12/25 - From everyone at Rustafied, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We’ll be back for a year in review post at the end of the month.

2:15pm EST - The patch is live! Check out the devblog for more info.

12:00am EST - It’s that time of year again - Rust Xmas has arrived and will be showering Newmans with gifts for the next two weeks. It also appears as though this patch is hitting a bit earlier than expected...

Patch time: Wednesday @ 19:00GMT

A mandatory patch will be hitting shortly. Expected at around 19:00GMT on Wednesday, this mandatory server and client update will turn on the Rust Xmas event which will run through the holidays. This patch will not force a wipe and Rustafied servers will still wipe at their regularly scheduled times on Thursday. That said, it will introduce some fun dynamics which we only see this time of year.

Edit: The patch is live!

Santa’s Sleigh

Airdrops are much more festive with the advent of Rust Xmas. Instead of the soulless drone of the C130 overhead, the skies of Rust will be graced with festive sleigh bells and Old St. Nick with his team of reindeer, dropping huge presents with sparkling star trails. Not only does this sound and look festive as fuck, the airdrop loot is much improved.

Presents

If you’ve been around for any previous Rust Xmas events, you’ll be familiar with these presents. Every in game day, a jingle will sound, and around every player in the game will spawn a couple presents.

Whack them a bit (they have 30 health) and you’ll be treated to 1 or more small or medium presents. These presents can be unwrapped or upgraded to higher tiers, which yield better loot. At the moment, this appears to be the same loot as last year's event.

Small Present

Possible Contents
Reindeer antlers
~245 wood
~124 stone
~36 metal frags
~3 chocolate bars
Candy cane club
Eoka + 10 shells

Upgrade to medium
10

Medium Present

Possible Contents
Waterpipe + 10 Shells
Syringe
150 Low Grade Fuel
1000 Stone
Small Stocking
Pookie Bear
Salvaged Cleaver

Upgrade to large
5

Large Present

Possible Contents
Revolver + 20 Bullets
20 High Quality Metal
Pump Shotgun + 12 Buckshot
250 Crude Oil
Flame Turret
Large Stocking

Stockings

Hung around the chimney (err, campfire) with care, this duo of deployables loads up with items over time - a long time. You’ll know when there’s some goodies inside when they start dazzling sparkles from the top.

Small Stocking

~250 wood
~150 stone
~25 metal frags
Eoka + ~10 shells
Reindeer antlers
Candy cane club
~5 Chocolate Bars
Coal

SUPER Stocking

~250 wood
~150 stone
~50 metal frags
Eoka + ~10 shells
Waterpipe shotgun + ~10 shells
Medical Syringe
Coal

Craftable Christmas Tree

As with previous years, a Christmas Tree can be crafted by players. For 500 wood and 30 cloth, you too can have your own Tree in your base to celebrate the holidays properly. Open the tree up (like a loot box) to decorate with Baubels, Candy Canes, Pinecones, and Gingerbread Men.

Other in game items

With the update out, the item store is adorned with special Xmas items from years gone by (snow machine, wreaths, garland, and more). There’s also a new decoration in play: Deluxe Christmas lights.

Grab them all while you can here!