Rust Updates

Facepunch ships a named update on the first Thursday of most months, and it lands with a force wipe. Here's every named update, newest first — what each one actually added, and a link straight to the devblog it came from.

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Latest update

Turns the Power Plant into an island-wide power grid: Heavy Fuses plugged into its fuseboxes raise a global power level that changes monuments across the map. Powerline poles carry that electricity and become climbable, green recyclers outside safe zones run at 50% until the grid is fed, and several monuments gain powered mechanics — a red recycler and a power-gated loot room at Power Plant, a satellite crash terminal at Launch Site, Dome crude-oil pumping at Oil Rig, a chilled-food freezer at Abandoned Supermarket, water dispensers tied to Water Treatment, a working car lift at Oxum’s, and airdrop/cargo-heli terminals in the Airfield control tower.

›Power Plant: Heavy Fuses in special fuseboxes power an island-wide grid
›Power Plant: new red recycler, plus a loot room gated on grid power
›Powerline poles now carry electricity and can be climbed
›Launch Site: terminal that triggers the satellite crash event
›Oil Rig: Dome crude-oil pumping system
›Abandoned Supermarket: freezer stocking chilled food while powered
›Water Treatment Plant: activates water dispensers around the map
›Oxum’s Gas Station: functional car lift and powered garage door
›Airfield: rebuilt control tower with airdrop and cargo-heli terminals
›Green recyclers outside safe zones run at 50%, rising to 60% on full grid power

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All Rust updates

2026

6 August 2026Power TripTurns the Power Plant into an island-wide power grid: Heavy Fuses plugged into its fuseboxes raise a global power level that changes monuments across the map.2 July 2026Common GroundAdds an Apartment Complex monument where fresh-spawned players can rent a room at varying price points and amenity levels, giving newcomers an early foothold on a wipe.4 June 2026Built DifferentA ground-up rebuild of the player model and animation system, with new meshes, more realistic proportions, expanded head and hair variety, and a new animation subsystem intended to make movement look less robotic.7 May 2026Upgrade hard, raid harderIntroduces nine collectible workbench upgrades that grant bonus effects and visibly change the bench, alongside a new long-range Mortar deployable for raiding.2 April 2026Spring CleanA quality-of-life pass built around interface and performance rather than new content, headlined by a complete F1 console redesign and tech tree multi-unlocking.5 March 2026ShipshapeA follow-up to Naval that improves living, building and fighting on water.5 February 2026Naval UpdateOpens a Deep Sea region offshore that opens and closes like a world event, containing tropical islands, Floating Cities with vendors and a casino, and scientist-guarded Ghost Ships.

2025

6 November 2025Pivot Or DieA progression reset update that drastically reduces tech tree and research costs, removes scrap crafting requirements from workbenches, and forces a full blueprint wipe.2 October 2025Meta ShiftReworks progression by requiring Blueprint Fragments, found at monuments and in crates, to craft higher-tier workbenches.7 August 2025Harder CoreRefreshes the Hardcore game mode by restoring a fog of war system that obscures the map and adding a handheld Compass.1 May 2025Jungle UpdateAdds a jungle biome over temperate coastal spawn areas with dense foliage, higher river density, and rivers made longer, wider and deeper so they must be swum.6 March 2025Crafting UpdateA large cooking and farming expansion built around a new Cooking Workbench, eight stat-boosting pies, bread and wheat, plus a food spoiling mechanic.6 February 2025PrimitiveIntroduces a Primitive game mode in which knowledge of high-tech items has been lost, restricting players to basic weapons.

2024

7 November 2024Armed and AnimatedFills two gaps in the weapon tiers with an early-game Handmade SMG and a T3 SKS that bridges the SAR and M39.3 October 2024World Update 2.0A large procedural-generation overhaul reworking cliffs into tall coastal and sloped inland types, revamping rock formations, and adding canyons, lakes and oases to generated maps.5 September 2024Time To KillAdds a craftable Digital Clock that shows server time and supports up to five alarms for automating farms, traps and lighting.6 June 2024Seismic ShiftCentres on a new Seismic Sensor deployable that detects nearby explosions within a configurable range and outputs a power signal.4 April 2024Waves Of ChangeMakes the Cargo Ship dock at the first harbour it passes, once per run, opening new boarding routes and container hiding spots.

2023

2 November 2023Coupling The RailsLinks the above-ground and underground rail networks so trains can travel seamlessly between them on servers with a large enough world size.7 September 2023AirborneAdds a player-flyable Attack Helicopter purchasable at Bandit Camp, with a gunner seat carrying a turret and rocket pods.6 July 2023Deep SeaRefreshes the water system with large ocean waves that realistically move towards land and improved visual transitions.4 May 2023R.U.S.TAdds the Nuclear Missile Silo, an underground monument reached through a military base, with multi-room loot, scientists, elevators and a nuclear warhead on a countdown.

Every update above was read from Facepunch's own devblog archive at rust.facepunch.com/news, verified 2026-07-16. This is a record of what each update shipped on the day — Facepunch rebalances constantly, so treat any number here as a launch-day value, not current game state. For live numbers use our raid calculator and data pages. This list covers named monthly updates only, not community updates or seasonal events.

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