# Rust POWER TRIP - Product: Rust (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rust-game) - Vendor: Facepunch Studios - Date: 2026-08-06 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/252490/view/676254354515165455 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rust-game/releases/2026-08-06-power-trip What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Heavy Fuses can be found as loot and inserted into special fuse boxes at the power plant to unlock new gameplay features - **added** — Power plant can now provide power to electrical circuits through powerline poles with transformers along roads - **added** — Powerline poles can now be climbed without requiring a ladder - **added** — Red recycler with 75% efficiency added to the power plant, usable only at maximum power - **added** — New Satellite Control Computer at Launch Site that can be powered with tech trash and an aiming module to control satellite crashes - **added** — Satellite crash event creates visible descent to all players on server and spawns satellite loot crates on impact - **added** — New switch on Large Oil Rig becomes usable when power plant is running to pump crude oil for 20 minutes - **added** — Switch on Small Oil Rig pumps crude at half the rate of Large Oil Rig - **added** — Tanker vehicle module can drain crude oil from Dome and transport it to car lift for extraction - **added** — New freezer in Supermarket provides steady stream of chilled food when receiving power from power plant - **added** — Water pipes now spawn around roadsides and produce water when Water Treatment Plant is maintained - **added** — Two gearboxes added inside Water Treatment Plant that pressurize an intact water tank when powered and activated - **added** — Gears can be placed into gearboxes and are consumed as the wheel turns to pressurize water tank - **added** — Car garage in Oxum's can be powered by active power grid or backup generator to enable garage door and car lift features - **added** — Garage door in Oxum's car garage can be opened or closed with a switch when powered - **added** — Car lift in Oxum's garage can lower and raise vehicles for servicing with higher quality car part spawns in cave below - **added** — Two new terminals in refreshed Airfield control tower charge from fuse boxes on power grid - **added** — Smaller Airfield terminal increases air drop fall rate across map when charged - **added** — Larger Airfield terminal calls in Chinook resupply crate drop near airfield tarmac when charged - **changed** — Green recyclers outside safezones reduced to 45% baseline efficiency from 50%, restored to 60% with power plant and receiving duration buff from 5s to 4.5s at maximum power ##### PLAYER MAINTAINED MONUMENTS This month we're releasing a set of features we call Player Maintained Monuments - tying together our existing monuments in new and interesting ways while pushing players to interact with each other in the process. ##### POWERING UP THE POWER PLANT Using new Heavy Fuses, the power plant can be fired back up to unlock several new gameplay features for everyone around the island. Heavy Fuses can be found as loot and must be inserted into the new special fuse boxes located at the power plant. Not everything will be unlocked all at once - some things connected to the power plant require more fuses than others to become functional. Once the power plant has started providing power, the powerline poles with transformers (the white cylinder-looking things) which appear alongside roads can now provide power for electrical circuits. These powerlines can also now be climbed - no need for a ladder, just approach the powerline and jump. Green recyclers (the ones outside of safezones) have received a 10% nerf to their baseline efficiency of 50%, being restored to 60% with sufficient power from the power plant and additionally receiving a duration buff from 5s to 4.5s once the power plant is at maximum power. Yellow recyclers (inside safezones) remain unchanged from their previous behaviour. We have also added a single special new red recycler with 75% efficiency to the power plant, only usable at maximum power. ##### SATELLITE CRASH A new in-game event! Power up the new Satellite Control Computer at the Launch Site with tech trash and an aiming module and then take control of a satellite of your choosing. Use the thruster buttons to target the crash location before locking it in. It doesn't come with a manual though, so you'll have to figure out which thruster button does what, first! Once locked in, the satellite will start its descent, visible to all players on the server. After a short while it will impact and spill its new satellite loot crates. Once they've cooled down, they're ready to loot - but the whole server knows about them too! ##### DOME PUMPING Once the Power Plant is running, a new switch on the Large Oil Rig will become usable. This controls the flow of crude oil to Dome. Once activated, this will pump Crude for 20 minutes. However, you can't retrieve it by yourself - you'll need to use the Tanker vehicle module to drain the oil and then transport it to a car lift to extract it. There is also a switch on Small Oil Rig that pumps at half the rate. You can enable both switches at once to get 1.5x the Crude. ##### SUPERMARKET FREEZER There is a new freezer located inside the Supermarket that provides a steady stream of chilled food so long as it is receiving power from the power plant. Every so often, it will provide a larger food cache than usual. Happy shopping! ##### WATER TREATMENT PLANT PRODUCTION Water pipes will now spawn around the roadsides of the map. To start, the pipes will be empty and won't produce any water. To get them to start pumping, the Water Treatment Plant will have to be maintained. Two gearboxes have been added inside the monument, and turning them pressurises the new intact water tank at its centre. To get a gearbox moving, the powerplant's grid needs to be live, then you'll need to place a gear into the gearbox and interact with it to start the valve wheel spinning. Gears are consumed as the wheel turns and can't be pulled back out once inserted. When the tank reaches full pressure, the blades will start spinning and clearing up the blockages, restoring water flow across the map. After that, coming back every once in a while to keep the pressure up and the blockages clear will be much easier than a cold start. ##### GAS STATION CAR GARAGE In Oxum's, the car garage has received a tune-up. When the power grid is active, or when the backup generator around the side is turned on, the garage will power up with some new features. The garage door ca _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/252490/view/676254354515165455]_