Rust Polish and Progress patch notes: Modular car radios, 11th birthday celebration update, and more

The Rust Polish and Progress patch notes are here, and with the latest update, the developers have brought various additions and balance changes to the game. The December force wipe will feature quality-of-life upgrades and other features that will make the game feel much more enjoyable for the title's competitive player base.

This article lists the new Rust Polish and Progress patch notes.

Rust Polish and Progress patch notes (December 5, 2024)

Here's a detailed look into the changes brought forth by the Rust December update:

Feature changes with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes

Added native ARM64 support on Mac for Apple Silicon
Modular Car Radios
Added 24x7 Bandit Town and Fishing Village radio stations
Added server.homingMissileTargetsHab convar to enable Homing Missiles to target Hot Air Balloons (off by default
Added new IoEntity.infiniteIoPower convar to power everything on a server
Can now pick up and shred player purchasable helicopters in the Junkyard
Added Built-In Server Profiler
Added "invis" admin command that makes the admin invisible to players and NPCs
Added Vending Machine statistics
Added RCON IP ban system

Read more: Rust December update: Everything we know

Improvements with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes

Wolves have a better animation to jump up or down elevation
Wolves will give up on jumping at elevated players if a torch is swung at them
Wolves give up after following the player for a while, this happens a lot faster if the player is mounted or holding fire
Wolves speed is reduced and fluctuates more organically
Wolves are more likely to stop charging if one of their pack members gets hit near them
Wolves only respond to howls from their own pack, making it less common for packs of more that 4 wolves to form with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes
Wolves won't see crouched players unless they are very close, allowing for melee attacks from the back
Wolves sight is reduced at night
Increased speed of player placed elevators by 50%
Added new express buttons to player placed elevators that go all the way up or down
Surgeon scrubs can now be crafted without a workbench
Added a passthrough slot to the Storage Monitor with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes
Changed Tin Can Alarm recipe: 2 empty tuna cans -> 30 metal fragments
Ore nodes will no longer show the sparkle until they are hit for the first time
Slightly increased the depth in water players can sink to before the oxygen level starts to tick down
Wooden high external walls & gates can now be upgraded using the Hammer
A turret warning icon now appears next to the hostile warning indicator when you are hostile and near a peace keeper turret.
Scrap received when selling items to NPC vending machines is now dynamic
Updated Tutorial island with new cliffs
Dying to the junkyard shredder now shows an icon and proper name in the death screen
Added a "Fully Charged" output to all batteries which outputs 1 power when the battery is 100% charged.

Enabled rotation before deployment for the following items: Electrical Branch, Splitter, Button, Blocker, Root Combiner, Memory Cell, HBHF Sensor, Audio Alarm, RAND Switch, Simple Light, Siren Light, Flasher Light, Laser Detector, Pressure Pad, Tesla Coils, Sound light, Sprinklers, Igniter, Water pump, Debug power generator
Vendor listing now uses standard item icons
TriggerRadiation now supports BoxColliders
Added small box to Workcart with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes
Legacy Shelter can now be revoked
Waterpumps can now be used in shallower water
Propane tanks now stack up to 20
Modded servers can no longer change the status messages in the loading screen, instead the tip line and icon can be changed
Better Azure analytics error messaging
Vending Machines now display if they are drone accessible or not
Improvement to Underwater Visibility
Disco floors can now be rotated and deployed while snapped to another disco floor piece
Homing missiles have been added to Bradley and Heli loot crate
Automatically set CPU affinity for AMD X3D CPUs
Anti-Radiation Pills buffed: Decreased hydration reduction from 10 → 5, Increased scrap per trade from 1 → 10 and Increased radiation reduction from 25 → 75
Fridge storage increased to 48 slots with Rust Polish and Progress patch notes

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