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Rust livestock<\/strong> farming is here. Facepunch’s October 2026 update, simply called Livestock<\/strong>, adds cows and sheep that you can capture, keep, breed and sell, plus milk, cream, wool, new fencing and a generator that turns old meat into fuel. Here’s how it all works, based on Facepunch’s own patch notes.<\/p>\n

Rust Livestock update at a glance<\/h2>\n\n
Released<\/strong><\/td>1 October 2026 (Rust’s monthly update)<\/td><\/tr>\n
New animals<\/strong><\/td>Cows and sheep (farmable); frogs, rabbits, squirrels, sea turtles, crabs and jellyfish (ambient)<\/td><\/tr>\n
What livestock gives<\/strong><\/td>Dung (both), milk (cows), wool (sheep), plus meat, bones and leather<\/td><\/tr>\n
Where to sell<\/strong><\/td>The new vendor outside the Stables<\/td><\/tr>\n
Other headline changes<\/strong><\/td>Biofuel Generator, livestock fences and gates, repairable Air Wolf helipad, stackable sandbags, new power grid loot rooms<\/td><\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\u00a334.99 \/ $39.99 on Steam (PC)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n

How do you farm livestock in Rust?<\/h2>\n

Cows and sheep now roam the island, and you can bring them home. Facepunch says there are “multiple ways to capture wild livestock, some more efficient than others”, and that they should all be intuitive, so experiment with luring and herding. On servers using the new navigation system, animals and other NPCs can also walk into player buildings and respect doors<\/strong> opening and closing, which means a barn really can be a barn.<\/p>\n

Once you have them, livestock works a lot like Rust’s plant farming. Animals have genetics and needs<\/strong>, and you can breed them to chase a perfect “god clone”. Facepunch warns that animal genes don’t behave exactly like plant genes, though, so the breeding tricks you used for crops won’t all carry over.<\/p>\n

What do cows and sheep give you?<\/h2>\n