Cooking Workbench
The cooking workbench is a new deployable in Rust that introduces exciting features for cooking enthusiasts. This workbench allows players to craft new food recipes and mix table recipes, unlocking stat and modifier bonuses for their characters. Players can now enjoy real-time cooking experiences with visually appealing models on all cooking deployables.
Chicken Coop
The Chicken Coop in Rust allows players to hatch and care for their own flock of Chickens. By finding eggs in the wild and using the "Hatch" button, players can nurture their chickens, satisfying their needs for hunger, thirst, love, and sunlight. Happy chickens will lay eggs periodically, providing a sustainable source of food.
Food Spoiling
With the introduction of food spoiling mechanics, meat-based food items in Rust can now spoil over time. Players need to store raw and cooked meat items in a fridge to prevent spoilage. The new system adds a timer to indicate the freshness of food items, encouraging players to manage their food inventory efficiently.
Triangle Planter
The new Triangle Planter enhances farming capabilities in Rust by fitting on triangle foundations or floor pieces. This planter allows players to plant four seeds at once and offers compatibility with planter skins, providing a customizable gardening experience.
Bees
Bees in Rust serve various purposes, from farming to weapon crafting. Players can interact with natural beehives to extract honey, which can be used in cooking recipes or sold for scrap at Bandit Camp. The addition of Bee Grenades introduces a new weapon that creates bee swarms to attack nearby players.
Pies
Indulge in a variety of new pie recipes in Rust, each offering unique stat or modifier bonuses. Discover your favorite pie flavor and enjoy the benefits it brings to your gameplay experience.
Engineering Workbench
The new Engineering Workbench in Rust introduces a dedicated tech tree for water, electricity, and industrial systems. Unlock advanced components to automate factories, create efficient electrical grids, and establish complex water systems for your base.
QOL Changes
Rust's latest update brings quality of life changes, including increased drone range, reduced crafting cost of wooden armor, updated meat models, and faster crafting times for over 40 items. Players can also enjoy halved power usage for neon signs, enhancing base customization options.
Premium Servers
Prepare for the upcoming launch of Premium Servers in Rust, offering an experimental way to filter out cheat users and enhance the gameplay experience for legitimate players. To access Premium Servers, ensure your Rust Steam inventory meets the $15 threshold for exclusive benefits and a more secure gaming environment.
Hopper
The new Hopper attachment in Rust can be added to storage containers to automatically collect dropped items in its radius. It also serves as a storage adaptor, allowing industrial pipes to connect directly to the box without additional adapters. The Hopper enhances resource collection and management for players.
Item Ownership
Rust now displays the name of the player who created an item when hovered over, providing insights into the item's origin and crafting process. This feature enhances gameplay immersion and allows players to track item ownership throughout their Rust adventures.
Armor Slots
Player-crafted armor in Rust can now feature armor slots for inserting various armor inserts that provide unique bonuses. Players can mix and match inserts to customize their armor for specific advantages, enhancing their combat capabilities in the game.
Cosmetic Flowers
Discover roses, orchids, and sunflowers in the wilds of Rust, allowing players to pick and plant these cosmetic flowers for base decoration. The addition of a new plant pot item enhances the gardening experience, offering aesthetic options for players' bases.
Temperature Teas
Rust introduces new cooling and warming teas to help players combat harsh environmental conditions. Specially brewed teas offer protection against extreme temperatures, ensuring player comfort and survival in challenging climates.
Bread & Wheat
Experience the addition of bread as a new food item in Rust, accompanied by wheat plants for cultivation. Players can harvest and grow wheat to bake bread, expanding their culinary options and survival strategies in the game.
Train Tunnel Altitude
Rust's underground train tunnels have been optimized to reduce elevators, staircases, and transitions between above and below ground worlds. The adjustments enhance travel efficiency and provide a smoother experience for players navigating the game world.
Player Server Occlusion
Rust's ongoing anticheat efforts include the implementation of player server occlusion to combat cheats like wallhacks. The system aims to improve server performance and maintain a fair and competitive environment for all players, with future plans to expand its coverage and effectiveness.
Graphics Menu Update
Rust's graphics menu has been updated with new preset quality levels and options, offering players more flexibility in customizing their visual settings. The changes aim to enhance player experience without affecting performance, providing an improved graphics configuration interface.
Server Profiler Improvements
Rust's server profiler has received memory tracking improvements and validated Linux support, allowing server owners to diagnose memory-related issues more effectively. The enhanced features offer detailed memory data and performance insights for better server management and optimization.
Network Optimizations
Rust has implemented optimizations to reduce data usage in ProtoBuf, the networking protocol, leading to improved server bandwidth utilization and enhanced network quality for players on low-end connections.
Build Privilege Calculation Changes
Rust has optimized the calculation process for build privileges to reduce server processing time and improve gameplay efficiency. The changes aim to streamline building permissions checks and enhance performance in areas with heavy collision interactions.
Copy Paste Improvements
Rust's CopyPaste feature now stores pastes on the client side, simplifying base sharing and testing processes for players. The update enhances the usability of the CopyPaste tool, making it easier to transfer base designs between servers and improve collaborative building experiences.
Physics Optimizations
Rust has made significant improvements in physics performance, including optimizations for terrain-related queries and trigger colliders. These enhancements aim to reduce server overhead