Dec. 24th - From everyone at Rustafied, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! We’re taking the holiday off, so no update preview stream today. We’ll be back next week with a year in review post. Much love to all of you and yours! ❤️

2:00pm EST - The update is live and devblog is out!

1:00pm EST - Our update stream is live! twitch.tv/rustafied

12:00am EST - It’s that time of year again - Rust Christmas has arrived and will be showering Newmans with gifts from now till the new year.

Our update stream goes live at 1pm EST. Follow @Rustafied for news throughout the day.

Patch time: Today at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT

To set the festivities off, a mandatory client and server update is needed. Expect them both to hit at normal time, 2pm EST / 7pm GMT. This will not force a wipe and Rustafied servers will still wipe at their normal times throughout the day (2pm local time for each region).

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 includes some extra presents!

Presents

If you’ve been around for any previous Rust Christmas 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. Best of all, the loot drops for presents has been updated for this years event!

Small Present

Possible Contents
~100 to 200 stone
Candy canes
~3 to 4 chocolate bars
1 snowball
~5 to 15 scrap
~200 to 400 wood
Candy cane club, wrapping paper and 1 snowball
~25 to 35 LGF and 2 snowballs
~25 to 50 metal frags
~Eoka and 9 to 11 handmade shells
Reindeer antlers

Upgrade to medium
10

Medium Present

Possible Contents
1000 stone
Pipe shotgun and 10 handmade shells
150 LGF
Small stocking
Salvaged cleaver
Pookie bear
Snowball Gun and 4 snowballs
Star tree topper
~3 to 4 short ice walls
Decorative baubles
Sled
Tree lights

Upgrade to large
5

Large Present

Possible Contents
250 Crude Oil
60 HQM
Super stocking
Supply signal
Revolver and 20 pistol bullets
Custom SMG and 20 pistol bullets
Pump shotgun and 12 buckshot
Flame turret
Holosight, Weapon lasersight, Silencer, Flashlight

Stockings

Hung around the chimney (or 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
Santa Hat

SUPER Stocking

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

New Items!

There are a number of new items in the game for this holiday season. Most will likely be for sale on the item store once the update comes out. I’ll be sure to update here with all the details once they become available. Please note: all the numbers below are subject to change.

Sleds

A favorite Christmas pastime has made its way to Rust. Sleds allow players to travel fast and free down snowy slopes. Deployed on the ground - similar to how boogie boards work - these sleds will start sliding down hills the moment you mount them.

They can be picked up with a hammer and slide well on snow (but not much else). Find them in medium presents!

Neon Signs

There are 5 variants of the new Neon Signs being added. Likely to be purchasable on the item store when the update is live, these signs are edited like a normal sign, however, they glow when powered. Requiring a couple power (depending on size), these signs all have a power passthrough socket as well.

There’s even two animated Neon signs now with multiple frames to draw on!

Edit: These are now available on the item store!

Ice Walls

Next up we have 2 new types of wall! Both made of ice (with icy spikes on the top), these walls will block your greatest of foes — or at least slow them down. Coming in short and high variants, these walls cost stones (300 and 1500 respectively) and are default blueprints for crafting.

Snowball Gun

The Snowball Gun, also known as the ‘Blizzard Blaster,’ is akin to a fast-firing nerf version of the grenade launcher. Feed this puppy one snowball and you’ll get 50 rounds in return. Fire at will to ‘lay waste to your foes with Christmas cheer.’

Dropped in Christmas loot during the event, you won’t need to craft or purchase this one.

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.

Applications open!

I’m happy to announce we have opened applications for both our Community and Moderation teams. If you’re interested in joining Rustafied, fill out an application today. Please note: we will not be replying to applications until January.

Rustafied Christmas event!

Starting this Saturday, Dec. 19th at 4pm EST, our Xmas / winter art contest starts. Participate for your chance to win VIP prizes. We also have multiple race tracks and even a Super Sled Mountain to ride down! The event will run till Dec. 21st at 11pm EST.