Facepunch Studios has rolled out another substantial update for Rust, not long after the game received its larger Naval Update. The new Spring Clean patch brings plenty of smaller but meaningful additions, though one feature grabbed attention immediately: the water wheel.

Following February’s Naval Update, Facepunch Studios has introduced a completely new way to exploit the oceans in Rust. The Spring Clean update includes a long list of smaller but important additions, yet the standout feature is easily the arrival of the water wheel. This is the newest renewable energy option in Rust, letting players generate electricity from currents by placing these wheels in rivers or out in the ocean. Water is not strictly required to make use of the wheel, either. It can also function as an enormous hamster wheel if you want to jump inside and turn calories into power, and yes, handcuffed players can be forced into it as well.

The headline structural addition in the patch is an armoured ladder hatch designed to give maximum protection to any vertical entrance in your base. Other new features include coloured buttons that make it easier to remember which switch does what, an overfishing system intended to stop players from relying entirely on the sea’s resources, and a more efficient way of unlocking multiple technologies across the tech trees.

Rust’s Easter egg hunt has also returned, sending players out into the wilderness to search for brightly painted eggs that can then be combined and upgraded into valuable bronze, silver, and gold eggs. On top of that, the Rust Steam store is now offering several deeply unsettling bunny costumes and a fake Fabergé egg, in case anyone feels the need to express their devotion to Jesus and/or chocolate to their virtual neighbours in the most cursed way possible.

Alongside the game update, there is also a small chance that a Rust movie could eventually happen. Facepunch director and COO Alistair McFarlane recently told PC Gamer that the studio has already discussed the idea with various parties, including major companies, although nobody should expect anything to materialize any time soon. When those talks begin, the concept gets taken around, pitched, paired with writers who want to pitch themselves too, turned into a script, then sent up one level, then another, and eventually to the studios – in other words, it takes an entire pyramid of approvals before anything can seriously get moving.

Source: PC Gamer, Steam