Christmas cheer is strong this week. Why? Because Santa is back in town, and he brings not only presents, but the addition of indoor planters!

Planters are here!

Botanists of Rust rejoice, indoor growing is in! The large planter has been added today (with a small version soon to follow). Placed on foundations, large planters allow you to grow up to 9 seeds - faster with ceiling lights overhead. There's still work to be done before these are ready to go, so expect more info in our pre-patch post early Thursday.

Cost
200 Wood
2 Tarp

Time to craft
30 Seconds

Return of Rust Christmas

First introduced around Yuletide last year, Rust Xmas occurs once every ingame day, and spawns present boxes around players - accompanied by that old familiar jingle of sleigh bells. By default, 2 presents are dropped within 50 meters of each player on a server - although this can be tweaked server to server via a series of cvars (for list, type “sv find xmas” in console).

Xmas Loot

When you hear those jingles, look around your general location for present boxes on the ground. After you whack their 80 health away, you’ll be greeted with a Christmas loot drop of 1 or more small and medium presents. Like the long lost blueprint book, page, and libraries, these presents can be upgraded to higher tiers. Here are some details...

Small Present

Possible Contents
5 Chocolate Bars
150 Stone
300 Wood
Medical Syringe
Santa Hat

Upgrade to medium
10

Medium Present

Possible Contents
Waterpipe + 10 Shells
Revolver + 20 Bullets
150 Low Grade Fuel
1500 Stone
Small Stocking
Pookie Bear

Upgrade to large
5

Large Present

Possible Contents
20 High Quality Metal
Pump Shotgun + 12 Buckshot
150 Crude Oil
Auto Turret

Stockings

Hung around the chimney (err, campfire) with care, this duo of deployables will load up with items over time - a long time. You’ll know when there’s some goodies inside when they start dazzling sparkles from the top. Unfortunately, the contents won’t necessarily turn your little Rudolph's nose red, if you know what I mean...

Small Stocking
Coal
Candy Cane
Medical Syringe
5 Chocolate Bars
Santa Hat
25 Metal Frags

 

Super Stocking
Coal
Candy Cane
Medical Syringe
150 Stone
25 Metal Frags
300 Wood

Pookie Bear

A blast from your childhood past, this furry little friend provides 100% comfort, but only when you snuggle up real close.

Coal can be recycled

For all you naughty children who receive coal from Old St. Helk, fear not! Given the advent of recycling in Rust, coal can be used for something. Unfortunately, that something is probably not worth a trip to the old recycler - yield-per-coal is only several crude oil, and ~25 stone.