Rust Maintenance patch notes: Gunshot audio update, Minicopter changes, and more

The Rust Maintenance patch notes have been officially released, and the September update has quite a lot in store for the community. As evident from the patch title, the latest force wipe is centered around improving quality-of-life features within the game and enhancing the gameplay experience of Rust.

In this article, we will provide you with a detailed brief on the Rust Maintenance patch notes. Read below to know more.

Everything included with the Rust Maintenance patch notes

Features

Here are all the new features that you can expect with the new Rust Maintenance patch notes:

Exhibit Decor DLC Pack
Long Distance Gunshots
Team Bag Labels
Minicopter Damage Indicators
Volumetric Clouds Enabled by Default

Check out: What can we expect from the Rust September update (2025)

Improvements

Here is a list of the improvements incorporated with the latest Rust Maintenance patch notes:

Improved new 'disconnect' box to support longer disconnect messages
Improved how advanced christmas lights are deployed, they're now similar to the wire tool
Improved ceiling light deploy guide
Improved ceiling light physics, should swing more realistically
Improved foliage displacement animation, and displacement now fades away when objects are removed
Improved mixing table overflow drop locations
Added error toast messages with failure reason when you are unable to pickup deployed items
Added error toast message if trying to reskin an item whilst a player is sitting on the item
Improved drop position of overflow items for the mixing table
Improved crafting menu search to work for dlc skins
Shrunk the building blocked volume around the attack helicopter
Improved storage monitor positions on barrels
Improved sound timing of the animation when helping a wounded player with a med syringe
Enabled volumetric clouds by default
Improved XL picture frame deployment
Replaced some static black barrels on the oil rigs to prevent confusing them for diesel collectables
Added convar for setting the code of any cctv camera with “global.setcctvcameracode”
Added convar for adding a cctv code to any computer station with “global.addcctvcode”
Added convar for removing a cctv code from any computer station with “global.removecctvcode”
Added convar for clearing all cctv codes from any computer station with “global.clearcctvcodes”
UsePlayerUpdateJobs gained a new mode, 2, which knows how to offload work to threads
For Modders - TextTable must now be explicitly pooled

That's everything that you need to know about the Rust Maintenance patch notes.

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