Darkness falls upon the island as monsters re-awaken from their slumber. The rifts open in random locations, leading to who-knows-where. Enter if you dare, but if you do, you'd better prepare!

Halloween event is now enabled and will go until November 5th.

We have some spooky new decor items this year as well.

Discord Zombie Wumpus plush! https://discord.com/shop?tab=game-shops&applicationId=1288512934112264234&skuId=1560331674338988132

New decor pack on the item store along with an Alien suit and new weekly rotations! https://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/252490/browse/?filter=Limited

Servers will require an update for everything to take effect along with a local client update on your Steam.

Devblog details here: https://rust.facepunch.com/news/halloween-2026

GL HF

This month's update brings a major refresh to farming with the introduction of new Livestock animals, critters, and swimmers. Plus, fresh food recipes, the new Biofuel Generator, an overhaul to Sandbag Barricades, and new Powergrid Lootrooms to plunder. And all the usual bug fixes, improvements, and QoL changes!

📜 Full Devblog & Changelog: https://rust.facepunch.com/news/livestock

📽️ Cinematic Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF09w_v7Shw

All New Plague Doctor Hazmat Item DLC!

Steam Item Store https://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/252490/detail/10570/

Discord Game shop https://discord.com/game-shop/560127830160048128/1555249107747213353/plague-doctor-suit

The expected downtime is around 4 hours. As soon as the maintenance is complete, we’ll start bringing our servers back online.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

https://status.us.ovhcloud.com/pages/maintenance/59dd23da8827c804746f1664/6a7605f86c10cf04f78fc58f

This month's update brings you Monument Blockers, Breakable Attack Heli Armour, HQM Nodes, Upkeep Group Scaling, various item buffs, and QoL and balance changes, as well as many performance updates and much more!

New Crystal AR Item Pack! https://rust.facepunch.com/store/weapon/crystal-ar

Full Devblog: https://rust.facepunch.com/news/breach-and-clear

Ends 4th of September

https://discord.com/channels/560127830160048128/game-shop