What changed in Rust in 2021

The Christmas Event is back, featuring gift spawns, Santa hats, and reindeer antlers.

A new craftable deployable advent calendar that provides daily surprises.

A new paid cosmetic skin, the Snowman hat, is now available in the store.

A competition for the best decorated base with prizes for winners and runners-up.

Create and broadcast custom firework patterns to the server with the new firework.

Several festive items from previous years are now available for purchase.

Celebration on December 11th with a birthday cake and hats.

Increased research cost and lowered drop rates for the MP5.

Fixed desync exploit, gap exploit, and other bugs affecting gameplay.

One unit of Diesel fuel now runs the excavator for 2 minutes producing 100 HQM, 2000 Sulfur Ore, 10,000 Stone, or 5000 Metal Fragments.

Introduction of a permanent in-game store featuring premium cosmetic items and skins.

Improved spectating experience with proper weapon viewmodels, better camera perspectives, and standard game HUD elements.

MLRS rockets now cluster less towards the center.

Compound Bow is now unlocked from Tier 1 Workbench.

Retired multiple Facepunch servers and increased max player limits on some.

The terrain surrounding the Giant Excavator monument has been remodeled, reducing its surface area by 30%.

Fixed issues with MLRS rocket backfire effects and SAM sites not shooting hot air balloons.

Animals will no longer attack players inside modular vehicles or continue to attack player corpses.

Mandatory server and client update on December 16th to enable Xmas event and festive features.

Removed various AI setups, improving maintenance and performance, with tweaks to animal and human AI responsiveness.

Reduced NVG grain and overlay intensity.

Slightly increased forest density to enhance visual fidelity while maintaining performance.

A terminal next to the generator allows players to request airdrop supplies to the excavator after charging the communications relay.

All servers will have their Blueprints wiped and player progress reset.

Introducing a permanent store featuring premium cosmetic items and skins.

A new hazmat reskin that can be crafted or repaired.

A new industrial door skin with a large window.

New items include a used sofa, coconut underwear, and industrial lights.

A candy hunt event occurs every two in-game days, rewarding top players with special loot bags.

The Rust Halloween event features spooky additions including the Trick or Treat event and NPC scarecrows.

A variety of Halloween themed skins can now be purchased from the Rust item store.

Two new items, Skull Rock and a carvable pumpkin, are now available for purchase in the Rust store.

Last year's Halloween items are now available again in the Rust item store.

Players can now build and control Frankenstein's monster by collecting body parts from scarecrows and mummies.

Submarines now take additional damage from bullets.

A custom shop has been added inside fishing villages for fishing gear.

Minimum allowed size of underwater labs has been increased.

RGB effects added for Razer and SteelSeries hardware based on game states.

Console now properly scrolls through all lines, showing up to 500 lines.

Crawling health has been reduced by 75%.

The unintended bulletproof effect of moonpool water has been fixed.

Support for Nvidia Reflex updated to reduce system latency further.

Addressed glitches in procedural generation causing overlaps.

The oxygen UI has been revamped to show remaining time from a diving tank.

The number of underwater labs per map has been reduced from 6 to 3.

Submarines now need to surface for air every ten minutes or take damage.

Twitch drops enabled for Rust Twitch streamers until September 9th.

Red and blue keycard spawns have been removed from underwater labs.

Fixed an issue where projectiles dealt no damage to players underwater.

A human sized version of the moonpool has been added for more entry points in labs.

Both types of submarines now have storage with 12 slots.

The surface torpedo has been removed to reduce camping underwater.

Sharks now spawn at dive sites, adding a new risk to underwater exploration.

Fixed placement issues with small signs on deployables.

Electrical panel now displays correctly in the crafting menu.

Players can now craft a spear gun and ammo from a Level 1 Workbench.

Fixed issue where ice lakes were not spawning.

New underwater labs are procedural dungeons with various puzzles and entry points.

Boom box no longer decays.

Eight new types of fish introduced for players to catch.

Changes made to underwater visibility and lighting effects.

New side tunnels and maintenance rooms for underground rail network.

The Handmade Fishing Rod is now operational with new bait mechanics.

Two types of submarines introduced: a two-person and a one-person submarine.

Resolved issue with prefab mountains not spawning on large maps.

Submarines can fire two types of torpedoes: direct and surface.

Players can use the Megaphone to project their voice and the Microphone Stand for powered voice broadcasting.

Players can now use a Mobile Phone to access the telephone system anywhere on the island.

The Voice Props DLC pack is available for $12.99, introducing new audio-related items and features.

Includes three new dance gestures that loop endlessly and can be canceled by player movement.

New disco-themed props like Disco Floor, Laser Light, and Connected Speaker for base decoration and audio interaction.

Boom Boxes can play recorded audio and stream internet radio, available in static and deployed versions.

Legacy deployed Telephones can now accept voicemail messages using cassettes.

Cassettes can store audio snippets and be used with a Cassette Recorder to record and playback audio.

Fixed certain monuments sometimes spawning partially underwater and other terrain issues.

Rust+ now connects with IFTTT for automation of tasks.

New system for tracking player interactions with options to flag players as friendly or enemy.

Multiple gameplay bugs fixed, including issues with animations and item interactions.

Animals have new models and materials, including a fuzzy fur shader.

Binoculars now display a colored pip above players indicating if they are an enemy or a friend.

New feature for viewing and manipulating demos with shot management and timeline.

Players can now color code electrical wires and hoses using the Reload key.

First phase of AI rework completed, consolidating multiple AI systems into one.

Small battery can now be rotated and deployed on tables/boxes.

Bushes are removed when building on top of them, respawning in suitable locations.

Complete revamp of the Junkyard monument with a new driveable crane.

Nvidia Reflex is now available, reducing input latency by up to 38%.

Hapis Island removed from the map pool for visual updates.

Fixed several long-standing issues with monuments, including flooding and radiation problems.

Reduced NPC count and forest density, remodeled huts to improve performance.

A huge visual update including new terrain, trees, rocks, cliffs, and monument reworks.

Multiple fixes and improvements to poker gameplay.

Twitch drops enabled for Rust streamers from May 6 to May 13.

EU servers moved to a permanent home after temporary relocation due to datacenter fire.

The Salvaged Cleaver is introduced as part of the Rust DLC.

Players can find and raid Rais' Bandit Outposts for rewards.

The Rust Bucket buggy skin is included in the Rust DLC.

The Rust Assault Rifle is part of the Rust DLC.

Rust comes to Dying Light with a crossover event and a free DLC featuring unique items.

Players can equip the Heavy Plate outfit as part of the Rust DLC.

New research bounties with rewards for collecting specific items.

Players must hunt down 1,000,000 bandits to earn a reward.

The Custom SMG is now available in the Rust DLC.

Players can now disable blood through the options menu.

Re-enabled graphics jobs and incremental GC on macOS for better performance.

An Easter egg hunt event with rewards and upgrades for collected eggs.

Vehicles are now repossessed after 5 minutes instead of 2.

Recoil response on revolver and SAP has been tightened, including animations.

New skins for the L96 rifle will be available this month.

A new selection of gestures available via a popup menu, allowing animated hand movements in first person.

Red Keycards are now available in all corners of the island.

Fixed long-standing view model jitter issue.

Fixed projectiles not impacting players' joints.

Safezone hostile timer reduced from 30 minutes to 5.

New poker tables for 2-6 players with Texas Hold 'Em rules.

Team members can now mount vehicles after purchase.

Players can no longer mount horses with heavy armour equipped.

Upgraded Unity version to improve stability and performance.

Various optimizations to improve server performance with many players online.

New workcart themed Rustigé Egg and Bunny hat with wobbly ears and eyes.

Adjusted payout scale for slot machines to increase chances of proper payouts.

Used 12h format.

Animations now play when using these items on another player.

Marketplace now charges a flat fee for delivery instead of per quantity.

Earn special skins by watching participating Twitch streamers until March 11th.

This caused confusing behavior.

Updated arrow model as well.

This includes notifications while repairing, building, and upgrading.

Three new slot machines for gambling with Scrap.

An underground transit system with drivable workcarts and new exploration opportunities.

No half looted boxes.

Players can now craft a set of throw-able firecrackers during the Lunar New Year celebration.

Items from previous years including the Dragon Door Knocker, Gong, Fireworks Packs, and Chinese Lantern are back in the item store.

A new Metal Ox Mask with jiggling tassles has been added to celebrate the year of the Ox.

Improved padding and removed dead space when scrolling through skins.

Vending machine placement has been made stricter.

Introduced a new Softcore gamemode to soften the Rust experience.

Players can now deploy items inside deployable watch towers.

Fixed conflicting phrases and inconsistencies in building plans.

Resolved issues with dismounting from couches and chairs.

Shotgun trap now has more accurate colliders.

Death screen now displays death by poison correctly.

Large wooden box can no longer be clipped into world layer.

Reduced size of monument loot containers.

The blue barrel has been returned to the game.

Fixed issue where instruments could still be played when wounded.

Wooden shopfront has been removed from the loot table.

Resolved floating issue with keylocks.

Placement rules for shotgun traps have been made stricter.

Implemented multiple improvements to anti-cheat systems.

Jackhammer can now be customized with skins.

Fixed issue preventing construction placement with metal shopfront.

Added a new automated drone delivery service for vending needs.

Introduced a marketplace for drones.

Fixed inability to buy/sell spacesuits in vending machines.

Fixed finger clipping issue when admiring the Thompson.

Skin picker will now sort skins by recently used.

Fixed issue where items would lose their skin when a stack is split.

Cost of wooden shopfront has been reduced.

Adjusted lock position on tool cupboard to avoid clipping with cupboard handle.

Fixed issue with deploying items on top of auto turrets.

Players can now wield items while sitting on the sofa deployable.

Introduced a default blueprint for the wooden shopfront.

Water jug filling sound now uses positional audio.

Resolved thumb clipping through glove meshes when bow is equipped.

Keylocks now automatically lock upon deployment.

Reduced drop rate of high end weapons from APC crate.

Now catching disk I/O exceptions when taking screenshots with a full hard drive.

No longer need to use console

Earn special skins by watching streamers

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