2022: Year in Review

It has been another awesome year for Rust! A huge thank you to the whole team at Facepunch for continually working to improve and expand on this amazing game!

This post summarizes the main additions to the game throughout each month of the past year. Keep in mind, much more happened throughout the months - this is just a highlight reel so to speak.

From everyone at Rustafied, we wish you a very Happy New Year!

January

Light content patch

February

View fullsize Arctic Research Bases View fullsize
Snowmobiles View fullsize
Arctic Suit View fullsize
Arctic AK View fullsize
Polar bears View fullsize
Spray can

March

View fullsize Monument lighting View fullsize
Quality of life View fullsize
NVG improved View fullsize
New loading screen View fullsize
Server browser filter View fullsize
Magnetic crane updates

April

View fullsize Ziplines View fullsize
Above rail network View fullsize
More monument lighting View fullsize
More Magnetic Crane improvements View fullsize
General QoL View fullsize
New landmine art

May

View fullsize Modular Trains View fullsize
Zipline improvements View fullsize
Optimizations View fullsize
Death screen icons

June

View fullsize New gunplay and recoil View fullsize
Native crosshair View fullsize
Visual hit markers View fullsize
Directional damage indicators

July

View fullsize Gunplay and PvP changes View fullsize
Loading improvements View fullsize
Hapis updates View fullsize
Various fixes

August

View fullsize Molotov cocktails View fullsize
Flashbangs View fullsize
New Locomotive View fullsize
Resource wagons View fullsize
Coaling Tower View fullsize
Monument light switches View fullsize
Updated wooden signs View fullsize
Smaller underwater labs

September

View fullsize Hardcore game mode View fullsize
Increased storage capacity View fullsize
Furnace UI changes View fullsize
Single pickup notices View fullsize
Coaling tower improvements View fullsize
Hapis fixes

October

View fullsize Lumberjack DLC View fullsize
VFX updates View fullsize
Furnace UI changes View fullsize
Updated server browser View fullsize
Painting UI update View fullsize
Zipline loot View fullsize
More storage increases View fullsize
Tons of small additions and changes

November

View fullsize Prototype 17 View fullsize
Burst Module View fullsize
Caboose View fullsize
Blackjack View fullsize
Effects updates View fullsize
Attachments on turret weapons

December

View fullsize Progression shifts View fullsize
Raiding changes View fullsize
General QoL View fullsize
Code lock cars View fullsize
Quarries / pumpjacks use diesel View fullsize
Caboose at Outpost

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