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Rust's December update is a big one. It's replacing the experimentation system for blueprints with something that's a bit more reasonable: a workbench-based tech tree system, so that you can always be working toward the items you want to craft.

As Rust creator Garry Newman explains in this week's blog post, the tech tree update is meant to address the fact that the random experimentation system has proven to be frustrating and costly. Under that system, players could use scrap to 'experiment' and gain a random new blueprint.

Now you'll be able to see the entire tech tree of items available from a workbench's tech level. That way, you can find the item you want and work toward it, without having to worry that your precious scrap is going to go to waste on a blueprint you don't need or want. New players ought to have a much easier time getting set up with useful blueprints from now on, rather than "having to pray to the RNG gods to find a SAP in a crate," as Newman puts it. Great.

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• Added Workbench Tech Tree
  
• Fixed Stables safezone overlapping other monuments
  
• Reduced Stables safezone slightly
  
• Fixed top gap when placing vending machine inside a doorway
  
• Fixed broken cave_large_sewers_hard culling volume section
  
• Fixed unable to plant next to Pumpkin in phases mature, fruiting and dying while planted in a planter
  
• Fixed modular car chassis allowing repair with a hammer (had no useful effect, only modules should allow for repair)
  
• Fixed some spacing issues on sleeping bag buttons on death screen
  
• Fixed some issues with Skull Spike skins
  
• Fixed gib issues on Skull Spikes and crate_basic
  
• Fixed camera clipping on vm chainsaw when wearing jacket
  
• Kayak Paddle model and animation update
  
• AND Switch Stackable
  
• Audio Alarm Stackable
  
• Binoculars no longer require a workbench
  
• Blocker Stackable
  
• Boats and rideable horses now spawn procedurally again
  
• Button Stackable
  
• Can now pick up Kayak with hammer, loses 25% condition each time it's picked up
  
• Chainlink Fence Stackable
  
• Chair Stackable
  
• Counter Stackable
  
• Diving Fins can be recycled
  
• Diving Mask can be recycled
  
• Diving Tank can be recycled
  
• Door Controller Stackable
  
• Double shotgun now requires two pipes and an additional 25metal fragments
  
• DropBox Stackable
  
• Electric Fuse Stackable
  
• Electric Heater Stackable
  
• Electrical Branch Stackable
  
• Elevator Stackable
  
• Flasher Light Stackable
  
• Floor grill Stackable
  
• Floor triangle grill Stackable
  
• Fluid Combiner Stackable
  
• Fluid Splitter Stackable
  
• Greatly reduced the amount of dehydration when consuming anti-radiation pills
  
• Hazmat suit can now be repaired
  
• Hazmat suit now uses condition
  
• Hide Vest protection rebalance
  
• Hide Vest reduced crafting cost
  
• Holosight workbench Tier 2
  
• Hoodie crafting cost reduced
  
• Hoodie protection rebalance
  
• Igniter Stackable
  
• Increased Long Sword condition
  
• Increased Mace condition
  
• Increased Machete condition
  
• Increased Prison Cell Gate health
  
• Increased Prison Cell Wall health
  
• Increased rocket launcher deploy delay
  
• Increased Salvaged axe crafting time
  
• Increased Salvaged Cleaver condition
  
• Increased Salvaged Sword condition
  
• Large medkit now provides small amount of instant health
  
• Large Solar Panel Stackable
  
• Laser Detector Stackable
  
• Launch site floodlight towers now have radiation
  
• Long sleeve T-Shirt protection rebalance
  
• Memory Cell Stackable
  
• Nail gun reload time now matches animation (reloads slightly quicker)
  
• OR Switch Stackable
  
• Paddle no longer requires a workbench to be crafted
  
• Prison Cell Wall Stackable
  
• RAND Switch Stackable
  
• Reduced 8x weapon attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Advanced ore tea yield to 35%
  
• Reduced AND Switch crafting cost
  
• Reduced Assault Rifle crafting time
  
• Reduced Audio Alarm crafting cost
  
• Reduced Auto Turret crafting time
  
• Reduced Bass crafting time
  
• Reduced Beancan crafting time
  
• Reduced bear rug crafting cost
  
• Reduced Bed crafting time
  
• Reduced Binoculars crafting cost
  
• Reduced Blocker crafting cost
  
• Reduced Bolt Action Rifle crafting time
  
• Reduced Bone armour crafting cost
  
• Reduced Bone Armor crafting time
  
• Reduced Bone Helmet crafting cost
  
• Reduced Bone Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced Bucket Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced building planner crafting time
  
• Reduced Burlap Gloves crafting time
  
• Reduced Burlap Headwrap crafting time
  
• Reduced Burlap Shirt crafting time
  
• Reduced Burlap Shoes crafting time
  
• Reduced Burlap Trousers crafting time
  
• Reduced Button crafting cost
  
• Reduced Clatter Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced Coffee Can Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced Computer Station crafting cost
  
• Reduced Counter crafting cost
  
• Reduced Cowbell crafting time
  
• Reduced Custom SMG crafting time
  
• Reduced Door Controller crafting cost
  
• Reduced double armoured door crafting cost
  
• Reduced Double Barrel Shotgun crafting time
  
• Reduced double metal door crafting cost
  
• Reduced Double Sign Post crafting cost
  
• Reduced Double wooden door crafting cost
  
• Reduced Electrical Branch crafting cost
  
• Reduced Elevator crafting cost
  
• Reduced F1 Grenade crafting time
  
• Reduced Flame Thrower crafting time
  
• Reduced Flame turret crafting time
  
• Reduced Flame turret crafting time
  
• Reduced Flasher Light crafting cost
  
• Reduced Fluid Combiner crafting cost
  
• Reduced Fluid Splitter crafting cost
  
• Reduced Fluid Switch & Pump crafting cost
  
• Reduced Flute crafting time
  
• Reduced Gate external high stone crafting time
  
• Reduced Gate external high wood-crafting time
  
• Reduced Guitar crafting time
  
• Reduced gunpowder crafting cost of landmine
  
• Reduced HBHF Sensor crafting cost
  
• Reduced HE grenade radius and damage
  
• Reduced Heavy Plate Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced Heavy Plate Jacket crafting time
  
• Reduced Heavy Plate Pants crafting time
  
• Reduced Hide Vest crafting cost
  
• Reduced Hitch and Trough crafting cost
  
• Reduced Hitch and Trough crafting time
  
• Reduced Holo sight attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Hoodie crafting cost
  
• Reduced Hose Tool crafting cost
  
• Reduced Huge Wooden Sign crafting time
  
• Reduced Icepick crafting time
  
• Reduced Igniter crafting cost
  
• Reduced Incendiary 5.56 rifle ammo crafting time
  
• Reduced Incendiary Pistol Bullet crafting time
  
• Reduced Jerry Can Guitar crafting time
  
• Reduced Kayak crafting cost
  
• Reduced Key lock crafting cost
  
• Reduced Key lock crafting time
  
• Reduced Landmine crafting time
  
• Reduced Landscape Photo Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Landscape Picture Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Lantern crafting time
  
• Reduced Large Banner Hanging crafting time
  
• Reduced Large Banner on pole crafting time
  
• Reduced Large Furnace crafting time
  
• Reduced Large furnace crafting time
  
• Reduced Large medkit crafting cost
  
• Reduced Large medkit crafting time
  
• Reduced Large Photo Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Large Rechargeable Battery crafting cost
  
• Reduced Large Solar Panel crafting cost
  
• Reduced Large Wooden Sign crafting time
  
• Reduced Large wooden storage box crafting time
  
• Reduced Laser Detector crafting cost
  
• Reduced Laser sight attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Longsword crafting cost
  
• Reduced Longsword crafting time
  
• Reduced Mace crafting time
  
• Reduced Medical Syringe crafting time
  
• Reduced Medium Rechargeable Battery crafting cost
  
• Reduced Medium Wooden Sign crafting time
  
• Reduced Memory Cell crafting cost
  
• Reduced Metal Chest Plate crafting time
  
• Reduced Metal Facemask crafting time
  
• Reduced metal Pickaxe crafting time
  
• Reduced MP5 crafting time
  
• Reduced Muzzle booster attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Muzzle break attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Oil Refinery crafting time
  
• Reduced One Sided Town Sign Post crafting time
  
• Reduced OR Switch crafting cost
  
• Reduced Portrait Photo Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Portrait Picture Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Powered Water Purifier crafting cost
  
• Reduced Prison Cell Gate crafting time
  
• Reduced Prison Cell Wall crafting time
  
• Reduced Prison Cell Wall reduced crafting cost
  
• Reduced Prison Gate reduced crafting cost
  
• Reduced Pump Shotgun crafting time
  
• Reduced Pure ore tea yield to 50%
  
• Reduced Python Revolver crafting time
  
• Reduced RAND Switch crafting cost
  
• Reduced reinforced glass window health (350)
  
• Reduced Repair Bench crafting time
  
• Reduced Research Table crafting cost
  
• Reduced Research Table crafting time
  
• Reduced Revolver crafting time
  
• Reduced RF Broadcaster crafting cost
  
• Reduced RF Pager crafting cost
  
• Reduced Riot Helmet crafting time
  
• Reduced Road sign jacket crafting cost
  
• Reduced Road sign jacket crafting time
  
• Reduced Road sign kilt crafting cost
  
• Reduced Road sign kilt crafting time
  
• Reduced Root Combiner crafting cost
  
• Reduced Salvaged Cleaver crafting time
  
• Reduced Salvaged Sword crafting time
  
• Reduced Satchel crafting time
  
• Reduced Search light crafting time
  
• Reduced Sign Hanging crafting time
  
• Reduced Silencer attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Simple sight attachment crafting time
  
• Reduced Siren Light crafting cost
  
• Reduced small furnace crafting time
  
• Reduced Small Generator crafting cost
  
• Reduced Small Rechargeable Battery crafting cost
  
• Reduced Small Wooden Sign crafting time
  
• Reduced Spinning Wheel crafting time
  
• Reduced Splitter crafting cost
  
• Reduced Sprinkler crafting cost
  
• Reduced Stash crafting time
  
• Reduced Stone spear crafting time
  
• Reduced Stone Stone spear crafting cost
  
• Reduced Stone tools craft time
  
• Reduced Switch crafting cost
  
• Reduced Tall Picture Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced Tambourine crafting time
  
• Reduced Tank Top crafting time
  
• Reduced Tesla Coil crafting cost
  
• Reduced Thompson crafting time
  
• Reduced Tier 1 Workbench crafting time
  
• Reduced Tier 2 Workbench crafting time
  
• Reduced Tool Cupboard crafting time
  
• Reduced Trumpet crafting time
  
• Reduced Tuba crafting time
  
• Reduced Tuba crafting time
  
• Reduced Wall external high stone crafting time
  
• Reduced Wall external high wood crafting time
  
• Reduced Watchtower crafting cost
  
• Reduced Watchtower crafting time
  
• Reduced Water Barrel crafting time
  
• Reduced Water catcher large crafting time
  
• Reduced Water catcher small crafting time
  
• Reduced Water pipe shotgun crafting cost
  
• Reduced Water Pump crafting cost
  
• Reduced Wind Turbine crafting cost
  
• Reduced Wire Tool crafting cost
  
• Reduced Wood Armor Pants crafting time
  
• Reduced Wood Chestplate crafting time
  
• Reduced Wood Storage Box crafting time
  
• Reduced Wooden floor spikes crafting time
  
• Reduced XL Picture Frame crafting time
  
• Reduced XOR Switch crafting cost
  
• Reduced XXL Picture Frame crafting time
  
• Reinforced Glass Window renamed to Strengthened Glass window
  
• Reinforced window bars health reduced (500)
  
• Reinforced window bars now have glass
  
• Reinforced window bars renamed to Reinforced Glass Window
  
• Relaxed rug placement to allow deployment on ceilings again
  
• Ripe potato plants yield more potatoes
  
• Root Combiner Stackable
  
• Scarecrow Stackable
  
• Secret Lab Chair Stackable
  
• Shirt collared requires cloth instead of leather
  
• Shirt protection rebalance
  
• Siren Light Stackable
  
• Small oil refinery now uses similar deployment behaviour as the Large furnace
  
• Small Stash Stackable
  
• Smart Alarm Stackable
  
• Smart Switch Stackable
  
• Smoke grenade craftable and researchable (T2)
  
• Smoke grenade now stacks to 3
  
• Snap Trap Stackable
  
• Snowman Stackable
  
• Splitter Stackable
  
• Sprinkler Stackable
  
• Survival Fish Trap Stackable
  
• Switch Stackable
  
• T-shirt protection rebalance
  
• Tank Top no longer requires workbench
  
• Tank Top now requires cloth instead of leather
  
• Tank Top protection rebalance
  
• Tesla Coil Stackable
  
• Timer Stackable
  
• Wetsuit can be recycled
  
• Wooden barricade cover no longer requires workbench
  
• XOR Switch Stackable
  
• Can now use Delete or Backspace in Code Lock UI
  
• Planters will now slowly fill up with water when exposed to rain
  
• Can now equip sunglasses with more face and head attire (including moustaches)
  
• Added Phone Booths to Harbor, Supermarkets and Gas Stations
  
• Added maxconnectionsperip server convar to limit the number of connections from the same IP (default=5)
  
• Added build_terraincheck server convar to protect against exploits to build inside terrain (default=true)
  
• Monument markers fall back to root game object name when phrase is not set
  
• Added assets/bundled/prefabs/modding/monument_marker.prefab for custom map monument markers (displayed name is taken from the PrefabData "category" string)
  
• Added support for maxreceivetime to Steam Networking (client perf)
  
• Fixed async disconnect callback race condition in Steam Networking (could result in corrupt connection)
  
• Optimized Steam Networking packet processing server overhead
  
• Metal Embrasures now Workbench level 2
  
• Glass Window now Workbench level 2
  
• Garage door now Workbench level 2
  
• RF Detonator now Workbench level 2
  
• Rand Switch now Workbench level 2
  
• Memory Cell now Workbench level 2
  
• Laser Detector now Workbench level 2
  
• Storage Monitor now Workbench level 2
  
• Smart Switch now Workbench level 2
  
• Smart Alarm now Workbench level 2
  
• Tesla coil now Workbench level 2
  
• Advanced Horse Shoes now Workbench level 2
  
• Roadsign Horse armour now Workbench level 2
  
• High External Gate now Workbench level 2
  
• Saddle price reduced to 75 scrap
  
• Boat cost reduced to 125 scrap
  
• Rhib cost reduced to 300 scrap
  
• Revamped Air supply crate
  
• Updated APC event crate
  
• Updated Attack helicopter event crate
  
• Chainsaw never takes more than 3 attempts to start
  
• Chainsaw uses 75% less fuel
  
• Removed blueprint drops from barrels and crates
  

• Added Telephone deployable and Phone Booths
  
• Added left handed VM option with graphics.vm_horizontal_flip
  
• Added Ranch Monument
  
• Added Large Barn Monument
  
• Added Saddle Item
  
• Added Moustache Item
  
• Added Weather - Rain, Overcast, Storm, Dust, Fog
  
• Added Destroyable Road Signs
  
• Added "server.logoimage" to specify a URL for a circular server logo (up to 256x256) Rust+ App
  
• Added Taxi Vehicle module
  
• Fixed not being able to research a Hazmat Suit if it has the Space Suit skin applied
  
• Fixed Horses sometimes not eating food at a Trough if their stamina is at 100% but their health was below 100%
  
• Fixed skull not dropped when skull trophy is destroyed
  
• Fixed skull Trophy mismatch ground watch and socket mod layers (fixes sometimes breaking when building nearby)
  
• Fixed Solar panels floating 0.2 above construction when deployed
  
• Fixed external gates snap open when a vehicle is blocking
  
• Fixed Locker item drop position often falls through walls
  
• Fixed Unable to deploy Counter on HQM wall
  
• Improved item search when adding Vending Machine sell orders
  
• Reduced rain wetness
  
• Increased brightness of map view on death screen
  
• Improved Skull Trophy text rendering for long names (particularly the jar skins)
  
• Elevators will now consume 5 power at all time (instead of changing based on use)
  
• Reduced HQM horseshoe crafting cost
  
• Reduced HQM horseshoe vendor cost
  
• Small amount of boats now spawn along the shoreline again
  
• Lit torch now lasts longer duration
  
• Lowered scrap cost of vehicle parts from vendors
  
• Reduced car lift crafting cost
  
• Reduced power requirement
  
• Engine components no longer require HQM to craft
  
• Tier3 engine components are now researchable and craftable
  
• Updated vehicle_parts model so it visually differs from Tool Box
  
• Reduced crafting cost of all car modules
  
• Allow deploying storage monitors onto vending machines
  
• Water catchers fill much quicker while raining
  
• Added "printallphones" server console command - prints all phone names and locations.
  
• Horses should no longer kill the rider near uneven terrain and rocks
  
• Horses should no longer snap to the floor / terrain underneath causes the horse to become stuck
  
• Horses now regain their health when fed.
  
• Disabled Halloween event
  
• Removed horseshoe and horse armour sales from the compound - now sold at stables
  
• Removed workbench rotate
  

Like many of the other best PC games out there, Rust is getting its own festival of all things spooky this year. The Rust Halloween update has landed and, with it, a limited-time game mode, creepy NPCs to flee, and other goodies.

The Rust Halloween event is live to dive into from now until November 5, developer Facepunch Studios announces in a press release, and it sees the return of the survival game's Trick or Treat LTM. Popping up approximately "every two in-game days", the event sets off a candy hunt. You'll get a mere three minutes to run around, scooping up as many sweets as you can, with the top three scoring players given some special loot bags as prizes. What's inside can vary across different types of loot - that is, you could discover some scrap, an M249, or anything in between.

The update also adds some extra items you might find handy in your hunt, such as a pumpkin bucket that lets you instantly grab candies and a scarecrow wrap that'll give you an edge in spotting the treats "via candy vision").

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