Rust Halloween event 2026

What Halloween adds

• Trick or Treat candy hunt

  About once every two in-game days, glowing candy spawns around every player for 3 minutes. The top 3 collectors get special loot bags.

  Halloween Candy

• Candy upgrades

  Ten of one tier make one of the next, as the item descriptions state.

  1. 10Halloween Candy→upgrade to1Small Loot Bag
  2. 10Small Loot Bag→upgrade to1Medium Loot Bag
  3. 10Medium Loot Bag→upgrade to1Large Loot Bag

• Faster collecting

  Pumpkin Basket: picks candy up instantly and throws it. Found in: Small Loot Bag.

  Pumpkin Basket

• Candy Vision

  Scarecrow Wrap and Ghost Costume highlight candy while you wear them.

  Scarecrow WrapGhost Costume

• Scarecrows and mummies

  Scarecrows (200 HP) and mummies roam the map with melee weapons. Scarecrow corpses drop Halloween weapons (Sickle, Butcher Knife and Pitchfork, about 29% each), Frankenstein parts, gravestones, crosses and costumes; the NPC page has the exact chances.

  SickleButcher KnifePitchfork
  • Scarecrow

• Build a monsterSince 2021

  Collect a head, torso and legs (Light, Medium or Heavy set) from scarecrows and mummies and place them on the table. It summons a pet that follows you and fights for you. Open its menu with P, or bind a key with bind <key> +pets.

  Frankenstein TableMedium Frankenstein HeadMedium Frankenstein TorsoMedium Frankenstein Legs
  • Frankenstein Pet

• RiftsSince 2022

  Portals open around the map for a limited time. Each leads to a small dungeon guarded by scarecrows, with normal and military crates.

• Item Store

  Facepunch adds Halloween cosmetics to the Item Store each year. The contents vary.

More Halloween items

Vampire StakeDracula MaskCarvable PumpkinJack O Lantern HappyGraveyard FenceCoffinSpider WebsGravestoneWooden Cross

Loot bag contents

Chances are per pick on a vanilla server; the game files do not state picks per bag.

Small Loot Bag

Item	Amount	Chance per pick
Pumpkin Basket	1	22.2%
Stones	100 to 200	11.1%
Wood	200 to 400	11.1%
Metal Fragments	25 to 50	11.1%
Chocolate Bar	3 to 5	11.1%
Scarecrow Wrap	1	11.1%
Vampire Stake	3 to 5	11.1%
Hunting Bow	1	5.56%
Wooden Arrow	5
Compound Bow	1	5.56%
Wooden Arrow	10

Medium Loot Bag

Item	Amount	Chance per pick
Stones	2500	14.7%
Hazmat Suit	1	14.7%
Double Barrel Shotgun	1	14.7%
12 Gauge Buckshot	5
Revolver	1	14.7%
Pistol Bullet	20
One of Graveyard Fence1 to 333.3% within the group Spider Webs1 to 233.3% within the group Coffin133.3% within the group		14.7%
Chainsaw	1	8.82%
Low Grade Fuel	20 to 40
Jackhammer	1	8.82%
Pump Shotgun	1	8.82%
12 Gauge Buckshot	12

Large Loot Bag

Item	Amount	Chance per pick
Multiple Grenade Launcher	1	16.7%
M39 Rifle	1	16.7%
5.56 Rifle Ammo	50
MP5A4	1	16.7%
Pistol Bullet	30
Incendiary Rocket	5	16.7%
High Velocity Rocket	3
MLRS Rocket	2
Homing Missile	4
LR-300 Assault Rifle	1	16.7%
5.56 Rifle Ammo	20
M249	1	16.7%
5.56 Rifle Ammo	50

Primitive servers only: 1 more option

The game files limit these entries to Primitive servers, so vanilla servers never roll them. On a Primitive server the whole table is rolled, and each share below is of one pick there.

• 14.3% of a pick on Primitive servers
  One of

  • 12.5% within the group
    One of

    • Ballista1Piercer Bolt360.0% within the group
    • Mounted Ballista1Piercer Bolt340.0% within the group
  • 12.5% within the group
    One of

    • Incendiary Bolt5 to 1025.0% within the group+2 extra picks
    • Piercer Bolt5 to 1025.0% within the group+3 extra picks
    • Pitchfork Bolt5 to 1025.0% within the group+2 extra picks
    • Hammerhead Bolt5 to 1025.0% within the group
  • High Quality Horse Shoes2 to 3Roadsign Horse Armor1 to 212.5% within the group
  • Mini Crossbow2 to 3Fire Arrow10 to 15Metal Shield1 to 2Salvaged Sword112.5% within the group
  • Battering Ram1High Quality Metal80 to 20012.5% within the group
  • Catapult1Scattershot8 to 12Firebomb2 to 4Propane Explosive Bomb2 to 412.5% within the group
  • Siege Tower1Wood5000Metal Shield3Salvaged Sword312.5% within the group
  • Catapult1Scattershot15 to 20Firebomb8 to 10Propane Explosive Bomb6 to 1212.5% within the group

Past Halloween events

Server settings

• halloweendungeon.populationServer consoleOfficial

  Sets how many rifts the map gets.

• spawn halloweenhuntServer consoleCommunity-documented

  Starts a candy hunt now.

• strobelight.forceoff 1Client consoleOfficial

  Forces Halloween strobe lights off, for photosensitive players.

Common questions

Related pages

• All seasonal events with the next dates for every event.
• Force wipe dates for the monthly wipe schedule the events end with.
• Update news for each month's update post, where Facepunch announces event dates.