12:00am EST - Rust Christmas is just about here and will be showering Newmans with gifts throughout the new year!

No update preview stream today given the holidays — our stream will return for the January 2nd update and forced wipe. I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas and New Years!

Patch day: Monday, Dec. 16th

To start all these festivities off, a client and server update is needed. Both are scheduled to hit at normal time, 2pm EST / 7pm GMT on Monday (12/16). This will not force a wipe.

Ice sculptures

New this year for the Rust Christmas event, you can create ice sculptures! Start with a block of ice and use various melee tools to carve it into any shape you desire. To craft your block of ice, you'll need 500 wood and 100 metal. Get creative and see what festive designs you can bring to life! These will likely be available on the item store for the duration of the event.

Gingerbread building skin

First seen last year, the festive Gingerbread building skin will likely be making a return. Available to all, Gingerbread is a skin of the wood building tier. It will be available for the duration of the Xmas event to all who wished to use it. Like other building skins, this only changes things cosmetically, there’s no change to statistics or colliders.

Gingerbread mines

Gingerbread mines are back on the map, with about 12 per normal-sized map. These gingerbread houses function similarly to the Halloween portals. To enter, approach a house, enter through the exterior door, and then proceed through another door inside.

Once inside, you'll teleport to a small mine (dungeon) populated with loot and gingerbread people enemies, ranging from 2 to 6 per dungeon. These adversaries wield candy canes, sometimes an MP5, and drop scientist loot along with festive extras like small presents, snowball guns, and snowballs. To leave the mine, simply exit through the same door you entered.

Example loot from mines:

smg body
2x small pres.
sheet metal
15x scrap

2x tech trash
2x small pres.
sheet metal
15x scrap

3x tech trash
2x med pres.
sheet metal
15x scrap

21 hqm
tesla coil
small pres.
med pres.
2x metal pipe
15x scrap

2x tech trash
smart alarm
med pres.
small pres.
semi auto body
15x scrap

rifle body
strengthened glass window
2x metal pipe
2x medium pres.
15x scrap

Decorations at monuments

You’ll notice some extra festive areas of the map during the Rust Christmas season. Specifically, fishing villages, bandit camp, and compound are all decorated for the holidays.

Presents!

If you're familiar with past Rust Christmas events, you'll recognize this feature. Each in-game day, a jingle plays, and near every player, a couple of presents appear.

Give them a few hits (they have 30 health) to break them open and you'll receive one or more small or medium presents. These can either be unwrapped directly or upgraded to higher tiers for even better loot.

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

Santa’s Sleigh

Airdrops get a festive makeover during Rust's Christmas event. Gone is the usual drone of the C130; instead, the skies of Rust ring with the sound of sleigh bells as Old St. Nick and his reindeer team deliver massive presents, trailing sparkling stars. This festive display is not only a treat for the eyes and ears but also includes additional presents in the airdrop loot!

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

Other Xmas goodies!

Rust Christmas comes with a slew of other fun seasonal items. With things like Ice Walls, Sleds, Snowball Guns, Lights, Snow Machines, Snowmen, and more, players will have their fill of festivities.

Sleds

A beloved Christmas activity returns to Rust. Sleds provide players with a quick and exhilarating way to zip down snowy hills. Similar to boogie boards, just place a sled on the ground, hop on, and you'll immediately begin sliding downhill.

You can retrieve them using a hammer, and they perform best on snow. Look for sleds inside medium presents!

Ice Walls

Also, two frigide types of wall are back! 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.

Advent Calendar

Another way to partake in the holiday festivities is with the Advent Calendar. Available to craft as a default blueprint, this deployable will allow you to claim a new present every real life day.

Cost
100 wood
20 cloth
Workbench level 1

See you next year!

Development slows down for the holidays as the devs take some well deserved and needed time off. Given this, we’ll be back in January for the update and forced wipe on the 2nd. Have a wonderful holidays and a happy new year!