The Rust back-story | A Rust lore documentary | Shadowfrax

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This video is a culmination of many months of research into the world of Rust. I don't know what the back-story really is, this is all at best speculation and the true story is firmly in the hands of the developers to reveal to us when they're ready.

I'm Shadowfrax, welcome to my channel! The home of the Rust update, Concept limbo and Survival gaming in general.

My specs:
i7 6700k
GTX 1080
16Gb G.Skill TridentZ 3200MHz

Gameplay footage taken from #playrust, get it here:

The only aim in Rust is to survive.

To do this you will need to overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals for meat. Protect yourself from other players, and kill them for meat. Create alliances with other players and form a town.

Whatever it takes to survive.

Stay Rusty

[Guac]

My mind is blown! This was amazing and I’m going to stick with this backstory until something official comes out.. or FacePunch will just make this the official back story because it was that sexy.

[earthspace]

Explain how the Chinese clans appeard on the island

[BorzoiSpotProductions]

You know, the survivors being prisoners really explains why the game's community is so toxic.

[marcthecanadian]

Meanwhile

Welyn: I spawned on the beach once again after a clan murdered me when I was a naked

[Holdacious]

This is great! I hope they actually take this on as the official lore of the game. Very well thought out!

[hJune]

This is glorious. Really appreciate the amount of research and planning to piece this together. I never really thought about the history and back story of rust while playing, but this changes my outlook on the game! Great work as always :-)

[adamcheng]

Island with immortal people

SCP Foundation:

[Friduwulf]

I was speaking to a friend of mine recently about the night sky of Rust while gazing at it beside a campfire and we had no idea there were real world correlations of constellations. The cross-crossing of truth is a comfortable fact. So, still our pale blue dot, after all. Cheers, Shadow! What a great film!

[altf]

I would like to say that this video was beyond amazing.The choice of music in the video made each section of the documentary more immersive. To be honest I did not expect you to go so deep in to the lore, overall I genuinely enjoyed watching 25 mins of something in YouTube.

[rosabellewakefield]

This was an impressive backstory, because you even attempted to explain the _GAMEPLAY_ mechanics. How we respawn. Most theories on any video game ever either have weak reasoning, or ignore it as "It's just for the sake of gameplay."

You gave a solid theory that gives me a bit of chin scratch and think "hm... maybe.."

Impressive theory, solid work, and with the evidence you got, this is pretty neat to think about it, and i've always enjoyed lore that attempts to explain that, like Dark Souls

[BrianMillerCEO]

I can't believe it's been three years since this masterpiece was released! Might we one day be blessed with a sequel digging ever deeper into the butt naked world of Rust?

[Mrjemkins]

This video is 25 minutes long and there are no ads wow thx shadowfrax

[melvinhotdogman]

Player: *SCREEEECCCHHH*


Scientist: If you hear a Screech, They're Immortal

[HobbesHD]

I loved this possibility one of the most educated and well thought out while still interesting rust videos out there. This is next level content, your hard work payed off!

[STM_tm]

"But that's just a theory... a- uhh... Rust theory..."

[crazyeddy]

I cracked it! The US invaded Rust Island for crude *_o i l_*

[NationalReikistImperium]

Watching this in 2024 makes a lot more sense now…

[sebastian.tapia.v]

When you commented some videos ago you wanted to go more in depth with the lore I didn't think you could achieve such an elaborate theory with so much information backing it up, it is really impressive, really. Amazing video. I'm speechless.

[magnusronten]

What an absolute great video! it is really obvious that you have put a lot of time into it and i want to thamk you for that! the use of in game items in this video as part of the lore is perfectly made and it would not suprise me if facepunch borrowed a part or two, or i certanlty hope they do because i really like it the way you presented it! keep up the The work you are doing, because its the best you have been. i watch a lot of youtube but rarely like or subscribe. this video absolutely deserve both!!

[dearsomeone]

Fantastic video, Mr. Frax. You're a lovely storyteller.