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Yes. The launcher, the Rustic account, the social features and hosting on your own computer or VPS are free. The only paid things are optional cosmetics.
Yes. Rustic checks with Microsoft that your account owns Minecraft: Java Edition. It never gives access to the game without a licence.
Horizon is an open-source rewrite of the Java game in Rust, fast and light. Rustic installs and updates it for you.
No. Rustic is an independent project. Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.
You sign in on Microsoft's page; Rustic never sees your password. Tokens stay in your system keychain and are never sent to our servers.
Only purely visual cosmetics, at real prices with VAT. No loot boxes, no random draws, no virtual currency, nothing that changes gameplay.
A Rustic account needs to be 13 or older. Accounts of minors have parental controls: a parent links their own account to approve purchases and choose chat settings.
From your account: Privacy › Export downloads all your data, Delete removes your account after 30 days (signing in cancels it).
Yes: mods, resource packs and shaders from Modrinth and the Rustic catalogue. Cheating tools are refused by the fair-play policy.
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), macOS and 64-bit Linux, as soon as each build is published on the download page.