Rust Guns & Weapons
67 items
Every gun and melee weapon in Rust with real damage numbers from the game files — tap any weapon for its full stats, craft cost and recycle yield. For which weapon to actually use, the weapon tier list ranks them by wipe stage.
Hardest hitting
Assault Rifle
rifle.ak
50
dmg
Ballista
ballista.static
Baseball Bat
mace.baseballbat
Battering Ram
batteringram
Beancan Grenade
grenade.beancan
115
dmg
Bee Grenade
grenade.bee
20
dmg
Blow Pipe
blowpipe
40
dmg
Bolt Action Rifle
rifle.bolt
80
dmg
Bone Club
bone.club
12
dmg
Bone Knife
knife.bone
16
dmg
Boomerang
boomerang
25
dmg
Candy Cane Club
candycaneclub
Catapult
catapult
Combat Knife
knife.combat
35
dmg
Compound Bow
bow.compound
50
dmg
Crossbow
crossbow
60
dmg
Custom SMG
smg.2
30
dmg
Double Barrel Shotgun
shotgun.double
180
dmg
Eoka Pistol
pistol.eoka
32
dmg
F1 Grenade
grenade.f1
225
dmg
Flame Thrower
flamethrower
10.2
dmg
Flashbang
grenade.flashbang
20
dmg
Handmade SMG
t1_smg
20
dmg
High Caliber Revolver
revolver.hc
65
dmg
HMLMG
hmlmg
40
dmg
Homing Missile Launcher
homingmissile.launcher
530
dmg
Hunting Bow
bow.hunting
50
dmg
Krieg chainsword
krieg.chainsword
L96 Rifle
rifle.l96
80
dmg
Longsword
longsword
75
dmg
LR-300 Assault Rifle
rifle.lr300
45
dmg
Lunar New Year Spear
spear.cny
M249
lmg.m249
50
dmg
M39 Rifle
rifle.m39
45
dmg
M4 Shotgun
shotgun.spas12
157.5
dmg
M92 Pistol
pistol.m92
45
dmg
Mace
mace
60
dmg
Machete
machete
35
dmg
Mini Crossbow
minicrossbow
50
dmg
Molotov Cocktail
grenade.molotov
35
dmg
Mounted Ballista
ballista.mounted
MP5A4
smg.mp5
33
dmg
Multiple Grenade Launcher
multiplegrenadelauncher
90
dmg
Nailgun
pistol.nailgun
18
dmg
Obsidian Bone Knife
knife.bone.obsidian
Paddle
paddle
30
dmg
Paintball Gun
paintballgun
Pump Shotgun
shotgun.pump
40
dmg
Python Revolver
pistol.python
60
dmg
Revolver
pistol.revolver
35
dmg
Rocket Launcher
rocket.launcher
350
dmg
Salvaged Cleaver
salvaged.cleaver
60
dmg
Salvaged Sword
salvaged.sword
50
dmg
Semi-Automatic Pistol
pistol.semiauto
34
dmg
Semi-Automatic Rifle
rifle.semiauto
40
dmg
Siege Tower
siegetower
Skinning Knife
knife.skinning
SKS
rifle.sks
42.5
dmg
Speargun
speargun
50
dmg
Stone Spear
spear.stone
35
dmg
Sunken Combat Knife
sunken.knife
Thompson
smg.thompson
30
dmg
Vampire Stake
vampire.stake
Water Gun
gun.water
Water Pistol
pistol.water
Waterpipe Shotgun
shotgun.waterpipe
180
dmg
Wooden Spear
spear.wooden
25
dmg
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