microsoft windows store is one of those Rainbow Six Siege questions where the accepted answer is nearly right and the gap matters.

Short answer

In most cases the straightforward approach works. The exceptions are specific and listed below.

  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • Expect one number in every guide to be out of date; the method is what matters.

Siege rewards knowing the building more than knowing the gun, which is why map knowledge outranks aim here. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Rainbow Six Siege. Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one.

The practical answer

What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

Why it works this way

Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Rainbow Six Siege is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

  • Try the straightforward approach before the elaborate one.
  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.

When the usual advice fails

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Everything below is framed around the current state of Rainbow Six Siege rather than a launch-week impression. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

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. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional.

Worth knowing alongside this

If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. 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. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

What to do instead

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

Where people go wrong

  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.
  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.

Siege FAQ

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.

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.

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.

That is the whole of it — if something here stops matching Rainbow Six Siege, the game changed, not the method.