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

Short answer

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

  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Check the version you are actually running before assuming anything is broken.

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. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively.

What to do instead

Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. 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. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time.

Why it works this way

The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of.

  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Expect one number in every guide to be out of date; the method is what matters.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.
  • Try the straightforward approach before the elaborate one.

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. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Rainbow Six Siege is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

The practical answer

Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

Worth knowing alongside this

Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters.

Where people go wrong

  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.

Siege FAQ

Is there a faster method?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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