12:00am EST - The Rust Halloween event starts today, October 23rd, with a mandatory patch at expected at 2pm EST (7pm BST).

Halloween event overview

Rust’s 2025 Halloween Event is back, and it's packed with all the spooky goodness you know and love. There’s seasonal items, loot drops, creepy events, Frankenstein’s pets, and yep, those wild portals are making a comeback! The event kicks off with a mandatory patch on Thursday, October 23rd at 2pm EST and will haunt the servers until the next forced wipe on November 6th.

Portals

Portals have returned, appearing randomly across the map for a limited time before collapsing. Step through one to enter a small underground dungeon — a tight cave-like area filled with loot and hostile scarecrow NPCs. Clear out the enemies, grab what you can, and then jump back through the portal to return to your original location.

Here are some examples of we found in dungeons:

5 NPC Scarecrows - 1 Normal Crate and 1 Military Crate
3 NPC Scarecrows - 2 Military Crates
4 NPC Scarecrows - 1 Normal Crate and 1 Military Crate
5 NPC Scarecrows - 3 Normal Crates
2 NPC Scarecrows - 1 Normal Crate and 3 Military Crates

Frankenstein pets

Frankenstein pets also make a comeback for the duration of the event.

Overview
Frankenstein pets are back, and you can build your own by combining three parts at a Frankenstein table. Parts drop from Mummy and Scarecrow NPCs found around the map, with three pet types available — light, medium, and heavy. Once you’ve got a full set, assemble them on the table to bring your creation to life, then command your new monster companion to follow, guard, or attack as you see fit.

Frankenstein table
The Frankenstein table is a default blueprint, so no need to go hunting for it. It’s a must-have for putting your creepy little pet together. It only costs 200 metal frags, so it’s a breeze to craft. Once you’ve made it, just plop it down in your base, toss in the Frankenstein parts you’ve collected, then hold ‘E’ on the table and hit ‘Wake Frankenstein’ to bring your monster to life. Simple as that!

Blueprint
Default

Crafting
200 metal frags

Workbench
Level 1 required

Craft time
15 seconds

Types of Frankenstein
There are 3 types of Frankenstein pets: light, medium, and heavy, and each comes with its own perks. The light Frankenstein is quick but doesn’t have a ton of health, while the heavy is a tank with more health but moves like a slug. Medium sits somewhere in between.

You’ve got 3 parts for each type, but here’s the fun part: they’re all interchangeable! So, you can mix and match to create your own weird combo—maybe light legs for speed, a medium torso for balance, and a heavy head for durability.

Controlling your pet
A new radial menu has been added for when you hold ‘p’ while looking at a pet (p for pet, get it?). This menu allows you to select what you’d like your pet to do. Here is a summary of each command:

Idle
Pet does nothing

Follow
Pet will follow you around

Guard
Pet will attack anything that attacks you

Assist
Pet will attack anything you attack

Move
Pet will move to where you are looking

Destroy
Pet is instantly killed

Combat
Pet will attack anything you attack, It will attack anything that attacks you, It will defend itself if attacked

Other things of note

Frankenstein parts are found on mummies / scarecrows around the map
You can only have one pet at a time
Pets will only travel a max of 100m
The Frankenstein table doesn't require power
You can see your pets health on bottom right
Pets placement is shown on map

New items!

Expect some new spooky new wallpapers on the item store along with some community-made skins.

Carvable pumpkins

Also making a comeback previous years Halloween event, carvable pumpkins available. They are pretty straightforward - simply paint on them like a sign, add some wood, and light them up!

Like previous years, they will likely be found on the item store.

Spooky Scarecrows and Mummies

The spooky Scarecrows and Mummies are back to haunt your nightmares! Just like in past Halloweens, these bloodthirsty NPCs are roaming the map, hunting for unsuspecting Newmans. If they spot you, they’ll come charging with a Chainsaw or Sickle, ready to chop you up. So, keep your eyes peeled and stay on your toes—they’ll make quick work of you if you’re not careful!

Details

HP
200

How many on map?
~ 40 on a default map

Weapons used
Chainsaw
Sickle
Beancans
Machetes

Example loot dropped
Fuse
Guitar
Metal Blades (2x)
Flashing Light
Pitchfork
Corn
Sickle
Rope
SAR Body
F1 Grenades (3x)

Trick or Treat event

Similar to the Egg hunt from the Easter event, Trick or Treating is back! About once every other in game day you’ll see a countdown and notice pops up saying “Trick or Treat Starts in: 14 seconds”.

Once the event kicks off, Halloween Candy will start spawning around every player. You’ve got 3 minutes to scoop up as much as you can, so get moving!

Now, what do you do with all that candy? Well, like any proper trick-or-treater, you can just stuff it down your throat till you can't take another bite. But if you're feeling fancy, you can also upgrade it to higher tiers of candy (and loot). Check out the details below for what each tier offers!

Oh, and the top three people to get the most candy, get prizes…

Prizes

1st

3 Medium Loot Bags

2nd

1 Medium Loot Bag

3rd

1 Small Loot Bag

Halloween Loot Upgrades

Lowest common denominator on the treat loot ladder, Halloween Candy - which stacks to 10 - can be eaten (healing +1, calories +25) or upgraded to a Small Loot Bag (10 to upgrade).

From there, you can continue to upgrade. Here’s a low down of each loot bag type and some loot examples you can find:

Small Loot Bag

Stacks to
10

Sample Loot
4 Chocolate Bars
Pumpkin bucket
Compound bow +10 arrows ~48 frags
Hunting bow + 5 arrows Scarecrow Wrap

Upgrade to Medium
10

Medium Loot Bag

Stacks to
10

Sample Loot
2.5k stones
Revolver + 20 ammo
Double Barrel + 5 buck shot Chainsaw + 22 low grade Spider Webs
Graveyard fence

Upgrade to Large
10

Large Loot Bag

Stacks to
10

Sample Loot
MP5A4 + 30 ammo
M249 + 50 ammo
LR300 + 20 ammo
M39 + 50 ammo
5 IC + 3 HV Rockets
Grenade Launcher

Upgrade
N/A

Pumpkin Bucket

This handy bucket found in Small Loot Bags allows you to pick up candy quicker during the Trick or Treat event using left click. You can also use right click to throw candy at people - it does about 20hp damage.

Scarecrow Wrap

The Scarecrow Wrap - found in Small Loot Bags - will give you extra candy vision when applied (basically allows you to see the candy from farther away).

Pickup-able resources

You’ll notice a change to the resources you can pick up off the ground with this update. Wood, stone, and ore pickups are now spooky looking! You can even pick up bones!

Other development news

Here are some highlights of what’s been going on in development, we’ll be back next week with more details.

The Naval Update has been pushed till December
Scientist boats will spawn at Large Oil Rig, will stay around 100 meter radius of oil
Assigned names to the 4 static cctv cameras at ferry terminal, they actually work now (FERRYDOCK, FERRYUTILITIES, FERRYPARKING, FERRYLOGISTICS)
Kreig shotgun now matches pump shotgun
Pump shotgun ammo Magazine size 6 -> 8
Added gametip for too hot debris harvest attempts
Paintball Gun seen on a new DLC branch
New medical syringe animation pass
Added hazmat world model