Rust+ Desktop 10.3.0

10.3.0 (2026-10-23)

🎃 Rust+ Desktop v10.3.0 is out!

** 🗺️ Halloween Event Heatmaps**
While the Halloween event runs, a Halloween section shows up in the heatmap menu with spawn areas for portals, scarecrows, murderers and zombies. Portals spawn at random, so the map shows everywhere one can appear. It switches on and off with the event.

🔥 Heatmap Density Slider
New "Show from" slider: from only the densest spawns down to everywhere something can spawn. The death heatmap gets one too, and the Heatmaps button now shows which layer is on.

🌍 High-Res Generated Maps
The app reads the server's map file and renders a sharp, high-res map, including for imported offline maps. Parsed maps are reused all wipe, and loading one no longer freezes the window.

🏔️ 3D Map Upgrades
• Full-resolution terrain (~2 m per pixel)
• Better cliffs, rock tops and road edges
• Rivers end at their real banks
• Power lines with Facepunch pylons and wires
• Accurate cargo ship route into every harbour

:mouse_three_button: Smoother Map Controls
Smooth zoom toward the cursor, flick-to-glide panning, more zoom-out, and all 58 official monument names.

🔌 Facepunch Companion Socket
Connects the new way, so it keeps working as Facepunch removes direct server connections.

🤖 AI Companion Setup Wizard
Step-by-step guide for each provider, including how to get your API key.

➕ Also new
• Restore saved servers from the cloud
• Remove devices that no longer exist
• Water and Deep Sea deaths tracked separately
• Faster wipe tracker on long wipes
• Redesigned Connected Services and notifications

:tools: Fixes
• Loading screen no longer stays on top of other windows
• Wipe tracker no longer draws teleports as routes
• Death heatmap stays readable on long wipes
• Deleting a server now removes its local data

Full patch notes are in the app. Happy hunting! 👻

👥 Contributors

Special thanks to: @JawadYzbk, @Pronwan