How Many Satchels for a Sheet Metal Floor?
23 satchels
23 Satchels destroys a Sheet Metal Floor (1,000 HP), from either side. That's 11,040 sulfur once you count the gunpowder, and about 3m 4s to place.
Timed Explosive Charge is cheaper for this.
4× Timed Explosive Charge costs 8,800 sulfur against 11,040 for 23 Satchels — a difference of 2,240 sulfur per a Sheet Metal Floor. If you've already got the Satchels, use them; if you're farming from scratch, don't.
What 23 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 Sheet Metal Floor
| Method | Qty | Sulfur | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timed Explosive Chargecheapest | 4 | 8,800 | 40s |
| Explosive 5.56 Ammo | 400 | 10,000 | 2m 0s |
| Satchel Chargethis page | 23 | 11,040 | 3m 4s |
| Rocket | 8 | 11,200 | 40s |
| Propane Explosive Bomb | 13 | 11,700 | 1m 18s |
| High Velocity Rocket | 67 | 13,400 | 13m 24s |
| Beancan Grenade | 131 | 15,720 | 13m 6s |
| F1 Grenade | 9616 | 576,960 | 2243m 44s |
Other ways to raid a Sheet Metal Floor
Satchels against other targets
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Satchels for a Sheet Metal Floor in Rust?expand_more
23 satchel to destroy a Sheet Metal Floor, from either side — that's 11,040 sulfur once you count the full gunpowder chain
How much Satchels do you need for a Sheet Metal Floor?expand_more
You need 23 Satchels to break a Sheet Metal Floor, from either side — 'how much' and 'how many' come out to the same number.
Is a Sheet Metal Floor cheaper to raid from the soft side?expand_more
No. Explosives do the same damage from either side: in the game, the soft side only takes extra from melee tools and bullets. It's 23 Satchels from inside or out.
Are Satchels the cheapest way to raid a Sheet Metal Floor?expand_more
No. Timed Explosive Charge is cheaper on sulfur for this target — 4× costs 8,800 sulfur versus 11,040 for 23 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 23 Satchels?expand_more
11,040 sulfur, plus 16,560 charcoal and 1,840 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 Sheet Metal Floor with Satchels?expand_more
About 3m 4s of placement time for 23 — 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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