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 $0.50 to $2.16, with a median of $0.76. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-06.
| Skin | CS.Deals | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | DMarket | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lunar Horses SKS | $0.52 | $0.50 | $0.51 | $0.55 | $0.50 |
| Protector SKS | $0.59 | — | — | — | $0.59 |
 Carrot SKS | $0.65 | $0.60 | $0.61 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
 No Mercy SKS | $0.61 | $0.66 | $0.67 | $0.68 | $0.61 |
 Wings Of Death SKS | $0.65 | $0.63 | $0.64 | $0.63 | $0.63 |
 Porcelain SKS | $0.78 | $0.76 | $0.77 | $0.78 | $0.76 |
 Heat Seeker SKS | $0.78 | $0.77 | $0.78 | $0.82 | $0.77 |
 Pirate SKS | $0.85 | $0.79 | $0.79 | $0.92 | $0.79 |
 Tempered SKS | $1.07 | $1.19 | $1.20 | $1.20 | $1.07 |
 Thundergold SKS | $1.20 | $1.08 | $1.09 | $1.26 | $1.08 |
 Redemption SKS | $1.40 | $1.37 | $1.38 | $1.37 | $1.37 |
| Abyss SKS | $2.16 | — | — | — | $2.16 |
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