It’s a fresh week for Rust development and we’re seeing a bunch of tweaks to item costs along with some much needed bug fixes. Also, oil drums now drop low grade in addition to crude oil!

Low grade from barrels

We’ve got a potentially large shift for early game coming in this week - crude oil barrels now drop between 5-8 low grade and 15-19 crude (several more than before). This speeds up the race towards a furnace and a code lock, as you no longer solely need to rely on animals.

Skin fix

For a week or so now, certain skins have not been craftable. Thankfully, the team has been working on a fix, so hopefully all your custom skins will be craftable again after the update Thursday.

Cost reductions

A few of the items now have lower crafting costs. Watch your backs while trekking through tall grass and bushes, as landmines are now less expensive. Second, the double barrel might be a more popular option for PvP, as it costs less metal frags and pipes. Finally, your blade budget might be a bit looser, as the metal barricade requires one less.

Double Barrel

Old Cost

400 metal fragments
2 metal pipes

New Cost

150 metal fragments
1 metal pipe

Landmine

Old Cost

50 metal fragments
100 gunpowder
1 gear

New Cost

50 metal fragments
100 gunpowder

Metal Barricade

Old Cost

200 metal fragments
3 metal blades

New Cost

200 metal fragments
2 metal blades

Fixed item pickup

A recent change made it difficult (or nearly impossible) to pick up items dropped between deployables. The team has made some changes so it should be easier to pick up those hard to reach objects.

Recycler is quieter; carries sound further

Since the introduction of the component system, the recycler has made a fairly loud noise while operating, however, it was only audible for about 15 meters. This update reduces the overall volume but increases the distance at which you can hear it.

Second bow fire sound

Occasionally when switching between items on your hotbar after firing a bow, you’d hear another bow fire. Understandably, this could be quite startling, as it seemed like another player was firing an arrow right next to your head. Hopefully this fix will cause fewer bowmen to shit their pants.