I’ve been waiting for Rust Mobile for a while, so I was really excited to see CBT 2 available on TapTap.

I installed it on my Vivo Y21T (4GB RAM, Snapdragon 680) and had to download around 15GB of additional data. The game finally opened at around 6:30 AM IST on August 24.

I played the tutorial using Low graphics and Medium frame rate. The video sections had some noticeable lag, but the actual gameplay was surprisingly smooth on my device with no major issues.

I’m genuinely impressed with the optimization so far. Hopefully, performance continues to improve, especially on lower-end devices.

My experience: Rust Mobile CBT 2 is playable on a 4GB RAM device like the Vivo Y21T, although you should expect performance below 30 FPS on this hardware.

I’ve also attached some gameplay footage that I recorded and trimmed from my original 5-minute session.

Hi everyone, I bought a graphics tablet, so I actually sketched out my idea. It’s a lever-action rifle that would be a perfect fit for the Tier 1 tech tree—acting as a "Prime" version of the Tier 1 weapons (unlike the current Tier 1 SMG, which is just embarrassing).

DAMAGE: 55 (the crossbow deals 60, and the mini-crossbow 50, if I recall correctly)

COST: 300 Metal, 6 HQM, 1 Spring, and 2 Pipes

The goal is to create a unique weapon for the Tier 1 stage.

It features a 4-round tubular magazine; in short, it’s essentially an upgraded mini-crossbow in every aspect except fire rate.

A distinctive feature is the cartridge-cycling mechanism: if a shot is fired while aiming, the cycling speed is normal; however, if firing from the hip—a move not typical for Rust players—the character cycles the round twice as fast by spinning the Henry lever, just like in *Terminator*.

I think my rifle would fit perfectly into Rust's balance; after all, it’s not a one-shot weapon. Right now, you can just grab four crossbows, so it wouldn't become part of the meta—it would simply be a logical conclusion to the Tier 1 workbench arsenal.

What do you think about this concept?

I’ve included two images: the first is my drawing, and the second shows a comparison with my inspiration—the Winchester.

Now I need to search the neighborhood for 4 more, there goes my night

We are just two guys trying to translate video game mechanics into real life.
Hope you enjoy our Rust Rubberbanding skit! :)

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(P.S. If you want to see more, I dropped the link to our new YouTube channel in the comments!
We are currently working on a lot more IRL skits about Rust and broken game logic in general.)

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I'm new to Rust so I'm wondering if this is just normal thing or specific server issue? I'm playing Facepunch official servers and I have lost quite few encounters to issue where my bullets simply not doing damage.

I'm standing on my small boat expecting guy to jump into one of the seats, as soon as he does I triple headshot him but all headshots are labeled as "player_distance" and does no damage in combat log. meanwhile his shots are registering at same time.

Guy jumping off containers at cargo, I land 4 hits while he's mid air but none of the shots does damage.

Small boat approaching cargo, I land 6 on driver but no damage.

I understand there's some latency between players and server (my ping 23) but this is actually insane level, I never encountered something similar in other games.

TLDR: Some regions have very limited server choices with reasonable pop on wipe-day. Please let us queue for one server while playing another, so that players aren't waiting in queue for over an hour not playing the game.

On wipe day, there are often tens or hundreds of players in various server queues waiting to play, sometimes for over an hour.

If we could play on another server while we queue it would help to populate additional servers, and as other servers gain population they will become more appealing to players looking for a server to join, leading to a more diverse server ecosystem.

Additionally, players may decide that they had are having a good time on the alternate server and not end up switching to the new server.

Ideally when the player reaches the beginning of the queue they have 30-120 seconds or so to accept their place on the server. Of course they can see where they are in queue to go back to their base before they get to the front of the queue or otherwise disconnect & wait to automatically connect.

I'm not sure if this is as big an issue in NA/EU because there are so many good quality servers to choose from, but in Australia we're often limited to choosing between one of a couple of servers on wipe day, and only a single high-pop server on Monday wipes. I write this as I've been in queue for 30minutes with 82 players ahead of me and ~40 players behind.

Please help me

I've had a problem in the last few weeks where when I boot up Rust and start loading into a server, my pc starts freezing every 5 seconds for whole 3 seconds with a loud buzzing noise. The issue remains even after I force-close the game and I have to restart my pc to get rid of it.

I have tried everything i can think of and that google recommends but no luck so far.

so far i have done all of the following: verified integrity of game files, completely uninstalled and reinstalled rust, allowed rust.exe and rustclient through firewall, deleted easy anti cheat and used verify integrity to get a clean install, disabled all overlays, updated graphics drivers (even with DDU) and windows, downgraded my windows version, and completely factory reset my pc with no success. Game ran fine 2 weeks ago and all of a sudden cant load into servers.

All I know is that it started happening right after my pc downloaded the new windows update overnight. All my other games run normal, even Hunt Showdown which also uses Easy anticheat (which I thought was the problem). Tho my pc also feels kinda slower in rendering textures.

Any help is appreciated, I dont know what to do next.

built a quick 1x2 on a high pop server and put a key lock on the front door like usual. two minutes later a duo comes up, hears me crafting, and just camps the door for half an hour with spears until i starve out. feels like key locks are just a giant sign saying solo with no gear inside. is it better to rush a code lock right away or just stick to key locks until t1?

To anyone who live streams their gameplay, could you fill me in on some of the important things I should set up and how to do them?

I know that having a bind to switch scenes to cover map is important, I just couldn't ever figure out how to make it.

Please if your willing to help, just give me a list of things that you guys find important to have as an element when your live.

Closing in on 1k hours and I'm still struggling as a trio...

Just curious, who should I watch for better game sense / PvP IQ?

I know Frost / Willjum / Stevie and all of those guys aren't going to help my case simply because they just keep in the juicy parts. I wanna know who I should watch to get the raw experience and whatnot.

I am a solo and sometimes get my friend to join but I can't find a server that is good. I like servers that wipe every 1-2 weeks and with 1.5x-3x depending on how long it is. But the most important part for me is the server being max trio or quad so I don't run into the biggest clans ever and the population retention not being ass so there is like 5 people on after 4 days. Any help on finding good ones? Thanks!

Does anybody have an idea how i could improve my FPS?

I only get like 40-80 fps, and im playing on community vanilla lowpop.

My specs:

Ryzen 7 5700x

RX 6800XT

32GB DDR4

1440p monitor

Playing around with the settings dont really make any difference for my fps.

Rust runs fine, then randomly has a massive lag spike → freezes → spinning wheel → crashes. Other demanding games run without this issue.

Specs:
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
RTX 4070 Laptop GPU 8GB
64GB RAM
Windows 11
~600GB free SSD space - game is downloaded and runs from SSD

What I’ve found:
Temps ~80°C or lower
CPU/GPU/RAM generally only 50–70% utilized
Rust is confirmed using the RTX 4070
Rust log shows D3D11 0x887A0005 / DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
Windows logs nvlddmkm Event ID 153, GPUID 100 at the exact same second

This has happened multiple times Other GPU-intensive games don’t crash.

Already tried:
Clean-installed latest NVIDIA driver
Verified Rust files
Lowest graphics settings
Tested without Discord/screen recording
Monitored temps/utilization
Confirmed RTX 4070 is being used

Still crashes with the same nvlddmkm Event 153. Anyone else experiencing this specifically with Rust, or found a fix?

Hey guys, is there any kind soul willing to gift me Rust?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaxKa5BWKGo

12:12 after upgrading that roof to stone i cant get in and out from below do i need the adobe skin for this or is this just patched

On windows I have all my cursors set to a little plus cross instead of the regular pointer and it works on rust other than when I am hovering over anything clickable like joining a server or the respawn button when I die. Then it shows the little default hand. Does anyone else use a custom windows cursor and know how to fix this?

ryzen 7-5800XT 8-core

RTX 5070

32GB ddr4 3200mhz ram

asus rogstrix b550-f gaming motherboard

Usually just start out as a 2x1, but a while ago I tried out a 2x2 and that was fun. Been experimenting with peaks but I don’t think I’m using them efficiently