Rust Christmas
What the Christmas event adds to the game. Each server turns its events on for itself.
What the event adds
- Every fresh spawn gets 3 Snowball.
- A gift refill drops 2 gift boxes within 40 m of each awake player and fills every placed stocking. Each gift box holds 5 presents. What is in each present.
- Stocking loot: Small Stocking, Large Stocking.
- Santa's sleigh flies across the map at 25 m/s, at least 50 m above the ground, and drops a Present Drop halfway along its path.
- Christmas dungeon portals stay open for 20 minutes.
- The advent calendar gives one gift a day from December 16 to 25.
Methodology
Tested in game on our own server: the timers, spawn counts, rewards and damage settings this event uses by default. A server can change these. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Related pages
Rust Christmas: common questions
- What does Santa's sleigh drop in Rust?
- A Present Drop, a crate that falls halfway along the sleigh's path. It holds weapons, ammo, components and armor.
- How many Christmas gifts spawn per player in Rust?
- Each gift refill drops 2 gift boxes within 40 m of each awake player. Each gift box holds 5 presents.
- How long does a Christmas portal last in Rust?
- 20 minutes.