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Announcement

Lunar New Year 2026

Lunar New Year 2026

2026's Lunar New Year celebrations have begun! Celebrate the occasion by honouring the Year of the Horse with the Ornate Horse Mask, Horse Armour, and more.

What's in Lunar New Year 2026

  • Lunar new year
  • Horse mask
  • Horse armor
  • Silly Horse Mask
  • Lunar store
  • 50% off Rust

Read the full post on the official Rust site

Summary and details for the Lunar New Year 2026 Rust update

Facepunch Studios published the Lunar New Year 2026 Rust announcement on 17 February 2026 as an official 6-section devblog and announcement post, led by Lunar new year, Horse mask and Horse armor, archived with full topic highlights, chronological patch links, and official source attribution across the 22 releases on RustPotato.

Lunar New Year 2026 is an official Rust announcement published by Facepunch Studios on 17 February 2026, structured into 6 devblog section headings covering Lunar new year, Horse mask and Horse armor. Released after Naval Update and ahead of Shipshape patch, the post documents mid-cycle development and community news between monthly first-Thursday server force wipes without shipping a separate server changelist. Rather than shipping a standalone line-by-line patch changelist, Lunar New Year 2026 summarizes Facepunch Studios' official announcements, creator spotlights, event rules, or DLC pack details while linking directly to the original blog post and surrounding monthly updates. Within the 22-post RustPotato update archive, Lunar New Year 2026 sits chronologically after Naval Update and before Shipshape.

Lunar New Year 2026 is an official Rust announcement published by Facepunch Studios on 17 February 2026, covering 6 topics in the update archive.

Lunar New Year 2026 came between two Rust patches: Naval Update on 5 February 2026 and Shipshape on 5 March 2026.

Rust is developed by Facepunch Studios, who publish every update on their own news page.

  • Release metadata: published on 17 February 2026 as an official Facepunch Studios announcement on the Rust devblog.
  • Devblog structure: editorial section highlights documenting development progress and community news between monthly force wipes.
  • Chronological neighbors: follows Naval Update and precedes Shipshape in the RustPotato update archive.

How to read changelist IDs and linked item changes on this page

Every monthly Rust patch page on RustPotato prints the complete official changelist at the top of the article, grouped into Features, Improvements, Fixed, and Removed so server owners and players can audit balance changes without scrolling through filler.

Whenever a changelog line names a specific weapon, building block, electrical component, or deployable from the game catalogue, the first mention links directly to that item’s wiki sheet so you can compare its current crafting cost, durability, and recycler yield alongside the Wipe Calendar.

All 22 updates on file

Frequently asked questions about the Rust wiki

When was the Rust Lunar New Year 2026 update released by Facepunch Studios?

Facepunch Studios published the Lunar New Year 2026 Rust announcement on 17 February 2026 on the official Rust devblog. Within the RustPotato archive of 22 official Rust releases, this page preserves the exact publication date, quoted summary, and direct link to the Facepunch blog post.

How many changelog lines and sections are in the Rust Lunar New Year 2026 update?

Published on 17 February 2026 as an official Facepunch Studios announcement, Lunar New Year 2026 is organized into 6 devblog topic headings rather than a numeric server changelist, while the wider RustPotato archive tracks 1,988 word-for-word changelog lines across 22 official releases.

What are the main features and devblog topics in the Rust Lunar New Year 2026 update?

Facepunch Studios structured the Lunar New Year 2026 Rust announcement (17 February 2026) around 6 headline devblog sections, led by Lunar new year, Horse mask and Horse armor in the official release post archived on RustPotato.

How many bug fixes, improvements, and removals are in the Rust Lunar New Year 2026 update?

Because Lunar New Year 2026 was published on 17 February 2026 as an official 6-section Facepunch Studios announcement without a standalone server changelist, line-by-line bug fixes, removals, and balance adjustments were shipped in the neighboring Naval Update and Shipshape patch releases on RustPotato.

Which Rust wiki items are linked inside the Lunar New Year 2026 update page?

Because Lunar New Year 2026 (17 February 2026) is a 6-section Facepunch Studios announcement rather than a line-by-line item balance patch, individual item wiki links appear in neighboring patch logs across the 1,988 changelog lines on RustPotato.

Did the Rust Lunar New Year 2026 update land on a monthly server force wipe?

Published by Facepunch Studios on 17 February 2026 as an official Rust announcement, Lunar New Year 2026 arrived in the release calendar between Naval Update and Shipshape patch rather than triggering a mandatory monthly first-Thursday server map force wipe across Official, Community, and Modded Rust servers.

Which Rust updates came immediately before and after Lunar New Year 2026?

In chronological release order across the 22 official Facepunch Studios posts archived on RustPotato (1,988 total word-for-word changelog lines), Lunar New Year 2026 (17 February 2026) was published immediately after Naval Update and was followed in the release feed by Shipshape.