SEASON'S BEATINGS

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

From everyone at Facepunch, we'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Christmas Event is once again live!

If you're new to the island, here's what you can expect:

As you play, you will start to hear the distinct sound of jingle bells. As soon as you do, leave the warm comfort of your base and start looking for your gifts!

• Two gifts are spawned per player, in a radius of about 40m from you.

• Run up and bash open your present to receive your Christmas gift.

• They come in three sizes: small, medium, and large. But if you have enough small presents stashed, you can 'trade up' to a medium or large gift.

• The contents of each present varies, but you'll find a mix of resources, weapons, and Christmas candy.

This year, you'll still be able to find Santa hats and reindeer antlers, both of which can be worn and provide a decent amount of protection. And the lickable candy cane club is back! As well as two types of stockings.

If you hang a stocking inside your base when the jingle bells ring, the stocking will fill up with loot whether you've been good or not - no coal here!

The larger stocking has a higher chance for better items and both last around 5-10 refills.

The advent calendar also returns and is a craftable deployable, available to everyone during the Christmas event.

Once placed, you can claim an in-game surprise once every in-real-life day from the 16th of December.

The Christmas event ends on January 2nd @ 19:00GMT / 14:00EST

Make it a December to remember!

RUSTMAS STORE

We have brought some items from previous years, now purchasable from the Rust Item Store.

Since last year the festive garland pack now includes a double door garland. If you've already purchased this pack, you'll now be able to craft this item.

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RUSTMAS BASE DECORATION CONTEST

We are excited to announce that the annual Rustmas Base Decorating Competition is back for 2024's festive period!

We're looking for the best Christmassy base that Rust has ever seen!

Winner

£120 worth of skins of their choosing, and two Rust DLC/Items.

Runner up

£75 worth of skins of their choosing, and one Rust DLC/Item.

How To Submit

Once you’ve completed decorating your base, be sure to take 3-4 screenshots or a video walkthrough (MTV Cribs style) and upload them to X/Twitter, using the hashtag #Rustmas2024

The winner and runner up will be announced from Rust's Official X/Twitter account on January 13th.

Please make sure you are following the Rust X/Twitter account so we can DM you if you win. If we do not get a response within 1 week of the winner announcement, a new winner will be chosen.

Evaluation

Submissions will be judged based on the following: Creativity Design Judging will be performed by Facepunch Staff.

Bonus points if you remove the UI and your graphics are set higher than 1 :)

Terms

This competition is run by Facepunch Studios LTD. The competition ends on January 2nd 2025 23:59UTC. No more than three entries per person. The winner and runner-up will be selected based on which 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