Rust was first released in early access in December 2013 and received its full release in February 2018. It sounds like the developer studio is planning something special to celebrate Rust’s 9th birthday. Facepunch Studios has rolled out a fresh patch update for the open-world title and brings changes that will please the players. Recommended to install for a better game experience. Check out the latest Rust version (The Big QoL Update) patch notes below.
Rust The Big QoL Update Patch Notes
Rust 9th Birthday Update
Combat QoL
Burst
Following last month’s burst module implementation, I have made the following changes and improvements:
- Burst can now be toggled using the “M” bind
- Burst module slightly lowers aim cone
LR & MP5
The LR and MP5 have seen lower usage since the recoil changes, players who used to opt for the LR often now feel more confident using the AK, so we’re experimenting with the following changes to incentivize their use more:
- MP5 and LR now have inbuilt burst module
Slug Ammo
- Slug now does 50% damage at 40 meters+ instead of 75% damage at 80+
- Slug does 100% damage from 0-20m instead of 0-10m
Modular Car Code Locks – Rust Celebrates its 9th Birthday with Pretty Extensive Update
- Add, change, or remove code locks from a car at any vehicle lift.
- Code locks prevent mounting the vehicle – except for taxi modules – and also prevent access to storage. Players in a taxi module cannot swap seats to any other type of module.
- To capture a car with code locks, you can reduce the health of a seating module to 20% or less, which will enable an option to break the lock.
- Alternatively, if you can push the car to a vehicle lift, a new code can be set there. Note that locked cars cannot be pushed in safe zones.
- A mounted player can flip the Central Locking switch in a cockpit module to unlock all doors, temporarily disabling code access. Code locks on the exterior of the car will light up green instead of red. If all players in cockpit modules dismount, the central locking is automatically re-engaged.
- After entering the correct code, players are automatically whitelisted, and won’t need to enter the code again.
Caboose at Outpost
Improvements and Fixes Highlights
- Planter Improvements
- Harvest/Clone/Remove all plants in a planter in one action
- Stone Spear
- Stone spear is cheaper and quicker to craft
- Miner’s Hat Buff
- Miner’s hat now offers better protection values
- Roof Rotation
- Roof can now be rotated before placement
- Grenade Crafting Times
- All grenade crafting times have been reduced
- Attack Helicopter Loot
- Improved Attack Helicopter loot tables
- Garge Doors Pickup
- Equipping a Hammer to pick up the Garage door is no longer required
- Armored Door HP
- Armored door HP increased by 25%
- Repair Cost Fixes
- Repairing deployables no longer require components
- Instrument Range
- Increase pitch range on several instruments
- Junkpile Scientists
- Reduced the number of Scientists at junkpiles
- M92 Sway
- Reduced sway when aiming with the M92
- Despawn times
- Various high-value items 5min -> 60min
- IO Deployment
- Various IO entities can be placed near floor level
- Projectile_Invalid
- Will show when you died first vs projectile_invalid
- X Days Upkeep
- Shows days of upkeep rather than >72 hours
- No Components For Repair
- Shotgun Trap, Garage Door, etc
- UI Scaling
- Fix small UI on 4k+ resolutions
Rust is available on PlayStation 4, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and macOS. For more information regarding this patch, please visit the Steam page.