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Common Ground

July 2, 2026

July 2, 2026

Common Ground

This month's update features a New Monument: The Apartment Complex, Rentable Shops, a New Clan System & Table, plus QoL changes and much more!

June 4, 2026

Built Different

This month's update brings Rust's biggest player overhaul in years, featuring new player models and animations, a new armour set, and the M16A2 rifle. It also includes QoL improvements, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and much more!

May 7, 2026

Upgrade hard, raid harder

This month's update brings you Workbench upgrades, the new Mortar, improved Tin Can Alarm, as well as model refreshes and remakes, plus many QoL improvements, bug fixes, and more!

April 2, 2026

Spring Clean

This month's update brings you TWO new items - the Armoured Ladder Hatch and Water Wheel, additionally loads of QOL improvements, bug fixes, better performance and much more!

March 5, 2026

Shipshape

This month's update brings massive improvements to how you live, build, and fight on water and in The Deep Sea. As well as extended daytime, balances, fixes, and quality of life improvements.

February 17, 2026

lunar new year 2026

2026's Lunar New Year celebrations have begun! Celebrate the occasion by honouring the Year of the Horse with the Ornate Horse Mask, Horse Armour, and more.

February 5, 2026

Naval Update

Ahoy matey! This month, we bring you buildable boats, deep sea, tropical islands, ghost ships, new and improved AI and much, much more! It's a big one.

January 22, 2026

Community Update 268

Naval Staging bits, Twitch Drops, a Father Son Duo, Rustmas recaps, sneaky C4, and more!

January 1, 2026

Surviving 12 Years

Servers are now wiped, Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. In this blog, we recap 2025 and reveal some upcoming changes for 2026.

December 18, 2025

Silent Night, Violent Night

It's that wonderful time of the year again - our Christmas event is (s)now live, Rustmas Winter Drop Fest is here!

December 3, 2025

Getting It Right

We Bit Off More Than We Could Chew

November 6, 2025

Pivot Or Die

This month we bring you further progression changes, performance improvements, mini fridge, box sorting, RPG skin and much more!

October 23, 2025

Rust x Warhammer 40,000 Pack

The infamous Death Korps of Krieg march into Rust, bringing their grim, war-forged resolve to the island...

October 2, 2025

Meta Shift

Meta changes, huge balance changes and performance gains, custom crosshair, drone storage and much more!

September 25, 2025

COMMUNITY UPDATE 267

Music Videos, Rust Mobile, Twitch Drops, Epic Desk Mats, and more!

September 4, 2025

Maintenance

This month we bring you an update of fixes and improvements! Long distance gun sounds, team bag labels, player processing optimizations, Exhibit DLC Item Pack, & more!

August 7, 2025

Harder Core

This month we bring you Hardcore game mode refresh, revamped menu, 65% improved load times, performance improvements, improved visuals and much more!

July 24, 2025

community update 266

Global Warfare is back! Next Home-Brew announcement, Rust art, parasites, giant recyclers, and more!

July 3, 2025

Friends with Benefits

This month’s update adds a party system, team invite improvements, and snappable deployables. The patrol helicopter has been rebalanced, Improved world erosion, and plenty of QOL changes!

June 5, 2025

Nerfed, Buffed, Balanced?

This month’s update brings buffs, nerfs, and balances! We address feedback from the Jungle update, improved indoor lighting and added a ton of QOL features

July 2, 2026