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Rust's recently added rainforest is so dense the developers changed how resources spawn because players couldn't find them: 'The jungle was a bit too good at being a jungle'

by Rick Lane

tavistic survival sim Rust recently added a whole new area to get brutally murdered in while running around naked—a rainforest. Not only is this Rust's snazziest biome, it's also by far the busiest from an environmental perspective, far thicker in vegetation than the game's other areas, as you would expect from a jungle. This makes it a uniquely hazardous playspace, offering ambush opportunities aplenty for both players and prowling animals like crocodiles and tigers... Read more.

The Rust June update brings jungle changes and big combat rebalancing

by editor@pcgamesn.com

The Rust June update has arrived, and there's a lot of changes in store for Steam's biggest survival game. While there's nothing so dramatic as last month's introduction of a whole new biome, developer Facepunch isn't resting on its laurels. Indeed, jungle changes are at the top of a long list of alterations, buffs, nerfs, and other balance tweaks. Among the other inclusions are the long-rumored silencer rework, a crucial lighting adjustment, some very helpful wire laying and cosmetic base-building additions, and a fantastic tool for creative mode players, so let's dig through the details. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Surprise new Rust update transforms the survival game's stealth combat The Rust Jungle update introduces the survival game's deadliest animal yet The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now

NERFED, BUFFED, BALANCED?

by Errn

JUNGLE POLISHOne of the loudest bits of feedback we heard after last month's Jungle update: “I can’t find anything!” Fair. The jungle was a bit too good at being a jungle.Wild hemp has been reworked with taller stalks and purple flowers, so you can actually see it against the overgrowth. (Player-grown hemp remains unchanged.)More ore nodes now spawn throughout the jungle thanks to increased rock formation density and a general boost to ore availability.Berry bushes have their own dedicated Jungle population to help keep food distribution more even across the map.Cars and bikes now spawn along jungle road sides, you’ll no longer feel stranded in the canopy.Players no longer spawn directly in the jungle biome. It’ll still generate near spawn areas, but you won’t be dropped in the middle of the Jungle unless you choose to live there.Additionally, we've added several new trees that did not quite make it into the initial release.We’ve also made a pass on monument distribution. This has been...

COMMUNITY UPDATE 265

by Errn

FANCYORB'S GLOBAL WARFARE As some of you may know, these masterpieces take some time. In case you missed it here's the absolute cinema of the Global Warfare 2 event. We draw attention to this also because Global Warfare 3 is coming this summer! Keep an eye out on FancyOrb's Socials for info and exact dates and how to sign up! RUST BATTLE MURAL PAINTING Monstera brings us another incredible painting. This time, it is a giant mural that spans across 2 walls. We present: The BattleMural https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2011b1/BattleMural_MonsteraRust.png Here's the progress video. Enjoy! RUST TRAILER PARK If you haven't heard of Benjamin Plays Rust yet I encourage you to subscribe! You will not be disappointed. He and his brother make these wild trailer parks and junk towns, usually on pure vanilla servers. The level of creativity used here is quite impressive! SAVE THE DATE - TWITCH DROPS! https://files.facepunch.com/Errn/1b2711b1/BellumLogo_png.png June 25th - July 2nd The Bellum Span...

Warhammer 40,000 is coming to Rust!

by ashfacepunch

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5377070/d3ea270c3f20ed63be255a515b024bd929e75aba.png Facepunch Studios is very excited to announce a landmark collaboration in the form of a new crossover: Warhammer 40,000 is officially coming to Rust! In this alliance with Warhammer, Facepunch will bring the grimdark future of the 41st millennium to the most played survival game on Steam. Players will soon be able to equip iconic Warhammer 40,000-themed cosmetic skins to their character, in their base, and with their crafted weapons, providing a unique but also fitting take on the hazmat and more items with a Death Korps of Krieg Pack - showcasing a perfect synergy of Rust’s dark brutality, and the Krieg’s unrelenting fanatical nature and aesthetic. This crossover marks a first-of-its-kind partnership for Rust, blending the harsh, online sandbox-survival sensation that is Rust, with one of the most renowned sci-fi franchises in the world. The Warhammer Skulls event is back for a ninth year, with loads of news, reve...

'More darts, more farts': Rust dev makes 'fart darts' for hack week, and you can probably guess what they do

by Jonathan Bolding

Every once in a while the developers at Facepunch, developers of survival game Rust (and also Garry's Mod), have a hack week. They work on silly stuff, goofy ideas, and strange concepts that might not make it into the game. Moonshot ideas, if you will, that are kind of goofy but also kind of brilliant in their own right... Read more.

Surprise new Rust update transforms the survival game's stealth combat

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Although they're still arduous and white-knuckle, there are no other survival games, whether The Long Dark, The Forest, or Project Zomboid, that make you work like Rust does. It's an epic journey. You begin with nothing - the first few hours, you're picking through the wilderness for sticks and rocks. But after enough time and sweat, you can scavenge, research, and craft even the most elaborate modern conveniences. After the transformative Jungle update from earlier this month, Facepunch has just made a less public but still-significant change to the survival shooter's stealth combat. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Rust Jungle update introduces the survival game's deadliest animal yet The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome

The Rust Jungle update introduces the survival game's deadliest animal yet

by editor@pcgamesn.com

The Rust Jungle update is a testament to the team at Facepunch Studios. Over a decade since it first launched, one of the founding figures of modern survival games remains steadfastly atop the Steam charts, pulling in hundreds of thousands of players daily. Competitors such as Ark, Valheim, and Once Human certainly have their moments, but Rust remains the most consistent presence among them, and a big part of that its regular cadence of impactful updates. Now, it's introducing the game's first new biome since it originally implemented Rust's procedural world generation. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome New Rust crafting update adds bee farms, new recipes, and more automation tools

JUNGLE UPDATE

by Errn

JUNGLE BIOME We've added the first new biome to the game since the original introduction of the procedural world generation: Jungle! https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/122/04/2025/6J27/jungleUpdate_biome_02.jpg The jungle biome covers part of the temperate coastal (tier 0) area where new players spawn. The terrain in this biome is flatter than other biomes, has a higher river density and thicker foliage. The jungle biome features a large variety of completely new foliage. This includes new types of bushes, such as bromeliads and monstera. New undergrowth plants like arrowroot and calathea. As well as variety of new trees like trumpet trees, jungle palms and sandbox trees. The biggest of them all are enormous kapok trees that you will be able to climb and swing from. https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/128/04/2025/0x42/jungleUpdate_biome_18.jpg https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/128/04/2025/5W47/jungleUpdate_biome_05.jpg The jungle is much denser than what you may be used to, so be...

The Rust Jungle update has a date, and you can test it right now

by editor@pcgamesn.com

It might be one of the pioneers of the survival game boom, but Rust isn't resting on its laurels. Facepunch Studios' open-world multiplayer game is still routinely found in the Steam top ten to this day, where it thrives even in the face of continued Ark and Valheim updates along with newcomers such as Enshrouded and Once Human. Now, a new chapter is about to begin. Following the recent Primitive overhaul, it's time to head to a completely fresh region, as the Rust Jungle update transports us to a land of dense forests and tropical treasures. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome New Rust crafting update adds bee farms, new recipes, and more automation tools New Rust Primitive update transforms the PC classic into a brutal medieval game

EASTER 2025

by Errn

EASTER HUNT April 10th - April 24th, 2025 Starting today, every 24-38 in-game hours an Easter egg hunt will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many eggs as you can. The top 3 players are given special eggs as a reward. These eggs can be cracked open for various types of loot ranging from scrap all the way up to an M249 https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/04/14/269931/hunt.jpg If you don't make the podium, that's okay. The painted eggs you collect can be upgraded to Bronze eggs once you collect 10. If you collect 10 bronze eggs then you can upgrade to a silver egg, eventually all the way to gold! There are various items available to help you during your hunt. The Easter Basket will allow instant pickup of eggs and the Bunny Onesie and Ears will provide you with an advantage via Egg Vision. HORSE COSTUME This year, we've added a new costume DLC attire, the Horse costume! The Horse costume is a lower body wearable item which can be crafted with cloth and wood. https://files.facep...

In 'a bit of an experiment' Rust's latest update makes softcore mode even softer, and some changes may be brought over 'to the vanilla game in future'

by Rick Lane

Rust is, famously, an unforgiving affair, a survival game where someone murdering you and stealing everything you own is also known as 'Tuesday'. But Facepunch's open-world cruelty simulator does have at least one merciful bone in its emaciated, battle-scarred body. In 2021, Facepunch added a softcore mode, which mitigates some of the vanilla game's brutality with features like safe spawning zones and the ability to recover some of your loot upon death... Read more.

Rust update makes softcore mode easier, as the survival game teases a new biome

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Survival games can often be a brutal place, and Rust is no exception. Steam's top dog in the open-world survival crafting genre has always been a hardcore, ruthless experience - or at least it was until 2021, when developer Facepunch Studios introduced softcore Rust. The alternative, more friendly mode offers a slightly less punishing way to enjoy the multiplayer game with its roughest edges sanded down. Now, the mode is getting an overhaul, alongside some bee improvements and additional quality-of-life upgrades across the board in the Rust April update. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Rust crafting update adds bee farms, new recipes, and more automation tools New Rust Primitive update transforms the PC classic into a brutal medieval game Rust sets a new Steam record after eleven years as giant medieval update looms

SOFT REFRESH

by Errn

DEPLOYABLE DEBRIS A selection of deployable objects in your base will now leave behind a destroyed version when killed in the softcore game mode, allowing you to repair them to quickly get your base back up and running after a raid. When destroyed, these objects will drop 50% of their contents, the other 50% will be stored inside and accessible only by the player owners. https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/102/04/2025/1B08/softcore_deployablecorpses_01.jpg If the deployable is destroyed due to losing its ground, it will fall to the nearest position and won't be repairable on the spot. You can still pick it up with a hammer and repair it later at a repair bench. This new behaviour is enabled on: Large Wooden Box Storage Barrels Small Wooden Box Coffin Small Furnace Electric Furnace Locker Tool Cupboard Fridge Vending Machine All Workbenches https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/103/04/2025/6350/softcore_deployablecorpses_04.jpg https://files.facepunch.com/Alistair/103/04/2025/8S61/softc...