Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The big update is almost here and the team is finalizing and prepping.

Naval Update Progress

With the Naval Update just around the corner, the team is in full polish mode, cranking out last-minute fixes and refinements to get everything ready for launch. This week saw a bunch of under-the-hood improvements aimed at stability, performance, and visual fidelity across the board. Boat AI behavior got some attention—fixing issues like scientist boats clustering near the oil rig and NPCs dozing off when their driver dies. The boat steering animation got a refresh, and tweaks to the building UI and small engine rig should help smooth out the player experience.

There were also a number of technical fixes rolled in, from map marker bugs in deep sea zones to animation glitches while mounted. Visual upgrades continue too, with better LOD handling on new scientist outfits, texture updates for RHIBs, and even a GPU crash fix involving cloud rendering. With all this cleanup work wrapping up, next week’s update is shaping up to deliver one of the most ambitious additions to Rust’s oceans yet. Check back for the full rundown when it drops.

Space Station Skin

A new DLC is in the pipeline, and this one’s looking out of this world—literally. Themed around a space station aesthetic, it includes a fresh building skin set along with a matching LR300 skin. While there’s no official release date just yet, all signs point to this dropping alongside the December update. We’ll keep an eye on staging and bring more details as they surface.

Other Stuff

More work on the Rust birthday event coming early next month
Christmas wallpaper textures and material progress