Ahoy, maties.
This month’s Naval update has opened up a whole new world to explore, so this round of changes focused on making naval runs smoother, storage easier to manage, and Deep Sea progression more practical.
New and Updated Plugins
To make the most of your exploration and Deep Sea loot runs, we have introduced a few handy changes:
Boat Control Panel
The Boat Control Panel adds key boat controls directly to the steering wheel so you can manage your vessel without leaving the helm.
While mounted, you can control anchors, sails, engines and reverse from a single interface. That means less running around the deck during fights, docking or tight manoeuvres.
It is especially useful for solo Deep Sea runs, where staying in control of the boat matters just as much as keeping your aim.
Barrel Stacks
Barrel Stacks lets matching barrels stack vertically, making it much easier to store more supplies in tight spaces.
Both horizontal and vertical barrel variants can be stacked, as long as the barrel types match. This helps keep ship decks, dock bases and compact storage areas far more organised.
For naval runs, it is a simple quality-of-life upgrade that gives you more usable space without changing how you already build.
Cannon Storage
Every cannon can now have its own attached ammo stash, which means you can preload cannonballs and let the cannon pull from that stash automatically whenever it reloads.
If you are mounted on the cannon, a live ammo counter can also display how many cannonballs remain. That makes long naval fights easier to manage without guessing how much ammunition is left.
This pairs nicely with the increased cannonball stack sizes and makes ship storage much less awkward.
Deep Sea Is Now Always Open
Deep Sea is permanently open on State of Flux.
In vanilla Rust, Deep Sea runs as a timed event. That means waiting for an active window before you can head out.
On State of Flux, that restriction is gone.
You can run Deep Sea whenever your crew is ready, or head out solo when it suits you. Loot refills automatically on a regular schedule, and an on-screen message lets players know when it has refreshed.
If you do not want those notifications, you can turn them off at any time with /access.
That makes offshore runs far more flexible and lets you plan around your own session instead of a server timer.
See you on the water!