12:00am - The team is trucking on Naval Update progress, misc quality of life, and more hack week projects!

Hackweek Continues

The latest hackweek enters its second week and we’re seeing some interesting additions in the works:

Bed Sleeping - Can now sleep in beds via the radial context menu
Horse Naming - Can now name horses via the horse details panel
Curtains - Testing out a new curtain item for windows
Super Savas - New team based Savas game mode
Tech Tree v2 - A new take on tech tree progression

Naval Update

The Naval Update continues to build momentum ahead of its planned December release. This week’s updates include some solid progress across various systems. Kayaks and DPVs can now be deployed in deep sea, and tugboats are being updated to support deep water use as well. PT Boats continue to evolve, with more work going into turret functionality and behavior. Safe zone triggers are being tweaked and various polish and fixes are being pushed through behind the scenes. Stay tuned as we approach the update for a full breakdown of what’s coming to Rust’s open waters.

Misc Quality of Life

We’re seeing some various quality of life changes in the works. Here is a rundown:

When opening the tech tree, always start on the highest level page by default
Fixed items held in sub inventories (backpacks, fishing rods) not calculating biome temperature correctly
Pressing a vending machine marker on the map again while its store menu is open now closes it
Health UI now pops up for 1s after damaging an object (that shows health info) - This only occurs when the object is below the threshold that would show health info constantly

Other Stuff

Further work on the birthday 2025 event
General improvements to how chicken names were being updated
Small cleanup of bits relating to recent horse medical syringe changes
Work on the upcoming boxes and artist DLC (paintball gun incoming!)
Tactical gloves are now skinnable
Work on the upcoming Space Station building skin
More work on Ice Sculptures (likely for the Xmas event)