Rust Console update 1.30 adds Offshore Blowout content

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A new Rust Console Edition update is out now for both PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game. Patch 1.30 adds a new wave of bonus content while also making improving and fixing bugs.

Rust Console Edition update 1.30 is ready to download on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Its arrival was promptly followed by a server wipe, making way for the Offshore Blowout content being introduced. Diehard fans can also get their hands on some new premium DLC with more packs available from the in-game skin store.

After years of waiting, Rust finally made the leap from PC to console. It’s been almost a decade since the popular survival sandbox title hit Steam early access, quickly becoming the template for an entire genre.

Rust Console Update 1.30 Patch Notes

New Content

  • Small Oil Rig

    • This offshore monument brings new opportunities for puzzles, loot, and combat. Bring a team to conquer this one.

  • Large Oil Rig

    • Very similar to the Small Oil Rig, but much bigger with more puzzles, more loot, and protected by a greater number of scientists.

  • CH47 Event

    • This event can be triggered by hacking the locked crate found on the top level of Oil Rigs, and it will introduce you to a new enemy, the Heavy Scientist.

  • Heavy Scientists

    • A new and much more challenging NPC.

  • Multiple Grenade Launcher

    • This powerful weapon can be looted from the Heavy Scientists, and uses 40mm Smoke Grenades, 40mm HE Grenades, or 40mm Shotgun Rounds.

  • Buoyant Backpacks

    • Loot from players and NPCs killed in water will float on the water’s surface instead of sinking to the bottom of the sea.

  • New items added to Skin Store

    • We will have some new skin packs to celebrate the release of OFFSHORE BLOWOUT.

Gameplay Changes

  • Increased building blocked zone around the Harbour monument

  • Updated localization files

Fixes: 

  • Fixed texture issues on Roadsign Gloves

  • Fixed a bug that could cause players to be kicked when dropping Roadsign Gloves

  • Fixed some skinned items losing their skin when dropped from inventory

  • Fixed missing shadows on road signs

  • Fixed missing collision on a fridge door at the Lighthouse monument

  • Fixed an area where players could get stuck between ice sheets

  • Fixed some skin icons and previews not appearing correctly

  • Fixed barrels clipping through sewer walls in the Airfield monument

  • Fixed binoculars making your eyes go square for a moment

In our review of Rust on PS4 and Xbox One, we scored the port a 6/10, saying: “Rust Console Edition manages to transcribe the wildly popular PC experience, but a few key missing features mean it falls short of what it should be. It could be great in time, but right now it feels like a disappointing misstep in comparison to the fleshed out PC version.”

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