Rust Updates

Rust has been updated every month for years. Each update goes live with the forced wipe on the first Thursday – the one exception was December 2025, when Facepunch held back the Naval Update and shipped a wipe-only patch instead. The newest is the Livestock Update of October 2026, followed by the Halloween event. Use the buttons to filter by type.

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2025

2025 · 12 updates

Primitive

Major update · February 6, 2025: four siege weapons, a new bow, shields and a new game mode, plus updates to horses and ragdolls.

Crafting Update

Major update · March 6, 2025: new ways to cook and craft, pet chickens, bees and pies, and armour inserts.

Soft Refresh

Monthly update · April 3, 2025: a Softcore mode refresh with deployable debris and respawn and upkeep changes.

Jungle Update

Major update · May 1, 2025: a whole new Jungle biome with climbable trees, vine swinging, tigers, crocodiles, new monuments, boomerangs and blowpipes.

Nerfed, Buffed, Balanced?

Monthly update · June 5, 2025: balance changes after the Jungle update and better indoor lighting.

Friends with Benefits

Monthly update · July 3, 2025: a party system, better team invites, snappable deployables and a rebalanced patrol helicopter.

Harder Core

Monthly update · August 7, 2025: a Hardcore mode refresh, a revamped menu and much faster load times.

Maintenance

Monthly update · September 4, 2025: fixes and improvements, long-distance gun sounds and team bag labels.

Meta Shift

Monthly update · October 2, 2025: big balance changes, performance gains, custom crosshairs and drone storage.

Pivot Or Die

Monthly update · November 6, 2025: more progression changes, a mini fridge and box sorting.

December wipe

Monthly update · December 4, 2025: a wipe-only patch – Facepunch delayed the Naval Update to February to get it right.

Christmas

Event · December 18, 2025: the Christmas event and Rustmas Winter Drop Fest.

2026

2026 · 11 updates

Surviving 12 Years

Monthly update · January 1, 2026: light changes, a look back at 2025 and a preview of 2026.

Naval Update

Major update · February 5, 2026: buildable boats, the Deep Sea, tropical islands, ghost ships and new and improved AI.

Shipshape

Monthly update · March 5, 2026: improvements to living, building and fighting on water and in the Deep Sea, plus longer daytime.

Spring Clean

Monthly update · April 2, 2026: the Armoured Ladder Hatch and the Water Wheel, plus quality-of-life fixes.

Upgrade hard, raid harder

Monthly update · May 7, 2026: Workbench upgrades, the Mortar, an improved Tin Can Alarm and model remakes.

Built Different

Major update · June 4, 2026: the biggest player overhaul in years – new player models and animations, a new armour set and the M16A2.

Common Ground

Major update · July 2, 2026: the Apartment Complex monument, rentable shops and a new clan system.

Power Trip

Major update · August 6, 2026: player-maintained monuments – restart the Power Plant, crash a satellite and pump crude to the Dome.

Breach and Clear

Monthly update · September 3, 2026: monument blockers, breakable attack heli armour, HQM nodes and upkeep group scaling.

Livestock Update

Major update · October 1, 2026: cows and sheep with genes and breeding, the Biofuel Generator, stackable sandbags and powergrid loot rooms.

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Halloween 2026

Event · October 22 – November 5, 2026: Candy Hunt, rifts to Halloween dungeons and pet monsters.

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Section images: official Rust update trailers (Facepunch / YouTube).

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