How Many Satchels for a Garage Door?
9 satchels
9 Satchels destroys a Garage Door (600 HP), from either side. That's 4,320 sulfur once you count the gunpowder, and about 1m 12s to place.
Explosive 5.56 Ammo is cheaper for this.
150× Explosive 5.56 Ammo costs 3,750 sulfur against 4,320 for 9 Satchels — a difference of 570 sulfur per a Garage Door. If you've already got the Satchels, use them; if you're farming from scratch, don't.
What 9 Satchels costs
These are full craft costs — the sulfur figure includes everything that goes into the gunpowder, which is why it's bigger than the recipe on the item page suggests. Sulfur is the number that actually matters, because it's the thing you farm.
Every way to break a Garage Door
| Method | Qty | Sulfur | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explosive 5.56 Ammocheapest | 150 | 3,750 | 45s |
| Rocket | 3 | 4,200 | 15s |
| Satchel Chargethis page | 9 | 4,320 | 1m 12s |
| Timed Explosive Charge | 2 | 4,400 | 20s |
| Propane Explosive Bomb | 5 | 4,500 | 30s |
| High Velocity Rocket | 26 | 5,200 | 5m 12s |
| Beancan Grenade | 49 | 5,880 | 4m 54s |
| F1 Grenade | 1200 | 72,000 | 280m 0s |
Other ways to raid a Garage Door
Satchels against other targets
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Satchels for a Garage Door in Rust?expand_more
9 satchel to destroy a Garage Door, from either side — that's 4,320 sulfur once you count the full gunpowder chain
How much Satchels do you need for a Garage Door?expand_more
You need 9 Satchels to break a Garage Door, from either side — 'how much' and 'how many' come out to the same number.
Are Satchels the cheapest way to raid a Garage Door?expand_more
No. Explosive 5.56 Ammo is cheaper on sulfur for this target — 150× costs 3,750 sulfur versus 4,320 for 9 Satchels. That said, cheapest isn't always right: Satchels may be faster to place or already in your base, and sulfur you've already farmed is a sunk cost.
How much sulfur is 9 Satchels?expand_more
4,320 sulfur, plus 6,480 charcoal and 720 metal fragments. That's the full craft cost including the gunpowder each satchel needs, not just the final recipe.
How long does it take to raid a Garage Door with Satchels?expand_more
About 1m 12s of placement time for 9 — that's the deploy time, not the farming. The farming is the real cost, and it's why people check this number before they commit.
Amounts come from the same sourced raid chart as our raid calculator and every /raid/ page, so they can't disagree with each other — verified for the Livestock wipe. Deployables and external walls are approximate; always test on your own server build. Sulfur includes the full gunpowder chain.
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