Floating City

Overview

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Floating City arrives with the Naval Update as part of the Deep Sea event. Unlike traditional monuments, it is a temporary offshore safe zone that appears during the event window and despawns when Deep Sea closes.

It is the first safe zone in Rust that does not exist permanently in a fixed map location.

Floating City is a network of connected barges and floating platforms forming a large Waterworld-style settlement surrounded by open ocean.

General Info

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Floating City includes:

• Safe zone protection
• 3 Recyclers
• 1 Repair Bench
• 1 Research Table
• 1 Small Oil Refinery
• 10 Vendors
• 1 Mission Giver
• 360-degree fishable ocean access
• Pay-to-enter community farm
• Gambling area
• Tax-free vendors
• Free-to-use utilities

No radiation. No keycard puzzles. No crate or barrel farming value.

Access

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Floating City can only be reached via:

• Boat
• Submarine
• Swimming

It cannot be accessed by air.

It exists only during the Deep Sea event and remains active for approximately two hours.

Fog of war hides its exact position during the event.

The surrounding ocean area is hostile until the safe zone boundary is reached.

Layout

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Floating City is divided into distinct barge sections.

Farm Barge

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Pay-to-enter community farm:

• 150 Scrap entry fee
• Produces large quantities of crops
• Water refill stations
• Public Work Bench Level 1
• Safe zone Recycler

Paid entry grants full crop harvesting access.

Food Barge

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Identified by a green shipping container marked FOOD:

• Food and seed vendor
• Seating and comfort areas
• Safe zone Recycler

Medical Barge

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Two vendors:

• Medical supplies
• Diving equipment

Provides tools, meds, and underwater gear.

Supplies, Firearms and Boats Barge

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Includes:

• Boat vendor
• Clothing vendor
• Firearms vendor
• Work Bench Level 1
• Safe zone Recycler
• Research Table

Central hub for equipment purchasing.

Utilities and Homegoods Barge

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Contains:

• Public oil refinery
• Repair Bench
• Defensive item vendor

Provides essential fuel and repair support.

Deep Deck Casino

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Multi-level gambling and entertainment area.

Includes:

• Slot machines
• Poker tables
• Arcade machines
• Boom Box
• Lounge areas
• Bar section
• Mission Giver (patrol-related mission)

No direct loot value, but central to event activity.

Environmental Factors

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• Full safe zone enforcement inside
• Turret protection active
• Hostility timers apply
• Despawns when Deep Sea ends
• No building allowed

Failure to leave before event closure results in death.

Strategy and Meta

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Floating City is not a farming monument. Its value lies in:

• Safe recycling offshore
• Tax-free vendors
• Gambling and mission access
• Large-scale crop harvesting
• Social and staging hub during Deep Sea

The danger is in reaching it, not being inside it.

Approach requires sea travel planning before entering the safe zone boundary.

Floating City is a temporary Deep Sea safe zone built from connected barges offering vendors, utilities, farming, gambling, and mission access. It provides no traditional loot farming value but serves as a major offshore hub during the Naval event window.

Events at Location

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• No location-specific events currently linked.