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
Time To Kill DEVBLOG
2024-09-05

This month's update brings the addition of the Digital Clock, Wallpaper, Gas Compression Overdrive Weapon Attachment, Wellipets, Accessibility Options and more bug fixes and QoL changes!

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Stay Alert DEVBLOG
2024-08-01

New tin can alarm, zipline improvements, item buoyancy, vendor price adjustments, & more QoL!

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COMMUNITY UPDATE 262 COMMUNITY
2024-07-16

50% off Rust, Lootroom 3D Printed Merch, fan-made Rust lego sets, Twitch drops, and more!

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Road Renegades DEVBLOG
2024-07-04

Motorbikes have arrived! Bicycles are available too. Plus, check out handcuffs and prisoner hoods, the traveling vendor event, and much more.

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Community Update 261 COMMUNITY
2024-06-24

Creator Collab Deskpads, Skin Contests, Global Warfare, Art, & more!

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Seismic Shift DEVBLOG
2024-06-06

This month, we bring you more meta & QOL gameplay changes, the Seismic Sensor item, barricades deployable in monuments, instant server rejoin, Tech Tree combining, and much more.

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Meta Madness DEVBLOG
2024-05-02

Meta gameplay changes are here! Aimcone reduction, weapon buffs and changes to  weapon attachments, safe zone recyclers, PvP walls, Cargo Ship docking, Launch Site and much, much more.

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Community Update 260 COMMUNITY
2024-04-25

Amusement Parks, Fight Clubs, Music Parodies, Cosplay, and Twitch drops maybe?

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Waves Of Change DEVBLOG
2024-04-04

So many changes! We've updated Harbor/Cargo, Oilrig, Bradley, Electricity, & Patrol Heli. Adding our first Retro TC Skin & a minigun, plus much more!

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Easter 2024 DEVBLOG
2024-03-21

Check out this year's clucking Easter update.

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Lighting The Way DEVBLOG
2024-03-07

This month we bring you Tutorial Island, Night time visibility, Vendor UI refresh, Item Store rework, and much more!

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Community Update 259 COMMUNITY
2024-02-27

Giant calculators, global stats, creator program, and LOTS of art!

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Lunar New Year 2024 DEVBLOG
2024-02-07

Celebrate the 2024 Lunar new year, the Year of the Dragon with a dragon rocket launcher, spear, sky lanterns, gongs and more!

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Bags To Riches DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2024-02-01

This month's Rust update brings you backpacks, player remains, metal detector, weapon changes, QOL, performance improvements and much more!

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Surviving a Decade DEVBLOG
2024-01-04

Servers are now wiped, Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. In this blog, we recap 2023 and reveal some upcoming changes.

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Merry Rustmas DEVBLOG
2023-12-16

Season's beatings! It's that wonderful time of the year again. The Xmas event is now enabled, gingerbread houses, and Rustmas base decorating competition!

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10 Years Of Rust DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2023-12-07

This month we celebrate Rust's 10th birthday. Birthday event, throw back items to Rust Legacy, new weapon, twitch drops, 20 QOL features, and much more!

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Community Update 258 COMMUNITY
2023-11-27

Steam Awards, Multiple Cinematics, Global Warfare, Youtube Achievements, Support a Streamer Event, and more!

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2023 Steam AWARDS
2023-11-21

This year's Steam Awards sees Rust enter for the 'Labour of Love' category. After 10 years of the game, it's updates, and content, we are officially putting our hat in the ring!

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Coupling The Rails DEVBLOG OUR BREAKDOWN
2023-11-02

The surface and underground rail networks are now linked, train signals have been added. Base decor pack released and a bunch of QOL and fixes

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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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