SKS
A Military-Grade Semi Automatic Rifle.
Crafting one takes 1× Semi Automatic Body, 2× Metal Spring, 200× Metal Fragments, 12× High Quality Metal at a Workbench Lvl 3. It fires 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Spring, Metal Fragments. See how it stacks up on the weapon comparison tool. 12 skins exist for it — see every SKS skin with live prices, topped by Abyss SKS.
Damage & Attachments
Compatible Attachments
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Metal Fragments | ×80 |
 High Quality Metal | ×4 |
 Semi Automatic Body | ×1(40%) |
 Metal Spring | ×1(80%) |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(80%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Spring | ×1 |
| Metal Fragments | ×120 |
| High Quality Metal | ×7 |
| Semi Automatic Body | ×1(60%) |
| Metal Spring | ×1(20%) |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(20%) |
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.
Repair
| Metal Fragments | ×40 |
| High Quality Metal | ×4 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular SKS Skins
All skins →12 skins are listed, from $0.55 to $1.79, with a median of $0.72. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-13.
| Skin | CS.Deals | DMarket | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lunar Horses SKS | $0.98 | $0.55 | $0.56 | $0.57 | $0.55 |
| Protector SKS | $0.60 | — | — | — | $0.60 |
 Wings Of Death SKS | $0.66 | $0.64 | $0.66 | $0.67 | $0.64 |
 Carrot SKS | $0.65 | $0.77 | $0.67 | $0.68 | $0.65 |
 No Mercy SKS | $0.71 | $0.70 | $0.68 | $0.69 | $0.68 |
 Heat Seeker SKS | $0.72 | $0.79 | $0.73 | $0.73 | $0.72 |
 Porcelain SKS | $0.75 | $0.78 | $0.76 | $0.76 | $0.75 |
 Pirate SKS | $0.85 | $0.92 | $0.88 | $0.89 | $0.85 |
 Tempered SKS | $1.24 | $1.31 | $1.11 | $1.12 | $1.11 |
 Thundergold SKS | $1.18 | $1.21 | $1.21 | $1.22 | $1.18 |
 Redemption SKS | $1.52 | $1.59 | $1.54 | $1.55 | $1.52 |
| Abyss SKS | $1.79 | — | — | — | $1.79 |
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