The material around Rainbow Six Siege has grown large enough that knowing what exists is half the question.

Short answer

Treat it as supplementary. Enjoyable on its own, and richer if you have played first.

  • Credit fan artists if you reuse their work.
  • Look for an official assets page before downloading anything.
  • Expect one number in every guide to be out of date; the method is what matters.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. Fan work is frequently better than official work and is not the same thing. Official art books contain material that never appears in the game itself.

Where to find it legitimately

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Canon status is decided by the developers rather than by the adaptation's writers. Release order and chronological order are different, and both have their advocates. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

Licensed soundtracks are the most likely part to be missing from a re-release. Adaptations take liberties, and the interesting ones take them deliberately. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

What is fan-made

Assets circulated online are often ripped rather than released, which affects what you can legally do with them. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

  • Play first if you mind spoilers — adaptations rarely respect them.
  • Expect licensed music to be missing from re-releases.
  • Prefer the in-game option over an external tool when both exist.
  • Check whether something is official before treating it as canon.
  • Buy from the publisher's own store where one exists.
  • Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.

What exists officially

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on.

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

Where it fits with the game

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice.

Whether it is worth your time

Everything below is framed around the current state of Rainbow Six Siege rather than a launch-week impression. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

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.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.

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.

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 any mods or third-party tools for this?

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

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.

Bookmark it if you like, but honestly, once you have done it once you will not need to come back.