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Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar new year to everyone! To help everyone celebrate we have added some new and old items to the Steam item store. First off, throughout the Lunar New Year celebration, everyone will be able to craft a set of th…
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Onwards and upwards
2021 Servers are now wiped, Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. We're getting back to work after a couple of weeks off which is why this is a light blog and we're loo…
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Labor of Love Award Final Voting
Thanks to everyone that nominated Rust for the Labor of Love award. We have now reached the final stage of voting so we need your votes once again! You can do so now by clicking the vote button above and to show our app…
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Season's Beatings!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! From everyone at Facepunch, we'd all like to wish you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! The Christmas Event is once again live! If you haven't been around for this befor…
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December Update
Excavator The excavator has received a massive production buff. One unit of Diesel fuel will run the excavator for 2 minutes and produce any one of the following yields : 100 HQM 2000 Sulfur Ore 10,000 Stone 5000 Metal…
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Steam Awards 2021 - Rust Nomination
The Steam Awards are upon us once again and this year we’d like to get your nominations in the `Labor of Love` category by clicking to vote above! We think the description of the award sums up Rust perfectly, Rust is ou…
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Permanent Store
Store Update - Nomad Suit Today we're excited to announce the launch of Rust's permanent in-game store. The new store will feature premium cosmetic items and skins. To kick things off we're releasing the Nomad skin. The…
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MLRS & desert base update
DESERT MILITARY BASES We added fully procedural Military bases containing the MLRS equipment this update, these will be different on every server, every wipe. They are built from a pool of individual modules and fill 4…
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Halloween 2021 - Darkness falls
Happy Halloween! The Rust Halloween event is upon us! We've released a mandatory patch containing lots of spooky features, enabled the Trick or Treat event, NPC scarecrows and much more! This year we've added a new addi…
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Missions & QoL
This month's update brings the foundation of the mission system, huge amount of quality of life improvements, a camper vehicle module and much more! Missions Today we're introducing the first iteration of a mission syst…
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September Update
Underwater Labs Improvements Since the Underwater Labs release, we've been following your feedback closely. The majority of feedback was surrounding high loot density and lack of player interaction. We've now reduced th…
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Going Deep
Procedural Underwater Labs The new underwater labs are fully procedural dungeons that reside on the ocean floor. They will come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and for now, with two entry points. You enter them from a…
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Voice Props DLC Pack
The Voice Props DLC pack is available today for $12.99! Blast out some music with the Boom Box, intimidate your neighbours with the Megaphone and Microphone Stand, phone a friend (or enemy, or stranger) with the Mobile…
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Wounding Update & Voice Props DLC
Updated Wounding System Players now go to a crawling state when wounded in most cases, instead of being fully incapacitated. They can move around slowly and use doors. They also get a bit more health than they used to i…
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New Trailer and Summer Sale Discount!
To mark the start of the Steam Summer Sale we've given the Store page a sprucing up and also added an awesome new trailer which you can view below ... We're also bringing you a massive 50% discount on Rust and all DLC's…
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Contacts Update
Contact System We've added a new system for keeping track of the players you interact with. You'll find a new tab on your inventory screen which will open the contacts panel. From there you'll be able to use the various…
