It has been another awesome 12 months for Rust! Infinite gratitude to the whole team at Facepunch for continually working to improve and expand on this amazing game!

This post summarizes the main additions to the game throughout each month of the last year. Keep in mind, much more happened throughout the year - this is just a highlight reel so to speak.

From everyone at Rustafied, we wish you a very Happy New Year! ❤️

January

Hobo Barrels and Sofa

Sleeping bag cooldown

February

Rust: Softcore game-mode

Drone delivery

Player loot bags

Server tags

March

Work Carts

Slot Machines

Rad-free substations

Smoother horse riding

April

Texas Hold ‘em

Gestures wheel

May

HDRP Art Backport

Car scrapping

June

Contacts

New animals / AI

Colored wires and hoses

Solar panel art update

July

Voice Props DLC

New wounding

Tree birds

New tunnel entrances

August

Submarines

Underwater labs

Sharks

Fishing

September

Oxygen system

Crawl nerf

October

Missions

Camper module

November

MLRS

Abandoned Military Base

December

Permanent store

Excavator buff

Holiday contest winners

I’m happy to announce the winners of our holiday art contest!

1st
BUTTERED

2nd
madi ❤

3rd
Grizzly

Steam awards

Rust is currently running for the Labor of Love Steam award and needs your votes! If Rust wins the Labor of Love Steam award, Facepunch will give you (the community) control on designing a new deployable item in-game! You can cast your vote here.