Hello, survivors! In this news article, we’ll cover all the key aspects of the new “Rust & Dust” event and answer any initial questions you might have.
Attention! The “Tales: Rust & Dust” event will be available until June 3 inclusive!
What is “Rust & Dust”?
“Rust & Dust” is a new temporary event in Crossout that essentially serves as a standalone version of the game with its own rules and features.
In the “Tales”, all players start from the very beginning and on equal footing.
How do I level up and get new parts in the “Tales”?
The core gameplay is as usual: you fight, earn well-deserved resources and experience, and invest them in acquiring increasingly powerful weapons and effective parts.
Leveling up within the “Tales” is noticeably faster, and the familiar factions from the main game aren’t present: all parts are categorized by type in the “Workbenches” section.
You can earn a special resource called “spare parts” in battles. You can exchange it for new parts on the workbenches, as well as various decorations for your armoured car.
Exchanging spare parts for new parts happens instantly and without additional costs for using the workbench.
You can send vehicle blueprints stored in the “Tales” to the main game. To do this, simply find the desired blueprint, open the context menu, and select the appropriate option. Note that some parameters or even part models in the main game may differ from those in the “Tales” and will be replaced.
Why are some parts not in the “Tales”?
“Rust & Dust” is a unique format with its own rules, allowing players to experience the game from scratch in a revamped setting. The rarest parts here are epic, while the parts themselves are as “down-to-earth” as possible.
No hovers, rotors, robotic legs, plasma weapons, spider legs, or other high-tech inventions. Just a harsh, realistic post-apocalypse.
The rarity restriction does not apply to various paints and decorations.
Destructible parts
First, it’s important to note that none of the following applies to common or rare parts. If these parts are destroyed in battle, they will not disappear from storage.
Within the “Tales”, epic parts are not only a source of maximum combat efficiency but also carry an element of risk. If you lose an epic part mounted on your vehicle in a battle, it will be destroyed and can no longer be used.
The destruction of your entire armoured car will result in the destruction of all epic parts mounted on it.
It sounds VERY risky, but keep in mind that the process of obtaining new parts in the “Tales” is significantly easier. Don’t be afraid to produce epic parts and experiment: you’ll have no trouble accumulating a new batch of resources in battle and making up for a recent loss. Try it out and see if the significant increase in efficiency justifies the risk.
How does the “Rust & Dust” affect the main game, and vice versa?
No parts from the main game can be carried over to the “Tales”.
However, you can use your crosscrowns in the “Tales”, as well as portraits, backgrounds, logos, effects, and taunts obtained in the main game.
By completing challenges in the “Tales”, you automatically complete similar challenges in the main game.
This does not work the other way around: your progress on challenges in the main game will not count towards the “Tales”.
All decorations, paints, and parts crafted from spare parts on standard workbenches are available to you only in the “Tales”.
Many of the rewards earned through the “Rust & Dust” battle pass can also be obtained in the main game.
“Rust & Dust” battle pass
The rules for leveling up your battle pass and earning rewards are the same as in the main game: you earn experience points by completing challenges. Every 1000 experience points unlocks the next level of the battle pass.
Various items are distributed across the reward scale. On some of them, you’ll see special icons that help you figure out where you can receive a particular reward:
Rewards with no icons can only be obtained and used in the “Tales”.
Rewards with an “XO” icon can only be obtained in the main game.
Rewards with an arrow icon can be obtained and used in both the “Tales” and the main game.
We would like to specifically note the following battle pass rewards:
Containers with common and rare tokens. When opened, you receive a token of the corresponding rarity, which can be used to instantly increase the level of a selected faction in the main game by 1 or 5 (depending on the token’s rarity).
Armoured car blueprints. When you reach a level containing a blueprint, you receive a fully battle-ready armoured car with all parts installed.
Spark plugs are a unique resource used at the battle pass workbench. With the spark plugs you receive, you can produce a variety of parts (including their upgraded versions) for the main game.
Blueprint for the “Iron sarcophagus” armoured car with the new legendary cabin “Stronghold”.
Recipe for the production of the new legendary cabin “Stronghold”. In addition to the blueprint containing the “Stronghold” cabin, which you’ll receive in the main game at battle pass level 60, this recipe will allow you to produce an additional cabin to sell in the main game or to upgrade your own cabin.
The “Rust & Dust” battle pass includes both free levels (for which everyone who earns enough experience can receive rewards) and levels available only to owners of the special “Rust & Dust” packs:
Rewards marked with a lock icon are available only to the owners of the packs.
Rewards without a lock icon are available to everyone without exception.
ATTENTION! Once the “Rust & Dust” event is over, all unused spare parts, spark plugs, the contents of the storage and any saved blueprints in the “Tales” will disappear and will no longer be available!
Iron sarcophagus
The armoured car blueprint, complete with all parts, is issued at level 60 to anyone who has purchased the “Rust & Dust” battle pass (either the standard or deluxe edition) and is available only in the main game;
New legendary cabin “Stronghold”:
PS: 2100
Max. cabin speed: 82 km/h
Tonnage: 7400 kg
Mass limit: 14200 kg
Energy supply: 24 pts.
Durability: 370 pts.
Mass: 1400 kg
Perk: an armoured car with this cabin takes 20% more damage. As damage is dealt with any weapon, the armoured car’s damage protection increases by 10% until the vehicle is destroyed. Stacks up to 10 times, but not more often than 1 time per 5.5 sec. During the delay in receiving the bonus, damage protection is additionally increased by 15%. When the maximum number of charges is reached, the bonus will accumulate as additional and be granted at the same rate. The higher the rarity of the weapon, the more damage must be dealt to accumulate the bonus. For leviathans, the bonus accumulation rate is reduced;
Weapon: “Miller” minigun;
Hardware: “Oppressor” engine, “Starter” special module;
Movement parts: “Bigfoot” and “Bigfoot ST” wheels (2 pcs. each);
Decorations: “Riches of the Wasteland”, “Bucket”, “Small speaker”, “Right rover mirror”, “Left rover mirror”, “Supercharger”, “Cantle bag”, “Tank crate” and “Headlights set”;
Paint can: “Camouflage: Swamp”;
A set of structural parts.
Leaderboard
You can compete with other survivors for extra spark plugs every week in the “Tales”.
Take part in the “Get the spare parts!” battles, build up your personal rating and move up the leaderboard.
At the end of each week, the best players will receive additional spark plugs based on their final ranking.
New pack “Traveller”
Attention! The pack can only be purchased with crosscrowns. Coins and spark plugs are only available and visible in the main game and the “Tales”, respectively.
Please note that by purchasing this pack you will receive the unique armoured car and all its parts both in the “Rust & Dust” tale and in the main game;
Unique armoured car: “Traveller”;
New cabin: “Frontier”:
Rarity: special.
PS: 1100.
Max. cabin speed: 78 km/h
Tonnage: 5200 kg
Mass limit: 11000 kg
Energy supply: 22 pts.
Durability: 320 pts.
Mass: 950 kg
Perk: after dealing 500 damage with any weapon, increases the armoured car’s damage protection by 20% for 8 sec.
Weapons: “ZS-33 Hulk” turret cannon (2 pcs.);
Movement parts: “APC wheel” and “APC wheel ST” (2 pcs. each);
Decorations: “Left rover mirror”, “Right rover mirror”, “Supercharger”, “Fender extender” (4 pcs.), “Brace” and “Headlights set”;
Paint can: “Pattern: Pine”;
A set of structural parts;
Maximum number of parts increased to 45;
1500 in-game coins (only available in the main game);
1600 units of “Spark plugs” resource (only available in “Rust & Dust”).