Rust Backpack and Sleeping Bag Fixes: Item Checks and Stuck Respawns

Two annoying parts of Rust are getting fixed in Facepunch's latest commits. Items in your backpack will count for missions, tech tree unlocks and vending machines, and sleeping bags can no longer be squeezed into spots where you get stuck when you respawn.

Both changes were made in the first week of November and merged to main. They are not confirmed live yet, so treat them as coming soon with no set date.

Backpack items now count

On November 6, Martyn Chapman cleaned up how the game searches your inventory for items. The commit admits the game forgot to check backpacks in a lot of places. Now item lookups check your backpack by default, and code has to opt out to skip it.

What this means for you, based on the commit text:

• Mission items in your backpack now count when you hand in a mission.
• Tech tree unlocks can use what is in your backpack.
• Vending machines look in your backpack for what you are paying with.
• "Many more" places do the same, the commit says, without listing them all.

Some things do not change. Crafting, building and weapon reloads still ignore your backpack, just like before. So you still need ammo in your main inventory or belt to reload, and building materials in your main inventory to build.

This is a nice fix if you carry blueprint fragments or scrap in your backpack. With the new blueprint system using fragments, pages and books for tech trees, not having to move them out first saves some clicks. This is our guess, since the commit does not name blueprints directly, only "tech tree unlocks".

Backpack slot 7 bug fixed

A second commit from Martyn Chapman, also on November 6, fixes a bug with slot 7 of a backpack. Moving an item into or out of that slot was being treated as if you equipped or took off a backpack. The same change also cuts some extra inventory updates the server sent every time you moved an item into or out of a piece of clothing. Fewer updates means a little less network traffic.

No more stuck sleeping bag respawns

On November 7, Martyn Chapman added protection against respawning stuck. Until now you could tuck a sleeping bag into a gap narrower than a player. Respawn on it and you got stuck. The commit adds three changes:

• You cannot place a sleeping bag where a player would not fit.
• You cannot respawn on a bag with no room, so you will not end up stuck.
• A warning toast pops up when you place a deployable that blocks respawning on one of your sleeping bags.

That last part is handy when you decorate a base. If a new box or furnace boxes in a bag, you get told right away instead of finding out when you die.

Other small fixes

A few more fixes in the same stretch:

• Sleeping bag buttons on the death screen no longer overlap and jump around on hover, which caused misclicks. This was merged in late October.
• Players no longer get stuck in a computer station when the space behind the chair is blocked. There are two new dismount spots beside the seat, and a refused dismount now shows a message.
• An unlocked locked crate no longer shows the wrong time on its laptop screen after a server restart.

For the last big batch of fixes that did ship, see the Printed and Polished patch notes. Our earlier post on building fixes covers ramps, stairs and blocked messages.

FAQ

Do backpack items count in Rust now? A November 6 commit makes missions, tech tree unlocks and vending machines check your backpack. It is not confirmed live yet.

Can you reload from your backpack in Rust? No. The commit says crafting, building and reloads still do not look in backpacks.

Why did I get stuck when I respawned on a sleeping bag? The bag was in a gap narrower than a player. A new commit blocks placing bags there and blocks respawning on bags with no room.

When do these fixes come out? No date. They are on main, so the next update is likely, but that is our guess.

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Source: Facepunch commits