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PRIMITIVE
PRIMITIVE GAMEMODE The early game of Rust can be the most exciting, unfortunately players rush to fully automatic rifles as fast as possible to get an edge over their enemies. What if the early game could last forever..…
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LUNAR NEW YEAR 2025
LUNAR NEW YEAR Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! This year, we celebrate the Year of the Snake. In Chinese culture, the snake symbolises wisdom, intuition, and transformation —qualities that everyone playing can appreci…
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11 YEARS STRONG
11 YEARS Servers are now wiped and Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, but we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. We're getting back to work after a couple of weeks off, which is why this blog is lighter t…
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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…
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POLISH AND PROGRESS
RUST'S 11TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS We can't believe it either. It feels like just yesterday that we were celebrating 10 years of Rust, getting emotional over our recap video, but it is true - Rust turns 11 years old on W…
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ARMED AND ANIMATED
T1 HANDMADE SMG This month we're adding new weapons, firstly filling a gap in the weapon lineup, the Handmade SMG is unlockable near the end of the T1 tech tree. While it lacks accuracy and raw damage, it compensates fo…
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HALLOWEEN 2024
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 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 s…
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THE WORLD UPDATE 2.0
RADTOWN 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 proporti…
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TIME TO KILL
DIGITAL CLOCK 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 [olist] Consumes 1 power Available at the Tie…
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STAY ALERT
TIN CAN ALARM This month, we're adding the Tin Can Alarm, a new primitive trap made from hanging tin cans. Crossing its wire will trigger the trap and cause a loud clatter, alerting anyone nearby to your presence. You c…
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COMMUNITY UPDATE 262
FACEPUNCH'S 15TH BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday to us! Facepunch officially turned 15 not too long ago and we wanted to celebrate the occasion by making all of our games 50% off - including Rust and all Rust DLCs! You can get…
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ROAD RENEGADES
MOTORBIKES Motorbikes can now be found at several monument locations. One is a single-person bike and one has a sidecar as well, where a second player can sit and use weapons. These are relatively fast and nimble vehicl…
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COMMUNITY UPDATE 261
EPIC DESK MOUSEPAD CREATOR COLLABS Steam post image We're back with some amazing EpicDesk creator collabs for giant mousepads! BLOOPRINT Steam post image Steam post image SEBBYK Steam post image Steam post image OILRATS…
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SEISMIC SHIFT
SEISMIC SENSOR This month we're adding the Seismic Sensor, a new electricity-powered deployable. When powered, it will listen for nearby explosions and send a power signal when detecting any. You can configure its range…
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META MADNESS
AIMCONE REDUCTION Any movement in rust would modify your baseline Aimcone so that shots taken while in motion were somewhat inaccurate. This was supposed to discourage "running and gunning". The problem with this is tha…
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COMMUNITY UPDATE 260
RUSTIC REEF AMUSEMENT PARK Last blog I showcased many of the big-hitters in the Rust Creative Arts community. This month they have literally combined forces to play together for an entire month and managed to make a gia…
