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Facepunch forces a global blueprint wipe and slashes tech tree prices to restore early-game progression, while adding storage sorting and a compact fridge for solo players.
Facepunch Studios breaks its monthly update streak for the first time in 12 years, pushing the massive naval content drop to Feb. 5 while shipping a wipe-only patch Thursday and a content-rich Christmas update on Dec. 18.
Facepunch launches its annual Rustmas event with jingle-bell gift hunts, stockings, an advent calendar, returning store items, Twitch and Kick drops, a Can Be backpack collaboration, and a base-decorating contest running through January 1.
Facepunch celebrates a dozen years of Rust with its highest-ever Steam peak, 700 million hours played, and a confirmed Naval update arriving February 5 alongside mobile launch plans.
Facepunch's February update introduces player-constructed vessels, a new offshore region with floating cities and ghost ships, plus overhauled watercraft mechanics.
Facepunch Studios has launched its Lunar New Year 2026 event in Rust, adding three new horse-themed cosmetics, returning seasonal items, and cutting the base game price in half on Steam.
Facepunch's March update extends daylight by 20 minutes, reworks boat building and combat, adds electricity to vessels, and changes how the Deep Sea event works.
Facepunch's April patch brings two new deployables, a revamped tech tree unlocking system, shield hitbox changes, and a long list of quality-of-life fixes.
Facepunch replaces the ten-year-old player skeleton, adds a new armor set and rifle, and rewrites the animation system to support contextual movement — all while promising a customizer by year's end.
The August 2026 forced wipe brings a connected monument system where restoring the Power Plant unlocks satellite crashes, oil pumping, water distribution, and recycler buffs across the map.
The July 2026 force wipe brings a new monument where players rent rooms, a player-run marketplace, softcore raid windows, and a proper clan system with roles and map tracking.
The Breach and Clear update introduces monument blockers, a scaling upkeep tax for large groups, scarce HQM nodes, a power‑dependent drone marketplace, a honey‑based bandage, and staged armour loss for attack helicopters and HABs.