Rust – UPGRADE HARD, RAID HARDER

What’s in this update

WORKBENCH UPGRADES

Workbenches have received a whole new upgrade system - along with nine upgrades to find and customise your benches with!
Each upgrade provides a different bonus effect, and you can mix and match them to find your favourite combos.

These upgrades are not craftable and will not be commonly found, so keep them safe!
Open the workbench's inventory to add your upgrades. They each have their own visual, which will alter the way the workbench looks.

If you get lucky and collect 'em all, you'll have a fully upgraded workbench - both in terms of bonuses and visuals!

MORTAR

We're adding a new anti-personnel/raiding deployable weapon: Mortar!

Functionally really similar to cannons, but is instead placed on flat land and allows for launching projectiles over long distances. Firing a mortar requires mastery through trial & error as there is no visual guide to help you land shells exactly where you want them. Instead, you'll need to pair it with binoculars to estimate how high to aim the mortar for it to land on your target.
To prevent repeated shots, the mortar has recoil that slightly bumps the mortar up on every shot, as well as a small inaccuracy that changes how far each shell lands.
You can choose between two mortar shells, one aimed to deal high damage to players while the other focuses on destroying structures.

TIN CAN ALARM CHANGES

The tin can alarm is getting a small update. You can now trap them with a bunch of different items.
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