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The Halloween events are now enabled! Once roughly every two in-game days, a candy hunt event will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many candies as you can. The top 3 players are given special loot bags as a reward. These candies and loot bags can be opened for various types of loot ranging from scrap all the way up to an M249!

If you don't make the podium, that's okay. The candies you collect can be upgraded for better loot.



There are various items available to help you during your hunt. The Pumpkin Bucket will allow instant pickup of candies and the Scarecrow Wrap and Ghost Costume will provide you with an advantage via Candy Vision.



The Halloween event will run until November 2nd.

Have fun!




What to do with all them body parts? Let's build a monster! To start building your own monster, first, you must slay scarecrows and mummies that roam the lands. Once you've collected a head, torso and legs, craft yourself a Frankenstein's table and place the body parts within the table.



Awaken your new pet monster and control it by pressing "P".



The monster will follow your orders without question. It'll follow you around the map, defend you if attacked and help slay foes you wish to attack.



If you're having trouble accessing the pet menu or already have a key bound to "P" then use the following console command: bind X +pets or open the in-game controls menu.




Cultists are said to have been opening portals throughout the world, others believe it's a Cobalt experiment code-named R.U.I.N gone horribly wrong. Not much is known about these portals or what they do, only a few chads have entered and made it back alive.



Do you dare to enter?



Server owners can adjust the portal count using the halloweendungeon.population convar.




This year we've added three new Halloween-themed items, one purchasable and two free.

[h3]Dracula Mask & Cape[/h3]
Purchasable this year is the Dracula mask. The mask offers early-game head protection and requires ten pieces of cloth to craft.



The cape is a robustly thick outer garment that provides superior protection to the wearer. Capes can be found on the corpses of the undead.

[h3]Wooden Stake[/h3]
A stake adorned with unique properties makes it able to release the soul of undead creatures with a single strike and yield extra loot from their remains.



Stakes can be found on the corpses of the undead.




We're excited to announce Rust's second pumpkin carving competition!

Using Rust's in-game carvable pumpkin item, carve a design worthy of pleasing the horrid creatures at Facepunch.



[h3]Winner[/h3]
£250 worth of skins of their choosing.
[h3]Runner up[/h3]
£125 worth of skins of their choosing.
[h3]How To Submit[/h3]
Once you’ve carved your best and scariest pumpkin design, take a screenshot and upload the image to X, formally known as Twitter, tag us & use the hashtag #RustHalloween2023

The winner and runner-up will be announced from Rust's official Twitter account on November 8th.
[h3]Evaluation[/h3]
Submissions will be judged based on the following:

• Creativity
  
• Design (Not required to be Halloween themed)
  

Judging will be performed by Facepunch Staff.

[h3]Terms[/h3]
This competition is run by Facepunch Studios Lt. The competition ends on November 5th 2023 23:59UTC. No more than three entries per person. The winner and runner-up will be selected based on which pumpkin carving Facepunch thinks is the most original/creative, and any decisions Facepunch makes will be final. The winner and runner-up must claim their prizes within one month of the closing date (which Facepunch may exchange for an alternative of the same or greater value). Our terms of service apply to any content you make for the competition: https://facepunch.com/legal. Winning entries must pick items from the Rust marketplace with market value. Designs uploaded or aided using third-party applications will be disqualified.




Last years Halloween items have been raised from the dead, head over to the Rust item store.



[h3]Hockey Facemask[/h3]
Hide your facial deformities with this creepy hockey mask.



The Hockey Facemask skin is a reskin of the Metal Facemask.

[h3]Cultist Deer Torch[/h3]
The Cultists must have dropped this while opening the portals throughout the world.



The Cultist Deer Torch is a reskin of the starter torch. Once the torch skin is selected or crafted, you'll respawn with this skin.

[h3]Baseball Bat[/h3]
It wouldn't be a zombie apocalypse without hitting zombies in the head with a baseball bat!



The Baseball bat is a reskin of the mace melee weapon.

There is also a bunch of Halloween themed skins on the Rust Item Store!

A common complaint we have been hearing for a very long time as the over-use and abuse of turrets. To combat this we've added "Turret Interference" Basically this means that only a certain amount of turrets (sentry.maxinterference) can be active in any particular area ( sentry.interferenceradius). subsequently activated turrets will emit a blue electrical glow and fail to acquire any targets.



There is no hard limit on the number of turrets you can deploy, only a limit on the number of turrets to be activated at any one time within 40m. For example, you may choose to enable 12 of your outdoor turrets but keep your indoor turrets disabled or you can set up smart circuits to detect players and power up turrets when needed.

Hopefully this addresses some of the concerns we've been hearing regarding this issue, and we plan to iterate and improve, we'll be watching the feedback.




While SMGs are not intended to be used in long range engagements, some of the clips sent to us are a little out there.



I've reduced the aimcone on SMGs slightly so that more rounds will land in the center during sustained fire. I've also given the MP5 a bit of a buff, it'll deal slightly more damage and have less bullet drop. The burst mode has also been improved, yielding higher accuracy and less recoil.




[h3]Updated TC Layout[/h3]
TC contents and tools are now one page with +1 tool slot

[h3]Vehicle Dismount Settings[/h3]
Adjust how long it takes to dismount a vehicle per type (Ground/Air/Aquatic/Horse)

[h3]Toggle Vending Machines[/h3]
Can now hide Vending Machines from the map view

[h3]Bad Weather[/h3]
Higher chance of rain, storms and fog

[h3]Water Catchers[/h3]
Water catchers now fill much faster when it rains, even faster in stormy weather

[h3]Small Battery[/h3]
Small Battery now outputs more power and has a higher capacity

[h3]Underwater Visibility[/h3]
Underwater is now slightly brighter

[h3]Tug Boat Player Respawn[/h3]
Players are now unable to respawn on Tug boats if too close to water monuments

[h3]Workbench Radius[/h3]
Workbench radius has been slightly increased, allowing crafting from further away




Available now from the Rust store is the new brutalist building skin which allows you to change the visuals of your stone base.



This skin is for sale at the Steam store. To use, simply equip your hammer tool, display the wheel, and enable building skins. This should reveal the skin's wheel on which you may choose Brutalist upgrade.






In the last update we released the Homing Missile Launcher, and some keen-eyed players probably noticed the sleek digital scope attached to it. We're now happy to announce that this scope is fully functional, and allows for a full ADS view as you doom your whirly-twirly foes.






Last month, we rolled out a Unity engine update for the server. After prolonged monitoring, we're confident to say the upgrade has resolved several long-standing server crashes dating as far back as 2019.

While most server crashes and stalls are resolved, we have identified another AI-related stall we're investigating.

Overall, servers should now be more stable.




Last month we launched Global Networked Bases as an experimental feature... and disabled it 4 hours into wipe. Despite monitoring for a week on staging, it still managed to DDOS servers and make bases invisible on certain hardware!

Although all known issues have been resolved, this feature is still considered experimental and disabled by default.

If you want to give it a whirl, look for "Global Rendering" in the options menu & remember to restart your game after enabling or disabling it!






Tired of waiting 60+ sec for your favourite server to show up? Try enabling the "Use Cache" button & click "Refresh" to load all servers instantly!

Note: although this should be an improvement over steam's server browser, it is still considered experimental and disabled by default.






Another monthly round-up of data that we've captured in the last 30 days. We've got a lot of data at hand but we're trying to pick out the more interesting bits to share.

The data shown below is only from Facepunch official servers, we eliminate data from community-run servers to ensure accuracy within the data we share.






On October 23rd at 19:00BST / 14:00 EST, we'll release a mandatory server and client update to enable some new spooky features!

Server owners, please remember this date.






October 12th - October 19th

Watch your favorite streamers and earn Twitch drops all week.

Make sure to get synced! https://twitch.facepunch.com/

[h2]Main Event![/h2]
October 14th & 15th

Tune into the official Rustafied channel for the main event filled with mini games, art contests, talent shows, and more!

[h2]Special Charity Store Items[/h2]
All week we will have unique charitable items up on the item store. These items are exclusive to the event and account-bound. Proceeds from these store purchases go to charity: water!

[h2]Get Involved![/h2]
Want to donate?

Full event and participation info can be found at https://www.charitablerust.com/

Keep an eye on our socials for more info in the upcoming weeks.

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[h2]Full changelog here.[/h2]

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[h2]Twitch Drops![/h2]
[h3]October 12th - October 19th[/h3]

Watch your favorite streamers and earn Twitch drops all week.

Make sure to get synced! https://twitch.facepunch.com/


[h2]Main Event![/h2]
[h3]October 14th & 15th[/h3]

Tune into the official Rustafied channel for the main event filled with mini games, art contests, talent shows, and more!

[h2]Special Charity Store Items[/h2]
All week we will have unique charitable items up on the item store. These items are exclusive to the event and account-bound. Proceeds from these store purchases go to charity: water!

[h2]Get Involved![/h2]
Are you a content creator wanting to participate and help fund the charity? Want to donate?

Full event and participation info can be found at https://www.charitablerust.com/

Keep an eye on our socials for more info in the upcoming weeks.




I'm a sucker for a good speedpainting and the community did not disappoint this month.

Rust daVinci bringing us a dramatic black and white.

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MonsteraRust captured a couple of divers and a birb.

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u/Smecken has been working on an entire Rust miniature set. Base, accessories, minicopter, the works! Been challenged with getting the entire thing completed in 2 months. We'll follow up with this project!






Going to keep it real. Steam does not let us embed Twitch clips. If you want to see some funny Twitch moments head over to our blog for a better viewing experience :)




If you made something cool or saw something cool, reach out! Tag me on the Twitterverse or u/ErrnieGerrn Reddit.

Cover image by Alpha!

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