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INCOMING NAVAL UPDATE – STAGING<\/div>\n

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In the event you’ve been living under a rock the Naval Update is coming with the February wipe!<\/p>\n

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We’re encouraging anyone with the extra time and passion for its success to go play a bit of the staging branch (beta) between now and then.\u00a0 Your feedback is valuable to us and you can submit that feedback using the F7 reporting system built into the game!<\/p>\n

To access Staging, simply download it from your Steam library!<\/p>\n

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RUSTMAS BASE DECORATION WINNERS<\/div>\n

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Over Christmas break we ran a Rustmas Base Decoration contest where players have a chance to win a bunch of cosmetic skin bundles.<\/p>\n

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Happy to present our two winners!<\/p>\n

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First place\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n

Kayli_j\u00a0with a village that span across and entire mountain range.<\/p>\n

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Full tour on her Youtube:<\/p>\n

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Second Place<\/b><\/div>\n

MAK with his snow globe dome!<\/p>\n

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There’s a video tour in his X post that I’m unable to embed if you want to check it out!<\/p>\n

Congratulations to both!\u00a0 Well done!<\/p>\n

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RUST 12 – ART OF RUST<\/div>\n

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The Art of Rust community have out done themselves once a again. They have a custom server where people from the community can decorate their own plots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They put together a tour for us and dedicated some of it to Rust’s 12th Birthday.\u00a0 They had concerts, fireworks, and much more.<\/p>\n

This is mostly going to be a photo dump and in no way could I ever capture how beautiful and heartwarming these scenes were using still photos, but being there was absolutely magical.<\/p>\n

I did manage to clip some of the opening concert (thanks Oriwell!) before the tour started though.\u00a0 Its not very edited sorry not sorry.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a hefty photo dump.\u00a0 If you’re reading this on Steam go to the web blog for more!<\/p>\n

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So much time and effort went into this tour and it shows.\u00a0 Thank you Art of Rust!\u00a0 Love you guys!<\/p>\n

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FATHER SON DUO<\/div>\n

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Beastmode recently started a second channel to dedicate to some quality Rust content!<\/p>\n

His very first upload happened to be with his dad, who coincidentally is also pretty well-versed in Rust too.<\/p>\n

They make a great duo and this video really plays into that.\u00a0 Check it out!<\/p>\n

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SAVE THE DATE – TWITCH DROPS<\/div>\n

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Ok, break’s over!<\/p>\n

February 5th-15th | Homebrew 4<\/b><\/p>\n

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10 Exclusives from the Twitch Roster and 4 General drops from the Youtube scene.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to our socials for the full list!<\/p>\n

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REMOTE C4<\/div>\n

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Just going to leave this here…<\/p>\n

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Steam won’t let me embed Twitch clips shakes fist<\/p>\n

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SHOW ME THE STUFF!<\/div>\n

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If you made something cool or saw something cool, reach out! Tag me on\u00a0X\u00a0or u\/ErrnieGerrn\u00a0Reddit.<\/p>\n

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Cover image by GreenMan from the Art of Rust community!<\/p>\n

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