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Rust Updates

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Latest post03.09.2026Facepunch Studios

Breach and Clear

This month's update brings you Monument Blockers, Breakable Attack Heli Armour, HQM Nodes, Upkeep Group Scaling, various item buffs, and QoL and balance changes, as well as many performance updates and much more!

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On the day an update ships, the Nerux servers update automatically. When that day is the first Thursday of the month, it is also Facepunch's forced wipe.

Earlier updates

06.08.2026 · Facepunch Studios Power Trip This month's update brings you Player Maintained Monuments in the form of a new Satellite Crash, Dome Pumping, restorable Power Plant, plus more. As well as plenty of balances, bug fixes, optimisations, upgrades, and more … 02.07.2026 · Facepunch Studios Common Ground This month's update features a New Monument: The Apartment Complex, Rentable Shops, a New Clan System & Table, plus QoL changes and much more! 04.06.2026 · Facepunch Studios Built Different This month's update brings Rust's biggest player overhaul in years, featuring new player models and animations, a new armour set, and the M16A2 rifle. It also includes QoL improvements, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and … 07.05.2026 · Facepunch Studios Upgrade hard, raid harder This month's update brings you Workbench upgrades, the new Mortar, improved Tin Can Alarm, as well as model refreshes and remakes, plus many QoL improvements, bug fixes, and more! 02.04.2026 · Facepunch Studios Spring Clean This month's update brings you TWO new items - the Armoured Ladder Hatch and Water Wheel, additionally loads of QOL improvements, bug fixes, better performance and much more! 05.03.2026 · Facepunch Studios Shipshape This month's update brings massive improvements to how you live, build, and fight on water and in The Deep Sea. As well as extended daytime, balances, fixes, and quality of life improvements. 17.02.2026 · Facepunch Studios lunar new year 2026 2026's Lunar New Year celebrations have begun! Celebrate the occasion by honouring the Year of the Horse with the Ornate Horse Mask, Horse Armour, and more. 05.02.2026 · Facepunch Studios Naval Update Ahoy matey! This month, we bring you buildable boats, deep sea, tropical islands, ghost ships, new and improved AI and much, much more! It's a big one. 22.01.2026 · Facepunch Studios Community Update 268 Naval Staging bits, Twitch Drops, a Father Son Duo, Rustmas recaps, sneaky C4, and more! 01.01.2026 · Facepunch Studios Surviving 12 Years Servers are now wiped, Santa is packing up and clearing out the bodies, we hope you enjoyed the Holiday Season. In this blog, we recap 2025 and reveal some upcoming changes for 2026. 18.12.2025 · Facepunch Studios Silent Night, Violent Night It's that wonderful time of the year again - our Christmas event is (s)now live, Rustmas Winter Drop Fest is here!

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