Lone Wolf Rust v3.0 Mega Update (December 2025)

This is our full v3.0 changelog covering updates delivered from December 3, 2025 through January 9, 2026.

Added

• Full rewrite of the Lone Wolf Rust codebase, replacing the legacy 2021 "LoneWolfAdmin" platform.
• Added the /shh command to silence most server messages in global chat.
• /shh is now available to silence global chat notifications from the server.
• Ability to opt out of @mention pings in-game.
• All bans are now properly announced in global chat (previously only some bans were announced). This now matches #ban-feed 1:1.
• Automatic prevention of slurs and hate speech in notes, shop names, sleeping bags, and more.
• Lone Wolf Firewall: improved automatic denial of suspicious players by evaluating many criteria before allowing/preventing joins. Highly effective at denying game-banned alts, purchased/botted accounts, and similar risks.
• https://lonewolfrust.gg/bm now automatically redirects to our BattleMetrics page.
• Players are now shown their total hours played on Lone Wolf Rust when they connect (based on BattleMetrics data).
• Bronson has joined the Lone Wolf Rust Staff Team as an Administrator-in-Training! <3
• New playtime/verification roles:
  • Stray role (0 hours - unverified)
  • Domestic role (0 hours - verified)
  • Pup role (250 hours)
  • Yearling role (750 hours)
  • Tracker role (2,000 hours)
  • Hunter role (3,000 hours)
  • Stalker role (4,000 hours)
  • Apex role (7,500 hours)
  • Direwolf role (12,500 hours)
  • Spirit Wolf role (15,000 hours)
  • Mythic Wolf role (20,000 hours)
  • Lone Wolf role (25,000 hours)

Improved

• RankEval v2.0 for our leaderboards is now live at https://lonewolfrust.gg/leaderboard.
• Our in-game @mention system has been rewritten to prevent abuse.
  • In-game pager sound is now used instead of codelock beep.
  • Players can no longer @ping from team chat ("shadow ping").
• Anti-toxicity enforcement for global and voice chat has been slightly relaxed. Our automated filters now apply:
  • Censor + Kick (1st time)
  • Mute 10m (2nd time)
  • Mute 1h (3rd time)
  • Mute 1d (4th time)
  • Permanent mute (5th time)
  • No staff actions occur if the automated system prevents it.
• All roles now display in-game (highest playtime role takes precedence).

Changed

• Brand new in-game notifications system replaced our old, spammy global chat announcements.
  • Better message UI
  • Ability to target specific player types
• Admin-facing trade tracking system has been overhauled for better insights and better performance (less "item pickup lag").
• Usergroup system has been rewritten; migration of usergroups will happen later in December as part of our 3.1.0 update by EOY 2025.
  • New playtime groups
  • New group perks
  • Wipe-specific playtime recognition
• Role renames and changes:
  • "Experienced" role (24 hours) is now Whelp
  • "Veteran" role (100 hours) is now Cub
  • "Elite" role (500 hours) is now Rover
  • "Elder" role (1,000 hours) is now Scout
  • "Legend" role (2,500 hours) is now retired (2K and 3K roles introduced)
  • "Myth" role (5,000 hours) is now Elder
  • "God" role (10,000 hours) is now Legend

Fixed

• Reviewed historical bans that were permanent or extremely lengthy where current 2025 enforcement would be far less severe.
• Provided a "second chance" opportunity for select historical rulebreakers in toxicity and low-severity teaming categories.
  • We took the unprecedented step of launching an Unban Wave.
  • 762 bans dating back to 2021 have been forgiven effective immediately:
    • 185 permanent bans were for global chat-related offenses
    • 301 permanent bans were for donating low/mid-tier loot
    • 276 permanent bans were for base donations (with no other aggravating factors)
• Multiple @mention system bugs.
• Welcome message issues for first-time and returning players.
• Multiple bugs with the #vending-search bot.
• An admin tool bug that could occasionally clear note text.

Deleted

• Several spammy server chat messages.
• We pushed the largest Unban Wave in Lone Wolf Rust history: 2,850 historical permanent bans for chat-related offenses have now been forgiven, as these would currently only warrant a mute under our current rules/enforcement.