🌴 Jungle Update: A New Biome and Monuments
The Jungle Update introduces a lush, dense jungle biome, offering players a new environment to explore and survive in. This biome features longer, wider, and deeper rivers that require swimming to cross, adding a new layer of challenge and immersion to the game.rust.facepunch.com
Within this biome, players can discover the new Ziggurat monument and Jungle Remnants monuments, providing fresh locations for exploration and loot. Additionally, vine-swinging trees have been added, allowing for dynamic movement through the jungle canopy.rust.facepunch.com
🐍 New Wildlife: Predators and Prey
The jungle is teeming with new wildlife, including snakes, crocodiles, tigers, and panthers. These creatures not only enhance the atmosphere but also introduce new threats and hunting opportunities. Players can now craft “big cat pie,” a new food item derived from these predators.rust.facepunch.com
🛠️ New Weapons and Tools
To aid in survival within the jungle, two new weapons have been added: the boomerang and the blowpipe, which comes with four types of darts. These weapons offer alternative combat options and strategies, especially useful in the dense jungle environment.Rustafied
Furthermore, a new “hunter vision” feature has been introduced, enhancing tracking and hunting capabilities.rust.facepunch.com
⚙️ Quality of Life Improvements
Several improvements have been made to enhance gameplay:
- Chicken Coop Adjustments: The chicken coop has been resized to fit neatly on a single foundation and now includes snapping functionality.rust.facepunch.com
- Sunlight Stat for Chickens: The sunlight stat on chickens increases much faster, improving their productivity.rust.facepunch.com+4rust.facepunch.com+4Rustafied+4
- Vending Machine Functionality: Vending machines can now operate as fridges, offering more versatility in item storage.rust.facepunch.com+1Sportskeeda+1
- Freezing Icon: A freezing icon has been added when an item is being refrigerated, providing clear visual feedback.rust.facepunch.com
- Performance Enhancements: Network cache has been re-enabled on many IO entities, improving server performance. Rendering performance of powered industrial conveyors has also been improved.rust.facepunch.com
- Visual Enhancements: Ambient Occlusion and Specular Maps have been added to various assets, enhancing visual fidelity.Gamer Tweak+3rust.facepunch.com+3Tradeit+3
🔧 Additional Updates
In addition to the Jungle Update, the developers are working on expanding the tea system with new advanced and pure variants that offer effects like health regeneration, ore gathering, crafting speed, and temperature resistance. Recipes on the mixing table have been updated to reflect these changes, and armor slot weighting has been adjusted for better balance.Rustafied
Two new craftable silencers are also being introduced: the soda can silencer and the oil filter silencer. These offer different durability levels and are intended to shake up how suppressors are used in the game.Rustafied
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