Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo
Explosive rifle rounds (nicknamed 'explo ammo') deal splash damage to structures. Fired in bulk from an automatic rifle, they can raid sheet metal doors and walls.
Crafting one takes 10× Metal Fragments, 20× Gun Powder, 10× Sulfur at a Workbench Lvl 3. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments, Gun Powder.
How Much Damage Does It Do?
Explosive 5.56 Ammo doesn't have one fixed damage number against structures — the effective damage changes depending on what it's hitting, since stone, wood, metal and HQM each resist explosives differently. For the exact count you need against a specific wall, door or vehicle, check the raid chart or run it through the raid calculator.
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×10 |
 Gun Powder | ×20 |
 Sulfur | ×10 |
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component; looted components and low grade fuel left as they are)
| Metal Fragments | ×10 |
 Charcoal | ×60 |
| Sulfur | ×50 |
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×2 |
| Gun Powder | ×4 |
| Sulfur | ×2 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×3 |
| Gun Powder | ×6 |
| Sulfur | ×3 |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Looted From
What Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo Destroys
| Target | To destroy one | ×1 |
|---|---|---|
 Tool Cupboard | ×10 | 9 short |
 Wooden Door | ×19 | 18 short |
| Solo Submarine | ×26 | 25 short |
| Duo Submarine | ×36 | 35 short |
| Rowboat | ×45 | 44 short |
 Wooden Floor | ×49 | 48 short |
| Wooden Wall | ×49 | 48 short |
| Minicopter | ×63 | 62 short |
 Sheet Metal Door | ×63 | 62 short |
 Sheet Metal Double Door | ×63 | 62 short |
| Attack Helicopter | ×71 | 70 short |
| Scrap Transport Helicopter | ×84 | 83 short |
 Auto Turret | ×112 | 111 short |
| RHIB | ×129 | 128 short |
 Garage Door | ×150 | 149 short |
| Hot Air Balloon | ×167 | 166 short |
 Stone Floor | ×185 | 184 short |
| Stone Wall | ×185 | 184 short |
 Armored Door | ×250 | 249 short |
 Armored Double Door | ×250 | 249 short |
| PT Boat | ×257 | 256 short |
 Sheet Metal Floor | ×400 | 399 short |
| Sheet Metal Wall | ×400 | 399 short |
| Tugboat | ×769 | 768 short |
 Armored Floor | ×799 | 798 short |
| Armored Wall | ×799 | 798 short |
Counts are the same from either face: explosives ignore the soft side. Each target is broken on its own: damage left over from one does not carry to the next.
Related guides
A real player's Rust raid guide: exact sulfur costs per structure, C4 vs rockets vs satchels vs eco raiding, online/offline tactics and defence.
How to make gunpowder in Rust: the 30 charcoal + 20 sulfur recipe, where both ingredients come from, what your boom actually costs, and the fastest farming route.