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Patch 1.007 - Performance Improvement and Bug Fix
Patch 1.007 - 06/10/2026 Bugs Fixes: Dynamic Resolution has been fixed so it stops turning itself off when changing regions! This should greatly improve performance for lots of people. As a reminder, if your PC is getti…
Patch notes2 changesFixPerformance - Ash & Rust
Patch 1.006 - Bug Fixes
Patch 1.006 - 06/08/2026 Bugs Fixes: The Hub's Gear Trader has been fixed. (The tutorial text was in the way of selecting items) When you teleport back to the Hub, the TP portal now correctly says which Region it leads…
Store4 changesFixGameplay - Ash & Rust
Multiplayer Vision
What’s next?! MULTIPLAYER If you've ever been playing Diablo, Path of Exile, or any of the other great ARPGs in a party with your friends, and had a thought like, this could be more fun and interesting if we actually ha…
Patch notes9 changesGameplayBalance - Ash & Rust
Patch v1.005 - Bug Fixes
04/25/2026 Patch v1.005: Added a tooltip to the Hub's Gear Trader which informs the player that only Gear the player has picked up before appears in their options, not all Gear in the whole game. (The goal of this trade…
Patch notes5 changesFixGameplay - Ash & Rust
Improvements and Bug Fixes
04/20/2026 Patch v1.004: Jumping, Gamepad, UI, and Dungeon bug fixes and improvements Jumping: Fixed bug where player could jump off in an unexpected direction at particular Jump sites, such as from the Hub's Atlas. Jum…
Patch notes14 changesFixUI/audio - Ash & Rust
Bug Fixes and Adjustments
Adjustments: All Dialogue has been reviewed and improved. Characters have more personality and the plot should be clearer. The camera has been zoomed out about 10%. Bug Fixes: Base Damage minor augments now work properl…
Store8 changesFixGameplay - Ash & Rust
VERSION 1.0 LAUNCH!!!
Ash & Rust 1.0!!! I honestly can't believe we're here. Seven years in the making to bring this vision of a new ARPG to life. Like many of you, I often found myself saying, I really like X game but I wish it had this, or…
Store17 changesGameplayPerformance - Ash & Rust
Leaving Early Access March 13!
On March 13th, Ash & Rust is leaving early access and launching version 1.0! You'll find lots of new content and plenty of improvements, including: Over a dozen new Dungeons attached to all the major regions to explore,…
Store10 changesGameplayPerformance - Ash & Rust
Development Update
Hey everyone! Three years ago I released into Early Access. Looking back, holy moly the game has evolved so much! I am not a game developer by trade and this was my first endeavor. I was only armed with a very specific…
Store7 changes1 numericGameplay - Ash & Rust
Controller/WASD support!!!
Update v0.9200 Controller/Gamepad/WASD support and Directional Aim Strafing implemented Native controller support implemented for Xbox, Playstation, and Switch Controllers, as well as Steamdeck! If you have a different…
Store5 changesGameplayMaps - Ash & Rust
Patch v0.9124 - Bug Fixes
Patch v0.9124 - Bug Fixes Fixed WASD Issue where when the Camera was not set to default rotation, such as in some Freelance missions, WASD would not produce the correct directions. Fixed new Bug created last patch where…
Announcement4 changesFixBalance - Ash & Rust
Update v0.9123 - Major Performance Improvements and WASD Improvements
Major Performance Improvement: Pretty much all hardware should see a substantial gain in FPS, as much as 30 FPS on some of my test PCs. For those interested in the technicals: On the CPU bottleneck, I found that the eng…
Patch notes9 changesFixPerformance - Ash & Rust
Patch v0.9100 - WASD Movement Implemented! [AND EMERGENCY FEATURE!]
Patch v0.9100 New Feature: WASD Movement option implemented. (Not full gamepad/controller support yet, it's not ready. Lots of UI and Spell Indicator issues to work through.) Go to Settings -> Input -> change movement t…
Patch notes6 changesFixUI/audio - Ash & Rust
Patch v0.9015 - Improvements and Fixes
Patch v0.9015 Improved several tooltips and descriptions (all Minor Augments and some Gear). Fixed some bugs around Crafting Items, such as Gear Maximizers not consuming Reforge Points. Fixed some walkable areas in The…
Store6 changesFixGameplay - Ash & Rust
Patch v0.9014 - Bug fixes
Patch v0.9014 Fixed major Leap issue that would cause the player to get stuck in the jump animation and not able to move. (For those curious it was to do with the pathfinding system which if it didn't find a viable path…
Store5 changesFixPerformance - Ash & Rust
Patch v0.9013 - Bug Fixes
Patch v0.9013 Fixed bug on Head Gear, The Defiler's Helm, which made it unusable and caused a crash. Temporarily adjusted the size of Gear Tooltips to be a bit smaller to not go off screen as much. A better implementati…
Patch notes3 changesFixPerformance
