Every Rust Twitch Drops round Facepunch has shipped since the program launched in 2019 — round numbers, dates, type, and notes on what was distributed. Updated each force-wipe cycle.
Facepunch and Twitch have used inconsistent numbering across announcements (some count Rivals events as separate rounds, some merge them). The list below uses the community-standard sequential numbering you'll see on Reddit and the Steam discussions. For the canonical skin list of any specific round, check the facepunch.com news archive from that month — that's the authoritative source. Spot a mistake? Open an issue on GitHub.
Standard round paired with the April force wipe. Mix of weapon and clothing skins, marketable on Steam. Live countdown and how-to-claim →
Q1 Twitch Rivals tournament. ~30-50 of the top Rust creators competing for prize pool over 3-4 days. Exclusive non-marketable cosmetics distributed to viewers; the only way to acquire these is to claim during the event itself.
Year-opener round. Past skins from this round now sit on the Steam Community Market.
Year-end round, paired with the December force wipe. Holiday-themed cosmetic mix.
November Rivals event. Featured tournament skins distributed via watch time on participant streams.
Mid-fall round. Most skins from this round are tradeable on the Steam Community Market — typical price range $0.10-$0.80 each.
Mid-2025 standard round. The 40th-round milestone marked five-and-a-half years of continuous Drops programme operation.
Summer Rivals event. Higher-than-average viewer counts from August streaming demand.
Summer round. Skins from this round are now market-affordable at typical post-round prices.
Standard June round.
Spring Rivals event. Q2 events typically have the largest streamer rosters of the year.
Spring round. Now market-affordable.
Standard March round.
February Rivals tournament. Year-opener event.
Year-opener round. Skins from early-2025 are now well-stocked and affordable on the Market.
Standard rounds 23-34 plus four Twitch Rivals events ran across 2024. Skins from this year are typically $0.05-$0.30 on the Market.
Year-end 2024 round. Holiday cosmetic mix.
November 2024 Rivals event.
Standard fall round.
Standard September round.
August 2024 Rivals event.
Summer round.
30th-round milestone — five years of continuous program operation at this point.
Spring 2024 Rivals.
Standard April round.
Standard March round.
February 2024 Rivals.
Year-opener 2024.
12 rounds + ~3 Rivals events ran in 2023. Older skins from this year are typically $0.03-$0.20 on the Market — the cheapest historical Drops tier.
Year-end 2023 round.
Standard late-2023 round.
Multiple summer rounds.
Six standard rounds covering H1 2023 plus Q1 Twitch Rivals.
Approximate rounds 13-22. Several iconic skins from this year (Predator AK family, Wasteland set extensions) entered the late-meta inventory mix and remain widely equipped today.
Multiple late-year rounds. Wasteland-themed extensions to the Burlap and Hazmat sets shipped in this period.
The Predator AK skin shipped in a 2022 round and went on to become one of the most-equipped community-favourite AK looks for years afterwards.
Approximate rounds 5-14. The Drops program matured significantly this year — first dedicated Twitch Rivals events, larger streamer rosters, and the start of Facepunch's pattern of pairing rounds with monthly force wipes.
Year of program maturation. First Twitch Rivals Rust tournament events shipped this year. Skin volume per round expanded from 3-4 to the modern 4-6.
Approximate rounds 2-4. Iconic skins like the Ol' Rusty AK and Alien Red AK shipped this year and are still widely-equipped community favourites.
Ol' Rusty AK and Alien Red AK both shipped in 2020 rounds. Both remain top-tier community-favourite AK skins six years later — supply has thinned and Market prices have risen vs other Drops skins from the same era.
The very first Rust Twitch Drops round launched in late 2019, around the time of the modular-vehicles update. Roughly four cosmetic skins were distributed for around six hours of cumulative watch time on participating streamers — establishing the format that's remained largely unchanged through 40+ subsequent rounds. Original-round skins are now extremely rare on the Steam Market and command real premium pricing for collectors.
Facepunch has shipped 40+ standard Twitch Drops rounds since the program launched in 2019, plus 8+ Twitch Rivals tournament events. The exact current round number depends on counting methodology — Facepunch numbers standard rounds and Rivals events together in some communications, separately in others.
For tradeable skins — yes, via the Steam Community Market. Search the skin's name on the Rust market page; older Drops skins typically sell for $0.03-$0.50 with some notable exceptions (early-round AKs, Whiteout-tier rarities). For non-marketable Twitch Rivals exclusives, no — those are gone forever once the round ends.
Round 41 ran in late 2025, paired with the standard first-Thursday force wipe. Like most standard rounds, it included 4-6 skins covering a mix of weapon, clothing and base-decoration items with watch-time thresholds of 1-4 hours per skin. Skin specifics for any given round are documented on facepunch.com's news page at the time of release — that's the canonical source.
Each round followed the same general format: 4-6 skins, 1-4 hours watch-time per skin, ~6-8 hours total to claim everything. Specific skin names rotate between weapons, clothing, base decoration and tools. For the canonical skin list of any specific round, check facepunch.com news from that month or the Rust Steam Community announcements archive.
Roughly one standard round per month, paired with the first-Thursday force wipe. On top of that, four Twitch Rivals tournament events run per year (typically February, May, August and November). So expect 12 standard rounds + 4 Rivals events per year, total ~16 rounds annually.
The very first round launched in late 2019, around the time of the modular-vehicles update. The first round gave roughly four cosmetic skins for around six hours of cumulative watch time on participating streamers — establishing the format that remained largely unchanged through 40+ subsequent rounds.
Almost never. Rivals exclusives are designed as participation-rewards for that specific tournament — Facepunch and Twitch don't typically re-issue them. A handful have been re-distributed via later Rivals events as throwbacks, but it's the exception. If you missed a Rivals skin you wanted, the only realistic path to ownership is finding a private seller (and most aren't tradeable so even that's blocked).
The numbering above follows the community-standard sequential counting used on r/playrust and the Steam discussions. Facepunch's official announcements have used inconsistent numbering across the years (some posts call rounds 'Round 12', others 'Round 12: Twitch Drops', etc.), so we use the merged community standard. Spot a wrong number? Open an issue.
Rust Twitch Drops have been running since 2019, which means there's roughly half a decade of skin history to navigate. New players regularly land on the wiki or forums with questions like "what was in round 38?" or "is the round 41 AK still available?" — questions the official Facepunch news archive can answer but only if you know which specific announcement to search for. This page collects the round numbers, dates and high-level notes in one scrollable place so the lookup is one anchor-link away.
For active players, the round history is also a buying guide for the Steam Community Market. Once a round ends, prices crash from "live drop" levels (typically $0.50-$2 per skin) to long-term equilibrium ($0.03-$0.30 for most rounds, higher for early rounds with thinning supply). If you missed a round and want a specific skin, search the round number above, confirm the skin name on facepunch.com's archive for that month, then look it up on the Steam Market.
2019-2020 rounds are now the most expensive historical tier. Supply has thinned over five-plus years as players have cashed out or accounts have been abandoned. The Ol' Rusty AK and Alien Red AK from this era both routinely sell in the $2-$15 range — high vs current rounds but still trivial compared to collector-tier Whiteout pieces.
2021-2022 rounds are the sweet spot for current buyers — supply has stabilised, prices are typically $0.10-$0.80 per skin, and many of the iconic late-meta looks (Predator AK, Wasteland extensions) come from this period.
2023-2024 rounds are the cheapest historical tier — most skins sell for $0.03-$0.20 on the Market because supply is high and not enough time has passed for meaningful attrition. If you want to build out a budget inventory, target rounds from this window.
2025-2026 rounds are the current and recent rounds. Live-round skins start higher ($0.50-$2) and gradually fall toward equilibrium over 6-12 months as supply piles up.
Most Twitch Rivals tournament skins are flagged non-marketable, which means they cannot be sold or traded after the event ends. Players who wanted these had to claim them during the live event window. The Tempered AK47, several Rivals-themed clothing pieces, and a handful of unique melee skins all live in this category. If you didn't claim them during the original Rivals broadcast, you can't have them — period. This is by design: Facepunch and Twitch frame Rivals exclusives as proof-of-attendance items rather than tradeable cosmetics.
The corollary is that during a live Rivals event, the watch-time investment matters more than usual. Standard Drops you can always backfill from the Market. Rivals exclusives are time-limited permanently. If you've ever heard a Rust streamer urge viewers to "really watch this one", that's why.
A new entry lands above each force-wipe cycle. The data file lives in the repo so any community correction can be opened as a GitHub issue and merged quickly. We don't claim 100% accuracy — Facepunch's own numbering has shifted across announcements and Reddit threads disagree on a few specific dates — but we maintain best-effort consistency with community sources and link out to the canonical Facepunch announcements wherever specific facts matter.