Rust Console Update 1.80 Patch Notes for PS4 & XBox

A new Rust update 1.80 is available on PS4 and Xbox One. According to the official Rust Console 1.80 patch notes, the latest update introduces rideable horses, new equipment, and a mission system. Apart from this, Rust patch 1.80 also improves gameplay and enhances monument layouts.

Previously, a major Rust Halloween update 1.64 added a new event, changes and improvements. Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing several issues while playing the game. Today’s Rust version 1.80 will fix a few of these issues.

Read more details below.

Rust Console Update 1.80 Patch Notes – August 31, 2023

New Content and Features:

1. Rideable Horses.
2. Horse dung no longer spawns in the wild. Horses will produce it naturally.
3. Horse equipment like double saddles, horse armor, horse shoes, and saddle bags.
4. Two new safe zones – the Ranch and Large Barn.
5. New monument layouts.
6. New default blueprint – The Hitch and Trough.
7. New NPC mission system.
8. Sharks can now be found in the water and they are hostile towards the players.
9. New weapon – The Speargun.

Gameplay:

• Reduced instances of the audio crash by deactivating certain game sounds.
• Player’s own footsteps sound is now disabled in the game.
• Fixed a bug allowing players to surf on projectiles.
• Fixed a bug causing sleeping players to take damage and be affected by status effects and hazards.
• Fixed a bug causing rapid depletion of Hunger and Thirst mechanics.
• Starvation and Dehydration statuses now cause incremental damage correctly.
• Fixed a bug causing Radiation damage to continue after debuff has disappeared.
• Fixed FPS drops when hitting objects with bullets.
• Fire effects no longer slow players in PvE.
• The Produce Exchange vendor now sells Scrap.
• HV Rockets now match the Steam version.
• Changed Bolt Action and L96 rifle controls to match the Steam version.
• Heavy scientists’ accuracy with M249 now matches the Steam version.
• Improved yield of bone fragments from Scientist’s body.
• Scientists’ projectiles now collide with sleeping players.
• Scientists can no longer hit each other with friendly fire.
• Scientists no longer disappear when killed.
• Fixed spawning bug causing players to spawn at lakes or freshwater pools.
• Fixed glitch causing items to clip through junkpiles.
• “Alive for” timer is now accurate.
• Fixed bug causing players to turn invisible when dying in safe zones and not waking up from sleep.
• Players no longer ragdoll through items when killed.
• Improved invalid shots issue.
• Fixed exploit with Wooden Ladders.
• Chickens are now harvestable.
• Fixed bug causing players to clip through the floor when being climbed on by another player.
• Fixed bug causing players to walk through trees and not harvest them.
• Fixed visual bug causing player to appear drawing back a bow when swimming.
• Improved load times for Monuments.
• Improved build restrictions at Monuments.
• Monuments are no longer generated in a way that restricts player movement.
• Fixed bugs in Bandit Camp and Outpost where players could get killed without triggering aggro timer.
• Fixed bug causing teleportation when auto-swimming in front of the Cargo Ship.
• Various fixes to monument rendering, placement, and visuals.
• Various fixes to object clipping, disappearing, and placement.

Miscellaneous:

1. Improved load times.

• Improved build restriction at monuments.

• Monuments are no longer generated in a way that would restrict the player being able to travel around them.

• Fixed a bug causing players to get killed in Bandit Camp and Outpost without triggering aggro timer.

• Fixed a bug causing players to teleport when auto-swimming in front of the Cargo Ship.

• Ceiling lights and light switches in Check Point Building are now correctly placed.

• The Airfield Tunnel now renders properly.

• Fixed a bug causing part of the underground tunnel in Airfield to be misplaced on the terrain surface.

• Fixed invisible train at Power Plant monument.

• Fixed a bug causing Sewer Branch to not connect to terrain.

• Rocks around the Sewer are more consistent and no longer block exits.

• Fixed a bug causing crates to spawn stacked at the Trainyard.

• Locked Crates no longer get stuck on the lamp post in Trainyard.

• Bodies are now lootable in Trainyard.

• Fixed a bug causing players to phase through the wall at Launch Site.

• Fixed a visual issue causing a blinding haze around the Bandit Camp.

• Fixed a bug causing bandits to all face the same direction at the Bandit Camp.

• Fixed visual flicker in the gambling room when looking at the chair.

• Fixed a bug causing players to be looted through the Blue Keycard room wall in the Water Treatment Plant.

• Cargo Heli Drop now drops crates more evenly to monuments across the map.

• Fixed a bug causing players to move erratically whilst standing on top of a moving conveyor belt in Quarry Monument.

• Sheet metal at Quarries now no longer resembles wood at a distance.

• The Hobo Barrel at the Outpost no longer floats.

• Fixed a bug causing boxes found the the Tugboat in Small Harbor to clip.

• Fixed visual issue with fire particles at Large Oil Rig.

• Scientists are no longer able to walk through crates at Oil Rig.

• Fixed a bug causing the Satellite Dish to become see-through.

Download free Rust version 1.80 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.