Changelog
RustLite is in beta. Recent releases first, then everything that ships at launch.
Oct 16, 2026
- Rust+: pairing a smart alarm a teammate already paired now adds it for you too, with its alerts
Oct 14, 2026
- Sign in with Steam works again and can create a new account
- Email sign-in sends a code, and you can sign in with Discord
- Account security: optional two-factor sign-in with recovery codes as backup, sign out everywhere, and an optional password
- A cleaner account page with a side menu and a new Privacy section
- Phones: tighter layouts on the home page, the wiki and player reports
- Monument loot simulator: simulate clears, see average loot and rank monuments by loot or what it recycles into
- PvP buffs compare: shots to kill and healing time for two set-ups of armour, teas and pies against one gun
- Live map: monument cards show loot per clear. Once the server's map is surveyed, extra monuments such as Jungle Ruins and Water Wells appear
- Bug fixes
Oct 13, 2026
- Watchlist (paid plans): labels, notes, seen dates, and groups you can share by link or with your team
- Player lookup: Deep Search shows more combat detail, and slow combat results fill in later instead of reading empty
- Home: your watchlist and recent lookups open from the search box
- Tools: accuracy fixes across raid, craft, recycle, upkeep, turret, time to kill, loot, genetics, power, furnace and fuel numbers
- Boom Budget and raid tables: cheapest picks now include catapult propane bombs
- Rust+: !craft and !recycle take an amount, and craft, raid, decay and upkeep answers are more accurate
- Crosshair generator: one paste in the F1 console sets the whole crosshair
- Conveyor filters: rules copy and paste in the game's own format
- Tools page: Game Intel tools show the game item they work on
- Live player count: region bars show from the first hour, and more servers count toward their region
- Running sales are easier to spot on the plans page and in the sale bar
- Browser extension 0.0.17 (site download): player hours and server lists work again
- Bug fixes
Oct 12, 2026
- A new home page, with player lookup up front
- New: Rust name history lookup
- Browser extension: now on Firefox Add-ons
- Rust+: type !silence 1h in team chat to mute your alerts for an hour
- Rust+ map: events from server mods now show on the map
- Rust+: team changes show up right away
- Rust+ Listen: Bradley alerts go only to your team
- Player lookup: when a Deep Search finds no hours, the report says so
- Player lookup: larger avatar history pictures
- Players who opted out can now curate their profile
- Live player count: players per region are now measured, not estimated
- Wiki: new pages for biomes, radiation and respawn times
- Wiki: a full base design page, a page of its own for light and sound, and an index of every entity
- Wiki: tea and pie bonuses on node, tree and corpse pages, and gather tables on more pages
- Wiki: clone pages now show farming and growth data
- Wiki: an item's Skins tab shows every skin in one grid, with a filter by source
- Skins: browse skins by item, with price tables and related skins on skin pages
- Tools now sit in the top menu
- Running sales show in a bar at the bottom of the page, and once in a notice
- Billing: full refunds and lost payment disputes remove unused credits from that purchase
- Join the RustLite Steam group from the site footer
- Faster pages, with lighter wiki menus and skin pages
- Bug fixes, wiki accuracy fixes and security updates
Oct 10, 2026
- Browser extension: now on the Chrome Web Store for Chrome, Edge and Brave
- Player lookup: the compact report shows community votes in one line, with comments one click away
- Patch notes now link to the wiki pages they mention
- Security updates
Oct 8, 2026
- Rust+: a simpler setup, one step at a time, and the map opens as soon as you pair in game
- Rust+: Smart Alarms now sit on the Devices tab, and one click sends every alarm to your phone, Discord or push
- Rust+: connect Discord, Telegram, phone calls and push straight from the alerts page
- Rust+: one team sharing switch per server, and teammates can rename shared devices and pick their own alerts
- Rust+: Listen alerts say clearly that they need your game open
- Player lookup: the key numbers now come first, with a link to the guide
- Bug fixes and security updates
- Rust+: edit Smart Alarms right in the table: double-click a name or message, and pick the tag in the row
- Rust+: a more compact Devices tab and alerts page, with alert groups that fold
- Rust+: a paid account in your team now runs the team connection, and any teammate can take it with Run on my login
- Wiki: best in slot tables now count armor inserts and what fits under each piece
- Player lookup: Playtime now leads with total Rust hours, with the breakdown beside it
- Browser extension: a lighter version with fewer permissions, ready for the Chrome and Firefox stores
Oct 7, 2026
- Rust+: smart alarms still alert you when the server connection is down
- Rust+: add an alarm by ID from the Alarms tab
- Bug fixes
Oct 6, 2026
- New: a Rust data blog, with a new post every week
- New tool: tea and pie combos
- Rust+: cameras, groups, automations and shared devices stay with the player who added them, even after a team change
- Rust+: only the player who made an automation can edit or delete it
- Rust+ map: smoother spawn overlays
- Dev commit log fits the sidebar again
- A new site footer, with a player search on every page and a lighter layout on phones
- A shorter home page
- Rust+: raid alerts by phone call (US and Canada)
- Wiki: crude oil tanks at the Dome and the oil rig switch
- A simpler site footer
- Bug fixes and security updates
Oct 3, 2026
- A new top bar, with a quick player lookup on every page
- Wiki: a menu bar with every item category, tool and world page one click away
- Wiki: Rust right now on the wiki home, with players online, the latest update and dev commits
- New pages: the live Rust player count, the dev commit log and this month's patch notes
- Search finds every tool
- Bigger vehicle, NPC and crate pictures
- Rust+ alerts: each alert type now says what triggers it
- Faster pages on phones, with lighter skin pictures and easier-to-read text
Oct 2, 2026
- Wiki: item pages load faster
- Wiki: add RustLite as a preferred source on Google
- Wiki and fuel calculator: in-game vehicle photos, and storage fixes for planters, the composter and the mixing table
- Rust+: tool cupboard cards show their upkeep materials, plus shop browser fixes
- Browser extension: a Team Finder tab on player panels
- Security fixes and a large cleanup behind the scenes
Oct 1, 2026
- Rust+: alert settings shown as one simple table
- Wiki: tested numbers rechecked on the new update
- Tools: a livestock breeding calculator for cows and sheep
- Wiki: updated for the October force wipe, with a new livestock page for cows and sheep
- Wiki: new foods, teas, pies, fences and power items, and stackable sandbags
- Wiki: tables and item headers fit on phones
Sep 30, 2026
- RustLite Planner: crafting resources, recycler yields and raid comparisons, with ChatGPT plugin setup
- Wiki: deeper item pages, cleaner tables, a page for every mission and seasonal event, and in-game photos
- Player report: a Deep Search panel, and a training servers section
- Compact report: panels line up, pick 1 to 4 columns, and turn parts of a section on or off
- Time to kill: weapon attachments
- Upkeep, furnace, kit cost, recycler, armor and turret tools: more options and more accurate numbers
- Plans show the sale price first
- Security and privacy fixes
- The sensitivity converter is gone
Sep 29, 2026
- Crosshair tool: copied console commands now match the preview
- Art for skins that showed a placeholder icon
- Console commands page shows who can run each command more accurately
- Rust+ map: clearer heat maps and cleaner spawn icons
- Rust+ map: removed stray labels on train tunnels
Sep 28, 2026
- New tool: Combat Log Analyzer
- Tool pages link to related tools, such as explosives, turret guns, fuel and armor
- Your first lookup while logged out always works, with no pop-up
- The sample report and homepage preview show a made-up player
- Cleaner display names when you sign in with Google or Discord
- Rust+ marker and skin store price fixes
- Sale support for plans
- Profile views are now admin-only, and Ghost Mode is retired
- Security hardening and quieter error handling
- Search by SteamID, profile link or name, or paste from the clipboard in one click
- Steam status, public or private profile, bans and account age
- Past names on every report, and every name we hold with a Deep Search
- Real Rust hours, including hours Steam hides, and when the account plays
- Threat assessment that lists what it saw and what it could not see
- Deep Search unlocks, online alerts for 48 hours and export
- A watchlist on paid plans: labels, notes and groups you can share
- Lifetime Rust counters from Steam, ranked by top percent against other players
- Public inventory with a Steam Market price per item and a total for the account
- Steam bans on every lookup, plus server ban records when they exist
- Public Steam hours and an activity panel of the days and hours the account is online
- Live map with team markup, vending machine search, movement trails and spawn overlays
- CCTV and PTZ camera control, smart switches, device groups and storage monitors
- Automations: trigger switches from alarms, chat commands, team status, time of day or location
- Alerts to Discord, Telegram, webhooks, Pushover, ntfy and browser push
- Team chat commands for events, timers, notes, wiki answers and player checks
- Install from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons
- One-click Rust+ pairing, with new in-game pairs added on their own
- Player panels on BattleMetrics pages: overview, server history and names
- Activity heatmaps, raid windows, crossed paths and Team Finder (Pro)
- Groups, online alerts and offline windows, kept in your browser
- Item, entity and mechanics pages for current Rust
- Monuments, biomes, vehicles, animals, livestock, NPCs, farming, fishing, cooking, electricity and CCTV
- Building grades, base design, boat building, events, radiation, respawn times and loot tables
- A page for every mission and seasonal event, with in-game photos
- Compare items side by side, with a searchable index across every page
- Raid calculator, raid planner, boom budget and code raid
- Upkeep, decay, despawn and wipe timers
- Genetics breeder, livestock breeding calculator, conveyor filter builder, furnace, smelt, recycle and craft planners, tea and pie combos
- Electricity and power planners, fuel and excavator calculators
- Weapon stats, time to kill, PvP buffs compare, turret guns, armor, loadouts, tech tree, loot finder, drop simulator and monument loot simulator
- Every Rust skin with its Steam Market price, filters and price history
- Live player count with charts and players per region, the dev commit log and this month's patch notes
- Lab studies: time to kill, turret damage, loot drop rates and monument surveys
- Crosshair generator, console commands and item arbitrage
- A data blog with a new Rust data post every week