In-game event6 Aug 2026POWER TRIPPLAYER MAINTAINED MONUMENTS This 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 process. POWERING UP THE POWER PLANT Using new Heavy Fuses, the power plant can be fired back up to unlock several new gameplay features for everyone around the is…
PLAYER UPDATE New Player Model We’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 everything player-related. The old player model has served us well for almost 10 years, but it’s lagged behind the rest of the game for some time. Visually, it wa…
WORKBENCH UPGRADES Workbenches 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 combos. These upgrades are not craftable and will not be commonly found, so keep them safe! Open the workbench's inventory to add your upgrades. They each…
NEW ITEM: ARMOURED LADDER HATCH The 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 points. Unlocked at Tier 3, it’s available in both square and triangle variants, slots straight into existing frames. Unlocked at Tier 3, it’s available in both…
EXTENDED DAYTIME This 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 keeping nighttime tactics viable. BOAT BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES There have been a ton of small fixes and improvements to player boats and boat building…
12 YEARS Servers 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 looking forward to the journey ahead in 2026! Last month, we celebrated Rust's 12th anniversary, marking an incredible journey. The game continues to experie…
PROGRESSION CHANGES Continuing 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, what? Bear with me. One of the main issues with Rust progression is that the majority of servers don’t Blueprint wipe, including our Facepunch servers. When…
BLUEPRINT FRAGMENTS The 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 detracted from world PvP, especially in and around monuments, and we want to experiment more with progression. This is experimental step 1: We’re introducing a n…
MAINTENANCE This 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 everyday gameplay feel that bit better. Normally, if bugs persist for several years, there’s usually a good reason for that, whether it’s being difficult to re…
HARDCORE REFRESH Hardcore 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 fresh way to experience Rust, see how players respond, and try out different ideas. We don’t expect them to stay popular for long, usually just a couple of m…
RUST 2025: MID-YEAR RECAP & SNEAK PEEK PARTY SYSTEM As 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 party: · Open the friends menu (bottom right of the main menu) · Right click on a friend · Click "Invite To Party" · Wait for them to accept the invite Once all y…
JUNGLE POLISH One 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 you can actually see it against the overgrowth. (Player-grown hemp remains unchanged.) More ore nodes now spawn throughout the jungle thanks to increased…
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 destroyed, these objects will drop 50% of their contents, the other 50% will be stored inside and accessible only by the player owners. If the deployable is de…
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. Many of the new items unlocked by the cooking workbench offer stat and modifier bonuses, so give them a taste! Cooking food now has a visual model on all cooking deployables and cooks in real time. CHICKEN COOP The Chicken Coop is a new dep…
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