Shockbyte raised they're minimum server price from $9.99 to $14.99 in light of their new promotion for the Tool Cupboard skin.

Shockbyte raised the price following my request, I asked them to raise their hardware specifications to offer customers a better experience. 5GB was the base plan, it's now 8GB.

Better hardware will cost more but ultimately give you a better hosting and gameplay experience.

This is on me, not them. It's not to squeeze out more money.

Currently, Rust servers out of the box running 4500 worldsize require 8GB for the optimal experience. Servers hosting beyond 300 players can see up to 20GB usage.