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HALLOWEEN EVENT The yearly Halloween event is now enabled!Once roughly every two in-game days, the Candy Hunt event will begin.You'll have 3 minutes to collect as much candy as you can, then top 3 players are given special loot bags as a…

LIVESTOCKThis patch we are introducing cows and sheep.What resources can THEY GIVE?Both produce dung, cows produce milk, and sheep produce wool.They can also be harvested for meat, bones and leather like any other animal.Additionally, you…

MONUMENT BLOCKERSMonument blockers are a new obstacle we're adding to monuments with red keycard puzzle rooms. They’re intended to slow down early access to the loot at these monuments. They require a significant amount of damage to destroy…

PLAYER MAINTAINED MONUMENTSThis month we're releasing a set of features we call Player Maintained Monuments - tying together our existing monuments in new and interesting ways while pushing players to interact with each other in the…

APARTMENT COMPLEXThe apartment complex is a new monument that allows players getting started with a wipe to find a place to call home. Simply talk to the receptionist in the lobby to get started and rent a room.There are options for every…

PLAYER UPDATENew Player ModelWe’ve overhauled the player model from the ground up.This includes improved meshes and materials, more realistic proportions on a new rig, expanded head and hair seeds and a much needed pass over almost…

WORKBENCH UPGRADESWorkbenches have received a whole new upgrade system - along with nine upgrades to find and customise your benches with! Each upgrade provides a different bonus effect, and you can mix and match them to find your favourite…

NEW ITEM: ARMOURED LADDER HATCHThe Armoured Ladder Hatch is a new top-tier construction. A direct upgrade from the Metal Ladder Hatch, the Armoured Ladder Hatch is built for players who want maximum durability on their vertical access…

EXTENDED DAYTIMEThis month we've extended the amount of time each day has sunlight by around 20 minutes. The duration of night is unchanged (around 10 minutes). This should hopefully allow for more time for daylight activities while still…

PLAYER MADE BOATSPlayer-made boats are here, providing a new way to explore the seas, including the Deep Sea!Place the new Boat Building Station deployable in the water and get building with your shipmates! Use the new Boat Building Plan to…

INCOMING NAVAL UPDATE - STAGINGIn the event you've been living under a rock the Naval Update is coming with the February wipe!We're encouraging anyone with the extra time and passion for its success to go play a bit of the staging branch…

12 YEARSServers are now wiped and Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, but we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. We're getting back to work after a couple of weeks off, which is why this blog is lighter than usual, but we're…

We're through to the final round! But in case you're new here, over the years, Rust has undergone some huge changes - including graphic, physics, and engine updates and rebuilds, all because we’ve wanted to make Rust what it is, and what it…

HAPPY HOLIDAYSFrom everyone at Facepunch, we'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Christmas Event is once again live!If you're new to the island, here's what you can expect: As you play, you will start to hear the…

It's that time of year again... The Steam Awards are here and the 'Labor of Love' award perfectly describes our past year as we soon hit twelve years of development! Day in and day out, our teams are grinding around the clock (literally on…

PROGRESSION CHANGESContinuing from last month’s controversial Meta Shift changes and our push to make meaningful experimental changes to Rust’s progression, this month we’re taking things a step further.By making progression easier! Wait…

THE DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG - DLC SKINSThe infamous Death Korps of Krieg march into Rust, bringing their grim, war-forged resolve to the island.This pack delivers battle-scarred war gear, inspired by one of Warhammer 40,000’s most fearless…

BLUEPRINT FRAGMENTSThe current progression meta has grown stale, moving too fast and becoming too easy over the years, with scrap inflation and scrap being everywhere. We don't believe this has been overwhelmingly negative, but it has…

IN CASE YOU MISSED ITRust Mobile is coming!Facepunch has teamed up with Level Infinite to bring you Rust, Anytime, Everywhere.The closed beta begins early November. You can sign up for testing here.FAQs for the beta can be found here.HAZZY…

MAINTENANCEThis month’s update is a little lighter than recent, focused on tackling a number of long-standing bugs and improvements. We’ve been working through community feedback to smooth out some of the more persistent issues and make…

HARDCORE REFRESHHardcore mode is making a comeback this month, bringing with it some community requested changes and a few new tweaks we've been planning for a while.Our goal with game modes, such as Primitive and Hardcore, is to offer a…

GLOBAL WARFARE IS BACK!FancyOrb's Global Warfare 3 starts right now on Twitch! All your favorite creators, big and small, will have Twitch Drops enabled if they're streaming Rust during the event! There will be one store item up where…

RUST 2025: MID-YEAR RECAP & SNEAK PEEKPARTY SYSTEMAs part of one of our long term goals of reducing friction for new players, we bring the party system to make it easier to connect to a server as your friends!To invite friends to a…

JUNGLE POLISHOne of the loudest bits of feedback we heard after last month's Jungle update: “I can’t find anything!” Fair. The jungle was a bit too good at being a jungle.Wild hemp has been reworked with taller stalks and purple flowers, so…

FANCYORB'S GLOBAL WARFARE As some of you may know, these masterpieces take some time. In case you missed it here's the absolute cinema of the Global Warfare 2 event. We draw attention to this also because Global Warfare 3 is coming this…

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5377070/d3ea270c3f20ed63be255a515b024bd929e75aba.png Facepunch Studios is very excited to announce a landmark collaboration in the form of a new crossover: Warhammer 40,000 is officially coming to Rust! In this alliance…

JUNGLE BIOME We've added the first new biome to the game since the original introduction of the procedural world generation: Jungle! https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/122/04/2025/6J27/jungleUpdate_biome_02.jpg The jungle biome covers…

EASTER HUNT April 10th - April 24th, 2025 Starting today, every 24-38 in-game hours an Easter egg hunt will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many eggs as you can. The top 3 players are given special eggs as a reward. These eggs…

DEPLOYABLE DEBRIS A selection of deployable objects in your base will now leave behind a destroyed version when killed in the softcore game mode, allowing you to repair them to quickly get your base back up and running after a raid. When…

COOKING WORKBENCH The cooking workbench is a new deployable that allows you to cook up some new food recipes. Mixing table recipes can also be crafted here. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20250227/cookingbench_01.jpg Many of the new…

TETRIS IN RUST Few months ago you may have seen a teaser for a giant GameBoy within Rust that you can actually play Tetris on. Philieve Rust has done it again! This is an electrical masterpiece and a must-see. He did a pretty amazing puzzle…

PRIMITIVE GAMEMODE The early game of Rust can be the most exciting, unfortunately players rush to fully automatic rifles as fast as possible to get an edge over their enemies. What if the early game could last forever....? The primitive…

LUNAR NEW YEAR Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! This year, we celebrate the Year of the Snake. In Chinese culture, the snake symbolises wisdom, intuition, and transformation—qualities that everyone playing can appreciate! To help you…

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! From everyone at Facepunch, we'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Christmas Event is once again live! https://files.facepunch.com/ashcoook/1b1311b1/rust_xmas2024_snowball_01%20%281%29.jpg If…

RUST'S 11TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS We can't believe it either. It feels like just yesterday that we were celebrating 10 years of Rust, getting emotional over our recap video, but it is true - Rust turns 11 years old on Wednesday the 11th of…

T1 HANDMADE SMG This month we're adding new weapons, firstly filling a gap in the weapon lineup, the Handmade SMG is unlockable near the end of the T1 tech tree. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20241107/rust_t1smg_inspect_01.jpg…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The yearly Halloween event is now enabled! https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20201023/halloween_ghostsheets.jpg Once roughly every two in-game days, the Candy Hunt event will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as much…

RADTOWN One of the emblematic locations from legacy Rust makes a comeback: Radtown. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20240928/rust_worldUpdate_radtown_35.jpg We turned this monument from a bunch of blocky garage buildings, into a refreshed…

DIGITAL CLOCK Meet the Digital Clock, a new craftable item, a simple but powerful addition to your base's electrical setup. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20240823/digital_clock_02.jpg When powered, it displays the current server time…

TIN CAN ALARM This month, we're adding the Tin Can Alarm, a new primitive trap made from hanging tin cans. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20240729/tincan_alarm_02_1080p.jpg…

FACEPUNCH'S 15TH BIRTHDAY! https://files.facepunch.com/ashcook/1b1211b1/fp_15%20-%2050OFF%20-16x9.png Happy Birthday to us! Facepunch officially turned 15 not too long ago and we wanted to celebrate the occasion by making all of our games…

MOTORBIKES https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20240703/motorbike_riding_01.jpg Motorbikes can now be found at several monument locations. One is a single-person bike and one has a sidecar as well, where a second player can sit and use…

EPIC DESK MOUSEPAD CREATOR COLLABS https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1911b1/epicdeskbanner.png We're back with some amazing EpicDesk creator collabs for giant mousepads! BLOOPRINT https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b1911b1/blooprint4.jpg…

SEISMIC SENSOR This month we're adding the Seismic Sensor, a new electricity-powered deployable. https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20240604/seismic_sensor_01.jpg When powered, it will listen for nearby explosions and send a power signal…

AIMCONE REDUCTION Any movement in rust would modify your baseline Aimcone so that shots taken while in motion were somewhat inaccurate. This was supposed to discourage "running and gunning". The problem with this is that *any* kind of…

RUSTIC REEF AMUSEMENT PARK Last blog I showcased many of the big-hitters in the Rust Creative Arts community. This month they have literally combined forces to play together for an entire month and managed to make a giant amusement park on…

CARGO SHIP DOCKING We’ve given both Harbors a fresh coat of paint this month, with a significant amount of visual and gameplay changes. These changes support the new Cargo Ship docking process, which allows the ship to adjust it's course…

EGG HUNT For the next week, every 24-38 hours in-game hours an Easter egg hunt will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many eggs as you can. The top 3 players are given special eggs as a reward. These eggs can be cracked open for…