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Rick Lane

Rust is getting hydro power through water wheels that can also be powered by humans: 'Before you ask, yes, you can force handcuffed players into them'

A player reclines on a deckchair while another players runs in a giant hamster wheel in Rust.

Not content with adding one kind of sea power to Rust in February's Naval Update, Facepunch studios has introduced a whole other way to exploit the oceans in its latest patch for the survival game. The Spring Clean update adds a bunch of small but significant changes to the game, but the one that immediately caught my eye was the addition of water wheels.

"You liked wind and solar? Now it's time for another classic, hydro!" wrote Facepunch in a Steam post, referring to Rust's previous additions of wind turbines and solar panels. Water wheels are the newest way to harness renewable energy in Rust, letting you generate current from currents by placing them in rivers or oceans.

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