Official Rust news

Complete Plant Genetics Guide in Rust: How to Grow the Perfect Clone

Master the art of crop breeding and crossbreeding. Learn how to combine genes for the best harvest.

Electricity in Rust for Beginners: Basics & Automatic Turret Setup

Understand the basic principles of electricity. Step-by-step setup of automatic turret activation when an enemy appears.

Optimizing Base Upkeep in Rust: How the Tool Cupboard Tax System Works

Learn how the cost of base upkeep is calculated and how the progressive tax rate affects your base size.

Livestock Update

This month's update brings a major refresh to farming with the introduction of new Livestock animals, critters, and swimmers. Plus, fresh food recipes, the new Biofuel Generator, an overhaul to Sandbag Barricades, and new Powergrid Lootrooms to plunder. And all the usual bug fixes, improvements, and QoL changes!

Breach and Clear

This month's update brings you Monument Blockers, Breakable Attack Heli Armour, HQM Nodes, Upkeep Group Scaling, various item buffs, and QoL and balance changes, as well as many performance updates and much more!

Power Trip

This month's update brings you Player Maintained Monuments in the form of a new Satellite Crash, Dome Pumping, restorable Power Plant, plus more. As well as plenty of balances, bug fixes, optimisations, upgrades, and more improvements!

Common Ground

This month's update features a New Monument: The Apartment Complex, Rentable Shops, a New Clan System & Table, plus QoL changes and much more!

Built Different

This month's update brings Rust's biggest player overhaul in years, featuring new player models and animations, a new armour set, and the M16A2 rifle. It also includes QoL improvements, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and much more!

Upgrade hard, raid harder

This month's update brings you Workbench upgrades, the new Mortar, improved Tin Can Alarm, as well as model refreshes and remakes, plus many QoL improvements, bug fixes, and more!

Spring Clean

This month's update brings you TWO new items - the Armoured Ladder Hatch and Water Wheel, additionally loads of QOL improvements, bug fixes, better performance and much more!

Shipshape

This month's update brings massive improvements to how you live, build, and fight on water and in The Deep Sea. As well as extended daytime, balances, fixes, and quality of life improvements.

lunar new year 2026

2026's Lunar New Year celebrations have begun! Celebrate the occasion by honouring the Year of the Horse with the Ornate Horse Mask, Horse Armour, and more. 

Quick overview of the Rust October update

Animal potential mechanic in Rust

New teas added to the Mixing Table

Weekly Rust Store Item Review

Development updates

Changes to Cow and Sheep mechanics in Rust

Super "S" Door removed from Rust store

Development updates

Genetics for animals in Rust

Changes to the Rust Cow trade

Development updates

Rust October Update Overview

Barricade and Fence Health Balance

New Hazmat Suit Trailer

Rust Item Store Review

Twitch Drops Start in Rust

New decorative animals: Crab and Jellyfish

Development updates

Development updates

Biofuel Generator in Rust

Airfield broken: repairs now required

Character Customization: No gender or race changes

Lamb Pie added to Rust

Changes to Oil Rig extraction

Rust October Update Overview

Weekly Skin Store Review

Brioche Bread: a new food type in Rust

New Twitch Drops: Rust Isles

New Barricade Features: 4 Stories

Sea turtle added to Rust

Trading cows in Rust

New Resource: Wool and Trading System

New Twitch Drops in Rust

New Mechanics: Milk and Cream in Rust

Rabbits are coming to Rust

Squirrel and Frog added to Rust

New sounds coming to Rust

Development updates

Rust developing biofuel and diesel generators

Bradley on the train: new details

Details on Rust Animal Husbandry

New skins in the Rust store

Cows, bulls, and sheep added to Rust

Weekly Rust Item Shop Review

HQM rock size reduced

Major expansion of the Rust livestock system

Smart Alarm in Rust: Important Changes

Development updates

Smart Alarm Improvements

New animals coming to Rust: frogs and more

M92 Pistol model update in Rust

Rust weapon sight models are being updated

Development updates

New Rust achievements for October

Rust Livestock: A New Farming System

Three new achievements in Rust

Rust is reworking grenade behavior

Weekly Skin Store Overview

New Rust skin collection released

New height variants for sandbags

Rust Global Update: September Patch

Flashlight model update

Labs are now blocked by barricades

Will sheep shearing be added to Rust?

New way to annoy teammates in Rust

Attack Helicopter armor now breaks in sections

Overview of the September Rust update

New HQM Ore Added to Rust

New HQM ore node added to Rust

Rust is getting new sounds for items and armor

Rust Flashlight Update

Development updates

New car parts crate in Rust

Overview of new Rust skins

Stone Sculpture in Rust

New Recycling System in Rust

Rust catapult nerf

New Twitch Drops are Live in Rust

Satellite event rebalance

Arrows in Rust are now even harder to distinguish

New Rust skin collection

Drifting is coming to Rust vehicles

New bridges in development for Rust

Weekly Skin Store Overview

New transparent AK-47 skins

Top-tier monuments now barricaded

New ore rock balance update

New arrow icons in Rust

Heavy Helmet Crafting Changes in Rust

Rust Attack Helicopter: armor now falls off

Global VRAM optimization in Rust

Drift in Rust: rear axle locking

New type of ore node

Increased upkeep costs for clans

Swamp wood gathering buff

Semi-Automatic Pistol Nerf in Rust

Helmet audio changes

Medical syringe, sword buffs and BP discount

New barricades on Rust monuments

Base upkeep tax for clans