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The Tree Fix Update
Halloween is over, trees are fixed and more optimizations, fixes and improvements. Added team chat. Added chat pop-up menu when clicking a chat message. Added chat muting. Added "mutelist", "unmute" and "unmuteall" cons…
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Happy Halloween
HALLOWEEN COMES TO RUST From now til November 7th 2019 we have a bunch of spooky new features... NEW NPCS: KILLER MUMMIES AND SCARECROWS Get ready to go up against creepy mummies and scarecrows spawning around the world…
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Horse Equipment Update
We've added horse equipment, Crafting, Inventory, Map and Death screen improvements and various other fixes, balances and improvements ... Added grass.distance convar (range 100-200, default 100) Added headlerp convar (…
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Transport Helicopter Update
The new Transport Helicopter arrives along with changes to auto turrets and various other fixes and optimizations Unity 2019.2.0f1 Players are automatically authed to placed cupboards Benchmark mode fixes Added powerlin…
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Excavator Update
Steam post image Excavator monument and more optimizations and fixes Added Excavator Monument Added force triggers (excavator belts) Added terrain anti hack protection Fixed binds not working with "cinematic_play" and "…
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July Update
Steam post image Horse breeds and hitching posts, client and server optimizations and more! Added cinematic animations for video creation (see devblog) Added player tick rate convars to the server (see devblog) Added St…
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Chippy Arcade
Steam post image Players of our game Chippy on Steam will get an exclusive Chippy Arcade machine to play with in game. Plus some optimisations and bug fixes for everyone. Enabled skin unloading by default for everybody…
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Giddy Up!
Steam post image Horseback riding, Balance changes, a New UI and more! Upgraded to Unity 2019.1.4f1 Enabled incremental GC and integrated it with the custom GC logic Server Browser shows wipe times Can order server list…
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The Smol Update
Steam post image A smaller than usual 2-week update including a new Hunting Bow Model, Map changes, various bugfixes and more monument lighting changes Added granular skin loading (greatly reduces skin memory usage) Add…
Small Update / Patch Notes - Rust
Happy Easter
Steam post image An Easter event is upon us Go to post. For the next week, once every in-game day an easter egg hunt will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many eggs as you can. The top 3 players are given spec…
Small Update / Patch Notes - Rust
The QoL Update
Steam post image Fractional Reloading, The large Oilrig, New Weapons, A tonne of Quality of Life updates and more ... Go to post. Changelog EAC SDK update Added debris system to block placement of new walls and doors im…
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The Oil Rig Update
Steam post image Go to post. Changelog Linux uses Vulkan graphics API (-force-vulkan to use Vulkan on Windows) Mac uses Metal graphics API Deep sea waves with crest foam affecting floating physics Water interaction dist…
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The Air Power Update
Steam post image Minicopters, RF Communications, Performance tweaks and more. Go to post. Changelog New Hemp Plant Refresh New Palm Trees in Arid Biome Iterative entity networking (fixes frame rate drops when moving aro…
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Community Update 214
Steam post image Lots of tutorials, including how to make a lighthouse; a cartoon, RP, and more. Go to post.
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Community Update 85,208
Steam post image A new player record, awesome builds, incredible contraptions, and more. Go to post.
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Happy New Year!
Steam post image A brief update as we get back to work. Go to post. Changelog Fixed snowmachine blocking cave entrances Fixed upkeep consuming more resources than intended Removed large double caves [Hapis map] Removed…


