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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 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!

This year's Halloween event will run until November 7th.





Wondering what to do with all those body parts you've collected? Build your own monster!

To start putting together your morbid creation, first, you must slay the 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 it.



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 across the island, while others believe it's a Cobalt experiment code-named R.U.I.N gone horribly wrong.

Not much is known about these portals - what they do or where they go, but only a few brave souls have entered through and made it back alive.



Do you dare to enter the rift?

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





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

[h2]MASKS[/h2]
Frankenstein and Mummy masks



[h2]DRACULA CAPE + MASK[/h2]
Dracula cape & mask can be found on the limited item store.

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One of the emblematic locations from legacy Rust makes a comeback: Radtown.



We turned this monument from a bunch of blocky garage buildings, into a refreshed new gameplay space. We tried to preserve the proportions and purpose of each location while opening up new paths and adding way to improve the flow of movement and cover throughout.

[h2]Exteriors[/h2]



[h2]Interiors[/h2]







We have completely reworked all cliffs in the game. The new cliffs come in two types, tall coastal cliffs placed close to the ocean and sloped inland cliffs covering hills and mountains.

A lot of effort was made into making them not only look realistic, but also easy to traverse. You can run up the inland cliffs with ease, while the coastal cliffs can be scaled by jumping on the rocky ledges and protrusions.



In addition we have added many new coastal rocks close to the shore to further spice up the world.







We have completely revamped all large rock formations in the game and decided to bring back some of the old fan favorites.



Formations such as the god rock, anvil rock and arch rock all return to the game. Completely new rock formations have been added and some of them even spawn off shore allowing for more base building possibilities than ever before.







In Rust, you will now find several different canyons, lakes, and oasis of various sizes in each procedurally generated map.

Canyons, Lakes, and Oases – each offering a fresh way to play with their own pros and cons. Canyons provide narrow pathways for ambushes but can be risky to navigate. Lakes create opportunities for resource gathering and farming but leave you vulnerable in open water. Oases are lush safe havens with valuable resources but will become hotspots for fierce competition.

[h2]Canyons[/h2]

These towering landscapes offer fresh opportunities for ambushes and base building. While the narrow pathways and steep drops make for thrilling combat and strategic locations.



Canyons can be rich in resources, but don't get too greedy and get caught out.

[h2]Lakes[/h2]

These scenic water bodies add a new twist to the gameplay, offering great spots for fishing, resource gathering, farming and base-building by the shore. However, the open water leaves you exposed to attacks, and swimming can slow you down when trying to make a quick escape.



[h2]Oasis[/h2]

These rare paradises amidst the harsh desert. These lush areas are perfect for setting up base, gathering, farming, and finding vital resources like water. But be warned: Oases will attract other players looking to take advantage of these havens.







Rivers are now longer, flow more naturally, and widen the longer they get. This as well as the new unique environments required a larger water system overhaul to support different water types at any altitude.



The ocean is now fully culled underneath the terrain, and lakes no longer stretch beyond their boundaries. Overall, it's a much more robust and future proof system.

https://files.facepunch.com/paddy/20241002/rust_worldUpdate_rivers02_11.jpg





The High Caliber Revolver is a hand-crafted, single-action revolver that uses 5.56 ammo. Built for precise, long-range shots rather than rapid fire, it demands a steady hand for maximum accuracy. Its slower fire rate reflects the single-action design, but the power and precision make each shot count.



Unlockable at a Tier 2 workbench, the High Caliber is for survivors who prioritize accuracy and impact over speed.





Welcome back wood piles! These will spawn in the snow, and temperate biomes.



They function just like our traditional ore piles, but for wood! Harvestable with a rock, hatchet or chainsaw. A great source of wood early in the game to start off your Rust journey.





[h2]Ocean Wreck Buoys[/h2]
We’ve remodelled the old floating bottle indicators on the surface of dive sites into more solid buoys. They are much more visible which will help with finding dive sites.



[h2]Dive Sites[/h2]
The Dive Sites themselves have been refreshed this month, with an entirely new set of three possible options replacing the old sites. All sites now spawn the same amount of loot (6 crates). Each site has new unique environment art and topology.



[h2]Flora and Fauna[/h2]
Alongside the new Buoys and Dive Sites, we've overhauled the underwater foliage with a graphical update, and tweaked the visuals on fish so they behave more naturally. You might even find a couple of other critters down there.







We've added small new handheld dive vehicle this month. The DPV can be crafted and kept in your inventory until you need it.



It's then used like so:

• Select it and deploy it into any water that's at least 1 metre deep
  
• Interact with the fuel tank and add some low grade fuel
  
• "Mount" it to hold onto the handles and drive it around
  

Using the DPV, you can travel underwater significantly faster than you could by swimming. Once you're done with it, simply dismount and pick it up. Fuel will automatically be removed and added to your inventory, or dropped if you don't have any space.

Note: Currently players will need to manually remove fuel before picking up the DPV. This will be corrected in a hotfix asap








Waterwells aren’t exactly the most popular monument in Rust, so this month we decided to make them a little more interesting. You will now find a new vendor at some NPC’s that can offer a random selection of teas and farming equipment that shuffles every X minutes.



What’s special about this NPC is that this is the first vendor that is available in non safe zones. This means they can be killed! If that happens they will respawn after a while, but that won’t trigger the vendor to refresh or have any loot so there’s no real purpose. Try and be nice!



You will also find a new food cache with basic teas and high quality food items, and some planters that are automatically filled with random plants periodically. These plants have a high priority of having good genes, so they’re a great way to give your farm base a quick boost.







We've added a new gameplay feature to the world: Radioactive Water!
This is available at two locations in the new Radtown monument. Players will be able to harvest it with any regular water container, be it: a bota bag, water jug or the tanker module for vehicles.



Radioactive Water has a few properties: splashing it on plants will instantly kill them, splashing it on players (via throwing your water from a container, or via a sprinkler) will irradiate them. Carrying a large amount of it in your inventory will damage you, and finally looting a players body will irradiate you if there's enough radioactive water in their inventory.

These properties make Radioactive Water a great choice for a number of things: from instantly resetting your farm, to being a great counter to those players raiding you in full gear.



The backend work done on Radioactive Water opens up a number of gameplay possibilities in the future as any item (in code) can now be marked as Radioactive.



We can't wait to see what creations you come up with!





This month we're introducing a new addition to Rust's permanent store, the Frontiersman Pack.

The pack includes three items: Frontier Hazmat Suit, Frontier Hatchet, Blunderbuss



[h2]Frontiersman hazmat suit[/h2]

The Frontiersman Hazmat is a handcrafted survival suit, built for those who brave the wilderness. Forged from durable felt and leather, it’s designed to shield its wearer from the harsh weather, unseen enemies, and the dangers of the wild. The Frontiersman suit is a hazmat replacement skin that can be applied while crafting the hazmat or skinned using the repair table. The Frontiersman suit offers no in-game bonuses.



[h2]Blunderbuss[/h2]

The Blunderbuss is a handcrafted, frontier-inspired shotgun that brings a classic, rugged aesthetic to the Double Barrel. This skin reimagines the weapon, turning it into a more traditional tool of survival from a bygone era



[h2]Frontier Hatchet[/h2]

Inspired by the traditional tomahawk, featuring a rugged design with several charms attached. This unique skin transforms the hatchet into a symbol of frontier survival.



Available now on the item store.





Based on your feedback following last month’s wallpaper release, you can now place wallpapers on building block hardsides, but only inside your base!

Any exposed hardside wallpaper will be removed by the next decay tick.





[h3]Spray Can Improvements[/h3]
Spray Can will now remember the shipping container colour through deaths and restarts

[h3]Note World Model[/h3]
Note World Model Added

[h3]Underwater Visibility[/h3]
Underwater visibility improved, allowing for enhanced long-distance sight

[h3]Repair Bench[/h3]
The repair bench now displays icons alongside text for repair costs.





[h2]October 12th - October 19th![/h2]
Join us and Rustafied for the annual Charitable Rust! The main event takes place on October 12th from 11:00AM EDT until 11:00PM EDT On Rustafied's Twitch channel. Tune in for tons of mini games, talent shows, and some of your favorite creators battling it out in Rust Reborn's Bedwars! Check out the full schedule here.

There will be 4 store items this year. Proceeds go toward the Direct Relief Charity. These store items will be account bound. Meaning, you will not be able to sell or trade them once purchased.



You will be able to collect all the Twitch drops for the remainder of the week on any Rust stream with drops enabled!



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To celebrate the release of The World Update 2.0, Rust is now 40% off until October 8th!

Whether you want to role play, survive as a solo, find a new duo partner, or finally join your friend's clan, The World Update 2.0 is here to bring a fresh new feel to Rust for you to explore!

Or why not use The World Update 2.0 sale to gift Rust to that friend that would make a good survival partner?

There’s no better time to jump in to build, explore, raid, and survive with legacy items returning, new weapons and a hazmat, a new monument, AND the newly tuned terrain!

Head over to Steam to save 40%





If you're a map maker, please note that next month, we'll be removing the old rock and cliff assets from the game. Map makers should update their maps with the new rock assets to maintain compatibility.

The reason we're removing the old assets is to ensure we're keeping the game running as optimal as possible and not needlessly loading unused assets into memory.

Meet the Digital Clock, a new craftable item, a simple but powerful addition to your base's electrical setup.



When powered, it displays the current server time

1. Consumes 1 power
   
2. Available at the Tier 2 Workbench
   
3. Craftable for 100 Metal Fragments
   

The clock also allows you to set up alarms. When an alarm goes off, the power will pass through, allowing you to trigger any sort of circuit inside your base at specific times.

Whether you want to automate your farms, activate traps, or control lighting systems, you can set up to five alarms simultaneously.





A powerful new cutting-edge experimental weapon attachment for those who crave more damage and speed in their shots. The Gas Compression Overdrive attachment boosts projectile damage and velocity, allowing you to hit harder.



However, this extra power comes with trade-offs, a slower fire rate and increased recoil. If you can handle the extra kick, this attachment is maybe for you.

The GCO attachment works on the following weapons: Thompson, SAR, SAP, M92, M39 and the Custom SMG.





This month, we're adding wallpapers, a new way to decorate your base's interior.



Wallpapers can only be applied to the interior side of your walls. Purely visual, they don't provide any additional protection, are easy to remove and won't interfere with the deployment of any other items.

• Default blueprint
  
• Crafting cost: 10 cloth for 2 pieces of wallpaper
  
• Includes 'Vintage' default skin in 4 colours - blue, red, green and yellow
  

Just like other deployable items, wallpapers can be skinned during crafting, in a repair bench or after being deployed using the spray can.

[h2]Wallpaper Starter Pack[/h2]
In addition to the 4 wallpapers skins unlocked by default, you can purchase the Wallpaper Starter Pack which features 22 extra wallpaper skins for styling your base.



Skins included in the wallpaper starter pack, as pictured above:

• Clouds
  
• Yellow Stripe
  
• Blue Diamond
  
• Fleur (3 variants)
  
• Retro (3 variants)
  
• Subway (2 variants)
  
• Geometric (2 variants)
  
• Polka Dots (3 variants)
  
• Wainscotting (3 variants)
  
• Venetian Plaster (3 variants)
  

The Wallpaper Starter Pack is available for purchase in-game or through the Steam's item store.





As part of my Hackweek last month, I explored some ways we can make playing Rust more accessible for players that experience different forms of colour blindness. Colour blindness is experienced by up to 8% of men and 0.5% of women, so it likely affects a good portion of our player base.

We’ve tried to identify problematic areas in the game world, as well as in our UI, and then make those colours configurable so every player can customise the look of their game to meet their needs. Since colour blindness comes in many forms, we’ve exposed each option individually as well as some presets that we think will help for more common forms of the condition.



We’ve exposed the following options:

• Tree marker colours
  
• Health Bar colour
  
• Hunger Bar colour
  
• Hydration Bar colour
  
• Team Name tag colour
  
• Enemy Name tag colour
  
• Ally Name tag colour (eg. marked friendly in the contacts system)
  
• Monument blocked colour (the new radius that appears when building close to a monument)
  
• Mushroom colour
  

We also adjusted the contrast of the icons in the Hunger/Health/Hydration bar to make them stand out a bit more when in snowy/very bright regions.

Please get in touch if we’ve missed a colour you find problematic to see, or if there are other accessibility options you think could help make playing Rust more comfortable. You can contact us via the F7 report menu, or opening a new Support ticket.





Way, way back in the ancient times of December 2022, we shipped a feature that allowed us to separate the above ground and below ground networking groups, improving client performance and reducing network traffic. Unfortunately, we had to disable it pretty quickly on launch as we discovered an edge case where a small number of elevators that started in the above ground layer and ended in the below ground layer would teleport players into a void. To resolve this, we needed to rework how elevators functioned internally.

This work has finally been completed, so we’re re-enabling the feature this month. Fingers crossed the feature sticks this time! This change should be invisible to players and offer better performance.





I think it was time to say goodbye to this debug gibberish spammed in chat everytime you try to build anything.



These errors have been moved from the chat to toast messages, which are just as responsive and most importantly, visible to players playing with the chat disabled.

We wanted to reduce the confusion by making these errors more specific, when possible.

The common "Cannot build in this area" now becomes "Blocked by X", mentioning the name of the entity blocking you. It works with deployables, vehicles, building blocks and players.



The infamous "Too close from another building" error message will now be "Too close to X". It will also briefly highlight the building block in question.

When trying to upgrade a building block, you'll now get a clear explanation of what exactly is preventing the upgrade.

We've also re-ordered the message priority of a few common deployables. So you now get "Must be placed on a construction" instead of "Not enough space" message when trying to place a bed on the terrain for example.

A new convar has been added if you prefer to keep the error messages in chat:

1. client.errortoasts_in_chat
   

A lot of effort has been put into improving Rust's localization this month.

• Most of the UI screens are now displaying right-to-left languages correctly
  
• Many screens with truncated texts have been fixed
  
• Unlocalized texts have been addressed
  

This is ongoing work, it's not finished yet, and more improvements are planned for the coming months.

Thanks to everyone contributing to Rust localization, dedicating their time to make the game more accessible to non-English speakers.





Today, we're opening Rust Staging - Aux02 beta branch for public testing to gather feedback and bug testing ahead of next month's world update release, which is one, if not the most significant updates, this year.

The World Update aims to address many long-standing community requests surrounding the world. The update will revamp cliffs, rivers, dive sites, and add new, unique environmental areas such as canyons, lakes, and desert oases. Additionally, some throwbacks to Legacy Rust by bringing back an updated Radtown monument and Legacy Wood Piles.



There is plenty more to look forward to with a new weapon, the high-calibre revolver, new Hazmat skin, and so much more.

We're excited about this world update and want your feedback to allow us to adjust and tweak as necessary. As a note of caution, everything on the branch is subject to change, and map wipes will happen at irregular intervals over the month.

The world update will be released on October 3rd.

[h2]How to access[/h2]
To access the playtest, please follow the steps below:

• On Steam download Rust - Staging Branch
  
• Right-click Rust - Staging Branch on your Steam library, and select Properties
  
• Navigate to "Betas" tab
  
• Next to "Beta Participation" select "aux02 - upandcoming"
  
• Steam will begin to download and apply the update
  
• Open Rust - Staging Branch via Steam and play
  

[h2]How to give feedback[/h2]
To give direct feedback in-game, press F7 and fill out the form, additionally, you can join our Discord and discuss the changes in the channel "staging-aux2"

[h2]Mappers[/h2]
An unfortunate side effect of this revamp is that new assets will be added, and old assets will be removed. This will cause some instability for custom maps and map makers, one example is the older cliff and rock formations will be removed.

We'll post updates on the exact changes in community mapping Discords and our social media closer to release.







[h2]Buckle up! Base Invaders is back![/h2]

This Tuesday, tune in from 8PM BST // 3PM EST as *20* teams of 5 battle it out for up to $1000 per player for the winning team, from a $50,000 prize pool! With a 20x gather rate and teams only being allowed one base and one Tool Cupboard at a time, players need to score points with kills, by controlling hard points, or by destroying enemy Tool Cupboards and more!

The teams feature a range of PvP community favourites, as well as creators from our recent Home-Brewed event, and more! For the full list of teams and rules head here.

[h2]Heads up: [/h2]
The exclusive hoodie and pants Twitch Drops for the Twitch Rivals stream will only be live for roughly 5 hours on Tuesday the 10th of September, on the Twitch Rivals official channel.

The rest of the Twitch Drops will be available from the start of the event until Sunday 15th.

Don't forget to sync your Twitch and Steam accounts at Twitch.Facepunch.com!

And remember - Facepunch will never DM you about Twitch Drops or giveaways. Beware of any fake websites and scams!





Wellipets’ iconic Frog Boots were added to Rust as a gift for players who owned the game while it was in Early Access between 2013-2018 - as a thanks for supporting us while we took the game from its very humble and janky beginnings, to becoming what it is today.



And now, we've officially partnered with Wellipets to unite both the digital and physical world - An IRL Frog Wellington Boot in original Rust colours (one green, one black), and an exclusive in-game Frog Boot Helmet if you buy the Rust edition of the boots.

Executed in black and Batrachian green and contrasted with their hallmark yellow eyes, these wellington boots boast a distinctive colour combination, both as a legacy Rust item, and now a real, practical but fashionable item.
They feature a ladder grip outsole to provide improved traction during wet weather and are decorated with hand painted details at the logo and mouth.



Every physical pair comes with a key to unlock the new in-game item, once shipped. The boots are expected to start shipping at the end of November.

Discover the story and pre-order your pair here: https://wellipets.com/wellipets-x-rust





Heya! My name is Daniel, I'm a new member of the Rust development team - I've joined about a month ago. My primary objective is to work on Performance and it's various facets for Rust. I'm hoping to be posting about the ongoing work in the future.

In the coming update, I've made some changes to code that we'll be shipping that will break some mods that rely on our internal object pooling utility, Facepunch.Pool. If you're the owner of one of these mods that see errors around invalid use of "Pool.Free", then you should try switching to "Pool.FreeUnmanaged", and if that still doesn't work, then "Pool.FreeUnsafe"(in last case if you're using FreeUnsafe with a collection, make sure to clear it).

I'm making this breaking change because our old API were unsafe and allowed for memory leaks and bugs. Instead, I've introduced a couple replacements that aim to be stricter and as a result safer.

Pool.Free is now 3 separate methods:

• Pool.Free where T : Pool.IPooled or a couple collections with T : IPooled. Calls Clear() and optionally returns each element back to Pool
  
• Pool.FreeUnmanaged where T is a collection of non-IPooled-implementing types. Calls Clear() or an equivalent
  
• Pool.FreeUnsafe for any T, just returns it back to pool
  

The following methods are marked obsolete and will be removed when October Update lands or have been removed:

• Pool.GetList - obsolete
  
• Pool.FreeList - obsolete
  
• Pool.FreeListAndItems - obsolete
  
• Pool.FreeMemoryStream - obsolete
  
• Pool.ClearList - obsolete
  
• Pool.FreeDynamic - removed
  

Our dedicated server builds on Linux currently support Debian 10 / Ubuntu 18 or later. Due to third party software we rely on slowly removing support for these platforms, we will soon be forced to change the minimum requirement for our Linux dedicated server builds to Debian 11 / Ubuntu 20 or later. If you're hosting your own server or offer managed servers to your clients, please update to Debian 11 / Ubuntu 20 or later as soon as possible.