.
  • Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.

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. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests.

When the usual advice fails

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Rainbow Six Siege. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. Rainbow Six Siege is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

What to do instead

Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

  • Try the straightforward approach before the elaborate one.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • If a menu path does not exist for you, your build is older or newer than the one described.
  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.

Why it works this way

Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice.

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. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of.

Worth knowing alongside this

Everything below is framed around the current state of Rainbow Six Siege rather than a launch-week impression. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing.

Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

The practical answer

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

Where people go wrong

  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.
  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.
  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.

Siege FAQ

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.

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.

Is there a faster method?

Sometimes, at the cost of reliability. Where that trade exists it is described rather than recommended blindly.

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

Work through it in the order above and fashion week trophies stops being a question you have to look up again.