February 2026 Updates & Changelog

Here is everything we shipped during February 2026.

Added

• Lone Wolf Rust has migrated to a brand new dedicated machine with upgraded hardware specs and a modern OS in the same location/datacenter.
  • Increased to 32 CPU threads from 24
  • +10% overall CPU throughput capability
  • Vastly improved CPU multi-threaded performance
  • Reduced hybrid-core scheduling risks
  • CPU L3 cache increased to 64MB from 30MB
  • Total RAM increased to 128GB from 64GB
  • Modern Ubuntu OS implemented with all reboot-required patches and updates
  • Overall server-side FPS at runtime has improved consistently
  • Vastly improved dedicated hardware capacity to support the large number of services plus headroom for an additional large Rust server instance
• An early prototype build of the Lone Wolf Rust Vending DM System has been implemented.
  • Verified players who are current Discord members and have server DMs enabled should receive a message when they have a sale in one of their vending machines.
• Custom AntiCheat Engine has been fully updated with additional detections.
• Website has been fully upgraded, including a business inquiry form and business notices.
• Implemented Cloudflare Turnstile.
• Fixed issue with rendering RankEval via the website.
• The official Lone Wolf Rust logo has been updated for 2026: https://lonewolfrust.gg/assets/img/logo.webp
• Trade Tracking system has been rewritten from the ground up to set the foundation for a future web-facing analytics platform and the return of the Vending Discord DM Bot.
• We have added an option to donate to Lone Wolf Rust directly at https://lonewolfrust.gg/donate.
  • Thank you to everyone who requested the ability to donate, everyone who supports us through Wolf Pass subscriptions, and all loyal players who come back wipe after wipe.
• Marketing and ad campaigns have been fully updated and restarted across multiple ad platforms.
• Ban announcements in-game now display per-wipe counts of:
  • Cheating (Scripts/Macros/Botted/etc)
  • Teaming (2v1/KoS/Donations/etc)
  • Ban Evasion (Gameban/VAC/Lone Wolf)
  • Toxicity bans
• Added new Active Player and Inactive Player Discord roles to prepare for a future update, both based on whether a player has played Lone Wolf Rust in the last 35 days.

Improved

• Lone Wolf Rust Anti-Cheat has been updated to perform additional sanity checks and profile server performance when detections are yielded, reducing false positives.
• The official website has undergone a framework update ahead of future updates before next wipe.
• Player Verification website (https://link.lonewolfrust.gg/) has been fixed, modernized, and updated for better UI and responsiveness.
• Moonlighter perks now last 2 weeks into the next wipe, increased from 1 week.
• Wolf Pass members now have the flashy golden gradient in Discord too.
• The Lone Wolf Rust F7 video recording system has been dramatically improved (intentionally surface-level details only).
  • F7 reports have always generated a brief video clip beginning at the point F7 was submitted for staff manual review.
  • Videos sent to staff will now be longer in duration.
  • Videos captured will now include moments from both before and after the report was submitted.
  • F7 report videos are now accompanied by a more comprehensive report and timeline of key events.
• Logic for both the in-game and Discord ban bots has been improved to ensure fewer missed ban notices for actual bans placed, plus auto-restart logic when a container stops running.
• Moonlighter role appearance in-game has been improved with a more noticeable gradient.

Changed

• Several tools have been updated to accommodate Deep Sea handling.
• Trade analytics system persistence methods and schema have been changed.
• Moonlighter will require 300h moving forward for future wipes.

Fixed

• Applied several Facepunch hotfixes to address severe lag issues related to the Deep Sea update.
• Implemented a performance optimization for the staff video recording toolset.
• Fixed bugs on https://lonewolfrust.gg/ and https://link.lonewolfrust.gg/.