RUST achievements are similar to real-world trophies, except they are in the form of a digital badge. Like trophies, RUST achievements can be showcased as part of a Steam profile. This allows other people to view an individual player’s progress for a given game.
Steam also provides a RUST global gameplay stats page, which displays each achievement and the percentage of all players that have achieved it. Some competitive RUST players see achievements as a bragging right and strive to unlock all available badges. For other players, achievements are a way of showing and obtaining a higher level of game completeness.
When were achievements introduced
RUST achievements were originally introduced by Facepunch developer Garry Newman, in the Devblog 171 update. Garry sought to use achievements as a form of an in-game tutorial.
The intention of the tasks is to encourage and teach. Not to set arbitrary “collect 50,000 stone to unlock achievement” goals.
– Garry Newman
Since Devblog 171, newer RUST updates have continued to introduce achievements.
How to get RUST achievements?
Obtaining RUST achievements is fairly simple, but there are no specific instructions for new or veteran players concerning their requirements. Simply follow these steps:
Authenticate and connect to Steam
Connect to an official Facepunch RUST server
Perform the achievement’s requirements
Once complete, the Steam achievement will unlock within a minute. A small pop-up toast alert will appear in the bottom right screen. Once this has occurred, the achievement should now be associated with the Steam account.
RUST Achievement List
Below is a list of all available achievements for the game RUST.
Badge
Achievement
Description
Visit a Road
Visit a road
Collect 300 Metal Ore
Collect 300 metal ore
Destroy 10 Barrels
Destroy 10 barrels
Construct Base
Construct a base
Upgrade Base
Upgrade your base
Collect 65 Scrap
Collect 65 scrap
Acquire 50 Low Grade Fuel
Acquire 50 low grade fuel
Collect Wood
Collect 100 wood
Craft Camp Fire
Craft a campfire
Collect 700 Wood
Collect 700 wood
Place Camp Fire
Place a camp fire
Craft Stone Hatchet
Craft a stone hatchet
Craft Stone Pickaxe
Craft a stone pickaxe
Collect 30 Cloth
Collect 30 cloth
Craft Spear
Craft a wooden spear
Equip Clothing
Equip 3 pieces of clothing
Craft Building Plan
Craft a building plan
Kill an Animal
Kill an animal
Craft Hammer
Craft a hammer
Place Sleeping Bag
Place a sleeping bag
Collect 50 Cloth
Collect 50 cloth
Craft Sleeping Bag
Craft a sleeping bag
Collect 200 Stone
Collect 200 stone
Craft Arrows
Craft some arrows
Skin an Animal
Skin an animal
Craft Wooden Box
Craft a wooden box
Place Wooden Box
Place a wooden box
Craft Wooden Door
Craft a wooden door
Craft Hunting Bow
Craft a hunting bow
Place Wooden Door
Place a wooden door
Craft Lock
Craft a lock
Place Lock
Place a lock
Lock the Lock
Lock the lock
Craft Tool Cupboard
Craft a tool cupboard
Place Tool Cupboard
Place a tool cupboard
Craft Burlap Shirt
Craft a burlap shirt
Craft Burlap Pants
Craft burlap pants
Craft Burlap Headwrap
Craft a burlap headwrap
Place a Furnace
Place a furnace
Craft a Furnace
Craft a furnace
Research an Item
Research an item
Craft a Workbench
Craft a workbench
Place a Workbench
Place a workbench
Place a Research Table
Place a research table
Craft a Machete
Craft a machete
Craft a Research Table
Craft a research table
Craft Nailgun Nails
Craft nailgun nails
Craft a Nailgun
Craft a nailgun
First Notes
Play your first instrument
Musical Maestro
Play every instrument
Cool Kids Club
Be in a team where every team member is riding a Boogie Board or Inner Tube (minimum 4 members)
Paparazzi
Take a photo of another player
Radical
Splash another player with a Water Pistol while that player is irradiated
Soaked
Soak another player above the damage threshold using a water gun.
Liquidator
Get a kill using a water gun.
No Pressure
Get a kill with a super soaker pumped at the lowest pressure.
Party Boat
Dance with 2 other players at the front of the Cargo Ship.
Bad Neighbor
Use a megaphone while in another player’s Tool Cupboard radius.
On the Record
Record another player speaking onto a Cassette.
Like Nobody’s Watching
Dance near a playing Boom Box on an active Disco Floor.
I Can No Longer See
Stare into a laser light for 30 seconds.
I Should Buy This Soundtrack
Listen to the Rust soundtrack from a Boom Box for 30 seconds
Full Collection
Play an instrument while floating in an Inner Tube while listening to a Boom Box play a radio stream
On Track
Kill 10 Tunnel Dwellers while on a moving work cart
Battle Bus
Drive a modular car with 5 passengers
Rust Air
Pilot a Scrap Transport Helicopter with 5 passengers
Waste Not, Want Not
Recycle 10 cars at Junkyard
Heavy Industry
Activate the Excavator
Big Brother
Watch another player through a CCTV camera
Smooth Sailing
Travel 3KM with a companion in a Kayak
Apex Predator
Kill 3 sharks with a speargun
Mission Accomplished
Complete 5 missions for NPC’s
Death from Above
Kill another player with the MLRS
High Roller
Win 3 rounds of poker at Bandit Camp
Thread the Needle
Land a Minicopter on the Cargo Ship
Friendly Neighbour
Wave at 5 different players
Terror In The Deep
Travel to an underwater lab with a submarine
Pro Angler
Catch one of every fish
It’s Honest Work
Plant a different seed in every slot in a Large Planter Box
Buckle Up
Start a fully repaired car with a full set of T3 engine parts
Arctic Speed
Acquire a snowmobile in an Artic Research Base
RUST Hidden Achievements
Some achievements will not be listed on Steam with descriptions of how to achieve them. These achievements are considered to be hidden. Hidden achievements in RUST will only be revealed to you once you’ve unknowingly unlocked them.
With the Musical Instruments and Summer Sunburn DLCs, additional hidden achievements have been added to the growing list of RUST’s hidden achievements. To see the current list of hidden achievements, refer to the table below.
Join a team of at least 4 people where everyone has instruments equipped
Sunglasses at Night
Equip a pair of sunglasses after the sun goes down
About dg
Dg is the founder and co-owner of Corrosion Hour, a niche gaming community established in 2016 focusing on the survival game RUST. He is an active and contributing member of numerous other RUST communities. As a community leader and server owner for over 15 years, he spends much of his time researching and writing guides about survival games, covering topics such as server administration, game mechanics, and community growth.