Rust Updates

Every devblog and community update Facepunch has posted, newest first. Each links out to the official post at rust.facepunch.com/news. The big monthly update lands with the force wipe on the first Thursday of the month; the Rust wipe schedule shows which servers just wiped and which wipe next.

673 updates tracked
Community Update 86 COMMUNITY
2016-05-10

Animated Rust, concept art limbo, Rust guns turned into percussion instruments, and more.

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Devblog 109 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-05-05

Today's update wipes the servers and brings some major changes to the procedural maps: there's a snowier north, new mountains, and the power plant dungeon has been updated. We've also added fish traps, made cannibalism less appealing, and lots more.

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Community Update 85 COMMUNITY
2016-05-03

True Detective remade using Rust, the Rust Olympics, how to build an emerald castle, and more.

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Devblog 108 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-04-28

Lite patch, but lots of bugfixes and some performance improvements!

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Community Update 84 COMMUNITY
2016-04-26

Enter The Rust Zone, watch the Yogscast take on Rust, see what happens when a door to Legacy opens, and more.

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Devblog 107 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-04-21

We have a huge devblog this week: the first look at our upcoming facial expressions (grr, whoops, and serial killer*), water usage is expanded, and you can share benchmarks now from in-game. There's balancing, clothing, deployables, puking, and loads more.

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Community Update 83 COMMUNITY
2016-04-19

Pre-Legacy Rust, how to make the Furnace in real-life, an amazing in-game news channel, and more.

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Devblog 106 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-04-14

A packed blog this week: we've added flame-throwers (and water buckets) to the game, and we have the first look at the tech tree, the wrecked Powerplant tower, and our new musical instruments. Plus optimisation, sound tweaks, and more.

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Community Update 82 COMMUNITY
2016-04-12

An island paradise built in Rust, one of the best videos we’ve ever seen, and lots more amazing community contributions.

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Devblog 105 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-04-07

The new player models--including females--are now in, and who you are depends on your SteamID. This update wipes the servers and your blueprints. Have fun!

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Community Update 81 COMMUNITY
2016-04-05

Further adventures in 3D printing, drones, and a NES game rebuilt in Rust.

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Devblog 104 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-03-31

This week we've added atmospheric new lights, rebooted melee, polished up armor, squashed bugs, optimised, crafted more new arrow heads, touched up Hapis, and more.

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Community Update 80 COMMUNITY
2016-03-29

Find out what happens when you have heat source, a Go Pro, and a Steam account...

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Devblog 103 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-03-24

We're back from GDC and slowly easing into work. We have some QOL changes, armour condition tweaks, the first peek at our new arrow heads, and more.

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Community Update 79 COMMUNITY
2016-03-22

Gravity takes a hiding as the community envisions jetpacks and drones in Rust. Oh, and there's a stripper video, too.

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Devblog 102 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-03-17
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Devblog 101 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-03-10
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Devblog 99.1 DEVBLOG
2016-03-03

We've finally reached triple digits! Devblog 99.1. There's more on the upcoming XP system and tech trees. We've added sexier tunnels, made some proc-gen tweaks, shrunk the default world size, and made lots of fixes and tweaks. This update wipes the servers.

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Community Update 78 COMMUNITY
2016-03-01

Grim fan art, a cinematic raid cam, another real-world Rust weapon, and lots more.

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Devblog 99 DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2016-02-25

Reactive targets, sexier dungeons, the upcoming XP system, a closer look at female player character, and lots more.

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Rust's official development updates and patch notes, linking straight to Facepunch's own post for each one rather than a mirrored copy.

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