The RUST Achievements Guide
RUST achievements are similar to real-world trophies, except they are in the form of a digital badge. Like trophies, 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, they 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 them 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.
Badge | Achievement | Description |
![]() | Sealbreaker | Completely fill your hydration bar |
![]() | Glutton | Completely fill your food bar |
![]() | Giddy Up! | Ride a horse for 1km |
![]() | Save the Planet | Recycle an empty can at a recycler |
![]() | I’m the Captain Now | Reach the bridge of the cargo ship |
![]() | Something of a Scientist Myself | Kill 5 scientists |
![]() | On the Deck | Land a minicopter on an oil rig helipad |
![]() | Getting the Band Together | 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 |