Rust Console Patch Notes 1.13 — Caves, Radtown & Radioactive Water Are Here

Patch 1.13 is live for Rust Console Edition — and it's the one that delivers World 2.0 Part 2. Caves you can build inside, the Radtown monument, the brand-new Radioactive Water mechanic, reworked Water Wells with vendors, and a completely refreshed skin store — plus a long list of crash fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

Here's everything in the update, and what it means for your next wipe.

New: Caves

Procedurally generated natural caverns now spawn across maps, with unique base design opportunities — certain cave areas don't trigger building restrictions, so you can build inside them. Caves contain ore nodes and lootable minecarts, and come in three sizes with three difficulty levels (nine variants in total). Expect the best ones to be contested from day one of a fresh wipe.

New: Radtown

A small monument that can spawn in any biome. Radiation damage applies inside its buildings and near radioactive barrels, and it provides rations, low-tier loot, vehicle parts — and the new Radioactive Water. It's an early-game loot stop with real risk attached, so bring protection and watch for third parties.

New: Radioactive Water

Found only in puddles inside Radtown. Collect it and you can splash enemies with a Water Bucket to inflict radiation and poison damage. It's a genuinely new PvP (and griefing) tool — expect creative plays around it, especially against farm bases.

Reworked: Water Wells

Water Wells are now worth a detour: they feature vendors with rotating item selections (vendors respawn an hour after being killed), plus a Food Cache and planter boxes growing corn and pumpkins.

New Skin Store

The in-game store has been rebuilt with improved navigation, a "much, much larger variety of legacy skins", and direct Additional Content purchases. If you've been waiting for an old favourite skin to return, check the Legacy section.

Improvements

• Performance enhanced around Canyons on all consoles
• River generation improved near Harbor monuments
• Fairy Lights placement stability increased
• Bullet trajectory now follows the crosshair regardless of crouch status
• Weapon aiming accuracy improved against moving targets
• Tigerstripe Architecture door skin visual adjustments
• Storage Adaptor placement optimised for the Industrial Tool Cupboard
• Node spawning distribution refined — more mountain and cliff placement

Major Fixes

• Fixed some rare crashes that occurred when loading into a server
• Fixed some crashes in relation to the "Report Issue" UI
• Fixed some players not being able to connect to servers due to "Connection attempt failed"
• Interacting with certain skins at the Research Table no longer crashes the title
• Player backpacks no longer disappear when the player dies in a helicopter crash
• Players no longer get stuck in a "Surrendered" state after cancelling the emote animation
• Players should no longer get kicked randomly when swapping certain gear in the Locker
• The HMLMG now has correct third-person animations
• Map Markers for the MLRS system are now more stable on the minimap
• RPG Launchers now have the same despawn time as the standard Rocket Launcher

Minor Fixes

• Industrial Crafters can no longer be picked up when they have resources inside them
• Items thrown out of an Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module no longer fly away while the car is moving
• Players can now split full stacks of items correctly when their inventory has space
• Industrial Pipes now correctly block Triangle Floor blocks from being placed if they are intersecting
• Unicorn horns have been removed from non-unicorn Horse costume variants
• Rowboat spawn density in rivers has been reduced
• Leftover lighting assets from the Drone Shop are no longer present in Safe Zones when Hard Mode is enabled
• LOD distances for the Timer Light have been increased
• Boot commands that require non-numerical characters now parse correctly
• Players are now correctly killed when standing underneath descending elevators
• Multiple minor visual fixes, skin fixes and localisation updates

What This Means for Players

Patch 1.13 landed alongside the monthly wipe, which makes this the best time in months to jump onto a fresh server: new caves to claim, Radtown to farm, and the connection/crash fixes make long sessions smoother. Browse the Rust Console server list to find a fresh server — or check Just Wiped for servers that reset in the last 48 hours.

What This Means for Server Owners

New-content patches always bring a wave of returning players hunting for a server. Make sure your listing is ready to catch them:

• Announce your post-patch wipe so it shows in the Just Wiped feed
• Connect the RCE Bot for live player counts — listings showing real numbers convert far better
• Mention the new content (caves, Radtown) in your listing description — players are searching for it

List your server free or see paid placement options for the post-patch surge.

Bottom Line

1.13 is the payoff patch: World 2.0 Part 2's headline features are now actually in your hands, backed by a solid round of crash fixes. Grab your squad, pick a fresh server, and go claim a cave.