12:00am EST - A bit of a light week for commits as we head into the holiday season. This will be our last update preview post for the year, but stay tuned for a year in review post closer to that ball dropping.

From everyone on the Rustafied team, I wish you and your families all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, and whatever else you may celebrate. This has been an incredible year for Rust and I am so excited to see what 2019 brings for this amazing game.

HQM bug fix

You might have noticed there is no longer any high quality metal sporadically missing from your tool cupboards. Thankfully, a hotfix which went live late last week which appears to have fixed this long elusive bug. Andre was kind enough to do a post-mortem on Reddit to explain the bizarre set of circumstances which lead to this issue.

A big shout out to Andre and Alistair for getting to the bottom of this one!

Oil rig work

Vincent continues his work on the upcoming waterborne monument, the Oil Rig. This monument is expected to go live for the January 3rd update. In case you missed them, here are some shots from the last devblog.

Holiday Build Event - only days left!

There have been some incredible submissions for our Holiday Build and Art Contest which ends this Sunday! You still have a chance to win up to 6 months of Platinum VIP by joining in on the festivities. Look for the ‘Rustafied Holiday Build Contest’ server on the modded list. Stay tuned in a couple days for a post of the winners and other honorable mention’s.