If you’re like me, then you’ll firmly believe that all games could be vastly improved with the addition of a melodious hooter that you can blast a proper tune out of when spirits are low. And developer Facepunch Studios is clearly on the same page because it’s just announced that Rust’s first “premium” DLC will add a whole new range of musical instruments.
Rust already has one playable instrument in the form of the acoustic guitar, but the brutal multiplayer survival game’s entirely wholesome new paid DLC will introduce an additional 10 – something that fans seem to have been genuinely clamouring for.
In total, Rust’s instrument pack will usher in the wheelbarrow piano, junkyard drum kit, the shovel bass, the xylobones, the sousaphone, cowbell, canbourine, jerry can guitar, pan flute, and, finally, the plumber’s trumpet. Which is not the delightful euphemism it might initially seem to be. Pictures of each and every one can be found in the official announcement post.
To accompany the new instruments, Facepunch is overhauling Rust’s musical control scheme. It’ll soon be possible to bind the standard note range (that is, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) to any key, and there’s also a sharp and octave modifier, making for more than 20 playable notes on some instruments. You can even plug in a MIDI device and play “most” instruments in real-time.