Changelog

Update – Soft Refresh

📢 JamesGaming Rust - April Update: "Soft Refresh"
🗓️ Posted April 3rd, 2025

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying the wipe and settling into your builds 🛠️
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s new on the server with this month’s Rust update:

🧱 Deployable Debris (Softcore)

When certain items get destroyed, they now leave behind a broken version that:

Drops 50% of contents
Stores 50% safely (only the owner can access it)
Can be repaired and reused!

Applies to:

Large/Small Wooden Boxes
Coffins
Storage Barrels
Furnaces (small & electric)
Lockers
Tool Cupboards
Fridges
Vending Machines
All Workbenches

⛏️ If something breaks due to losing its ground (e.g. decay or destruction), it will fall nearby and must be repaired at a repair bench.

🔐 Tool Cupboards keep building auth active for 48 hours while broken and can only be repaired by authorized players.

🔁 Better Respawning

If you die outside of a base, you’ll now automatically respawn with 50% of your inventory.

🧠 The system is smarter now — it’ll pick more valuable items fairly, instead of just grabbing half the stacks randomly.

🏚️ Upkeep Balancing

Softcore mode now increases upkeep costs for doors to help balance building:

🚪 Door upkeep is now much higher (around 90%)
🧱 Building blocks (walls, floors, etc.) are not affected

This rewards compact, well-planned bases instead of sprawling mazes full of doors.

🛏️ Sleeping Bag Update

When your sleeping bag, bed, or beach towel is destroyed, it becomes a “one last use” version.

You’ll see a ☠️ icon on the respawn screen, and after you respawn there one more time, it disappears. Super helpful in the middle of chaos!

🎨 Adobe Wall & Gate Skin Pack

New cosmetic pack available: Adobe Skins for external walls and gates!
Grab it if you want to give your base that sandy, survivalist style.
🖌️ Apply using the Spray Can.

🐝 Bee System Improvements

Bee farming got a nice polish this month:

Bee swarm damage now considers clothing protection
Swarms no longer stack damage endlessly
Better performance in snow and desert (use heaters!)
Clearer UI for honey production and temperature
Balanced honeycomb output in temperate areas

More bees, less guesswork. 🍯

❄️ Area of Effect Visuals

You can now see the range of certain items like:

Sprinklers
Heaters
Sensors
Traps
Turrets

This makes it easier to place and use them more effectively! Can be turned off in your game settings if you prefer a cleaner look.

🛋️ Quality of Life Upgrades

Lots of nice little improvements:

Fridges can now store Bota Bags and Honeycomb
Rugs can be placed under other items
Crossbows and turrets show what arrows are loaded
Hanging & pole banners easier to place
Better food spoilage indicators
Bee UI is more readable and helpful
Better placement feedback when inspecting items or temperatures

🐣 Easter Event Starts April 10 @ 19:00 BST

Every in-game day or so, there’ll be a 3-minute Easter egg hunt!
Top 3 players get special eggs full of loot ranging from scrap to high-tier gear.

🎉 Also dropping with the event: a Horse Costume!

🌴 Jungle Update Teaser

Coming soon: the Jungle biome with:

New early-game weapons
Fresh scenery
Wildlife like crocodiles 🐊 and snakes 🐍

That’s it for this update! Thanks for being part of the JamesGaming Rust community. 💚 Let us know what you think about the changes and keep having fun!

Happy Gaming -James

Update – Premium Servers

Dear Community,

JamesGaming has recently been updated to support "Premium Servers." However, I will not be enabling this feature, as it is not needed for our platform.

Please ensure that your game clients are updated accordingly to avoid any connectivity issues.

Happy gaming!
- James

Server Header Image

Hey everyone, I have updated our server header image! I hope you enjoy it !

Happy Gaming -James

Plugin add

OK, OK, I just couldnt resist lol, here is a new plugin for the server enjoy!!

CarHeist adds a Modulercar with a TimedCrate, that can only be hacked whiles driving ,to your server

credit Car Heist - Plugins - Codefling

Happy Gaming -James

Server Update/Force Wipe

Hey everyone!

It's time for the server wipe! There are no changes on my end this time, but as always, I'm open to suggestions. Be sure to check out #rust-news on Discord for details about this month's update from Facepunch.

I hope you're all doing well—enjoy The Crafting Update!

-James

Server Update/Force Wipe

Hey everyone, Its wipe day! You know what that means, time to grind! I have made a few changes to the server this month, at the start of January the map was 3000 but now its going back to the OG size of 4500 so we can have our above ground rail ways for train heists! I will be doing an admin shop in-game this month all items will be payable in scrap, if you have any requests for special/DLC items please let me know! Enjoy the primitive update !

Happy gaming-James

Server Update

Hey everyone, I have updated the server for "LUNAR NEW YEAR 2025". Please check out rust-news in discord to see what the update intels!

Happy gaming-James

Server Update

Hey everyone, I have updated the server to accomodate Unity 2022.3.55f1! Please F7 report any issues!

Happy Gaming-James

Plugin add

Static Lootables

Ever wondered why Rust has so many desks, toilets, boxes and even washing machines but you've never been able to see the hidden secrets inside? Now you can!

With Static Lootables you can turn those boring props into loot containers filled with all sorts of goodies. Loot containers that aren't normally supposed to be

Features

Highly customizable and intuitive system.
ZoneManager inclusion / exclusion (per lootable prefab OR global settings).
Parented filtering.
Locked container system.
Hacking system.
Interaction icons (with template), customized text and opening container effects.
Individual lootable container refilling rates.
Consistent support & open to suggestions.
Very user-friendly editor for server owners to modify or customize lootables.
Unique System: create lootables that only apply on one or more prefabs.
Integrated API for manipulating lootable definitions.

Lootable Objects

Supermarket Cash Register (locked, 500 HP)
Toilets
Cardboard Boxes
Lockers (closed models are locked, 50 HP)
File Cabinets (locked, 50 HP)
Desks (locked, 250 HP)
Kitchen Fridges
Electrical Boxes
Washing Machine
Trash Bag
Gas Pumps
Toolboxes (locked, 100 HP)
Plant Pots
Type-writers
Kitchen Cooker (Underwater Labs)
Pickup Truck (Rusty), Sedan A (Junkyard), Compact Car C (all locked, 75 HP), can be accessed anywhere but Junkyard
Barge Coal
Metal Crate (B) (locked, 500 HP; hackable, 120s, code resets every 300m)
NEW Pallet Stacks (A-through-C)
NEW Bin
NEW Vodka Bottle

Text credit: Static Lootables - Plugins - Codefling

Stack Sizes

I have made MAJOR changes to the stack sizes and made i bit more friendly to your inventory ! All resourses will stack to 10,000 (Wood, scrap, ect) and ammo is set for 1,500. Before I just had the server set with a global multiplier of 3X but it really just did not make sense that way.. If anyone finds anything I may have missed please generate a support ticket at https://jamesgaming.net/support

Happy Gaming-James

Animals

It has come to my attenion that players could not kill animals and vice versa so that has been corrected!

Happy Gaming-James

Plugin Updated

Hey everyone, I have made a few changes to Trivia! You now have longer to answer the question, and you will no longer face punishment for incorrect answers! Trivia will now also occur more frequently, and you will receive an actual reward.

Happy Gaming- James

Plugin Add

Grid Power Plugin

Draw electricity straight from the Power Grid in Rust – on any map, be it a procedurally generated or a custom one! Ladder up the Power line Poles to upgrade their Transformers with components like Root Combiners (to replace missing/stolen/destroyed outlets that you plug into) and Tech Trash (to permanently upgrade power output level, up to a configurable point). Maintain the service with long-lasting Fuses. But most importantly, protect your precious part of the grid from vandalism, theft and sabotage that will inevitably come from those jealous players! Whatever you do, just be careful up there… high voltage happens to be highly dangerous. Always wear protective gear (like a hazmat suit) and don’t touch the wires while they’re live! As a bonus, this plugin also improves vanilla visuals with realistically hanging wires / hoses / Xmas lights, the slack of which (how loose they appear to be hanging) can be adjusted while placing. And this feature is completely optional, too. Goodbye, straight lines that look like steel rods – hello, actual laws of physics!

Text credit Grid Power Rust Plugin - Lone Design