The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Rust now enters its 11th year of continued expansion and has had over 385 content updates, with a guaranteed content patch every month. These include regular balance fixes and improvements to AI, and graphics, as well as updates to environments and the frequent addition of content such as new maps, more weapons, extra vehicles, and a plethora of utility items. Keep an eye out for regular seasonal events, as there’s always something interesting or dangerous (or both) happening on the island.
Updates to the game include:

Procedurally generated worlds with community map editor support
Host your own servers and with server-side modding support
Transportation: horses, modular cars, hot air balloons, helicopters, bikes, trains, boats, and more
Complex electrical, farming and automation systems
Base Building and Raiding
New factions, enemies, and wildlife
New monuments, terrain, and areas to explore
Advanced underwater areas to discover
Musical instruments and the ability to perform to players
Large overground and underground train networks
Massive recent graphics upgrade and environment overhaul
New for 2025 - The Primitive Update - Featuring new Siege Weapons, Shields, and a new game mode
...and much more

EXPLORE

You wake naked on a mysterious island, armed only with a rock and a torch. You’ll need to brave environmental dangers and deficiencies (from heat and cold to thirst and starvation), build a shelter, eat (or be eaten), and scavenge materials. Explore the island and its abandoned settlements, mysterious monuments, and the factions that occupy them.

But, above all, watch out for other survivors…

BUILD

Design and build bases to store your loot, defend your territory, and control the resources of the island. Research the tech tree, grow farms, command electricity, and commandeer various forms of transportation to traverse the island. Whatever it takes to get ahead.

SURVIVE

There are no rules in Rust but the ones you make for yourself. Craft tools, armour, and weapons to defend yourself. Cooperate with friends, make alliances, and build a settlement together. Explore the island and what’s happening in it, trade with other players, or prey on them, raiding their bases and taking their hard-won goods.

Thread the Needle

Achievement Rarity Comparison

Other Achievements in Rust

Apex Predator

Death from Above

Smooth Sailing

Waste Not, Want Not

High Roller

Pew Pew

It's Honest Work

Pro Angler

Party Boat

Full Collection

On Track

Radical

I can no longer see

Terror in the Deep

Rust Air

No Pressure

Liquidator

Like Nobody's Watching

Heavy Industry

Cool Kids Club

On the Record

Soaked

Fresh Graduate

Getting the band together

Thread the Needle

Mission Accomplished

Musical Maestro

Battle Bus

Arctic Speed

Bad Neighbour

Paparazzi

Sunglasses at Night