Access has been restored to The Zone for the July wipe.
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The Zone Reopens
Access restored to the Exclusion Zone
For the first time in decades, access has been restored to one of the most mysterious regions ever mapped.
Known simply as The Zone, the area has remained isolated behind checkpoints and abandoned infrastructure, its vast landscape largely untouched by the outside world.
Early aerial surveys reveal an immense region where dense forests, quiet lakes and open countryside are interrupted by sprawling industrial complexes, deserted settlements and one unmistakable landmark visible for kilometres in every direction.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Its cooling towers continue to dominate the skyline, standing over a network of roads, railways and facilities that once supported one of the largest industrial regions ever constructed.
Key Custom Monuments
- Radar Station Duga
- Pripyat
- Jupiter Plant
- Preobrazhensky Bridge (x2)
- Roadblock
- Autocooperative
- Rooky Village
- Elevator
- Embankment
- Pig Farm
- Railway Depot
- Ruins
- Wild Territories
- Nii Agroprom
- Agroprom
- Yantar Plant
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
- Rostock Plant
- Train Home (x2)
A Region Frozen in Time
The Streets of Pripyat
Authorities have confirmed the Zone contains dozens of significant locations, from towering radar arrays and silent city blocks to vast manufacturing plants, railway depots, bridges and forgotten villages.
While many of these sites have remained undisturbed for years, they are now open for exploration once again.
Duga still listens
The towering array rises above the forest, a structure built for a purpose long forgotten.
Plants shape the heart of the Zone
Jupiter, Rostock and Yantar are only some of the facilities still standing.
Rail lines connect the Zone
From end to end, tracks cross forests, valleys and abandoned infrastructure.
Breaking: New Rust Apartment Monument Coming Soon
Apartment Complex
Facepunch has released a new multi-storey Apartment Complex monument, bringing rentable apartments and rentable shopfronts to Rust.
Unpredictable. Untouched. Unforgiving.
Abandoned Housing Blocks
Conditions change rapidly across the Zone. The landscape shifts from quiet woodland to dense urban districts without warning.
Long-abandoned industrial sites conceal valuable discoveries, while every road seems to lead to another place waiting to be explored.
Triangle basements arrive next wipe
From next wipe, players can place basements under triangle foundations, opening up hidden rooms beneath more base shapes.
Pookie Bears become rewards
Collect Pookies from raid bases and trivia rewards, convert them into tokens, then trade up for Super Serum and a Pookie Bear Rug.
Train Speed unlocks in Skill Tree
Invest in the Vehicles section to increase train speed while driving, making long rail routes easier to manage.
The Zone Opens This Friday
Preparations are already underway as players get ready to explore, build, and survive in Chernobyl: Exclusion Zone, arriving on State of Flux for the July wipe.
Will you survive the nuclear winter?
How Far Will You Go?
The Zone opens this Friday. See you on wipe day.
- Raven