How Many Spears for a Wooden Door?
95 spears
Wooden Door (200 HP) has no separate melee soft side — 95 is the figure whichever face you hit.
The Jackhammer does it in 2.
Fewer tools isn't automatically the better plan though — a Jackhammerneeds a workbench (and fuel, if it's the Jackhammer), while a spear is a beach-tier craft. If you already have spears, the answer above is your answer.
Every melee tool vs a Wooden Door
| Tool | Needed |
|---|---|
| Jackhammerfewest | 2 |
| Salvaged Axe | 7 |
| Sickle | 8 |
| Salvaged Icepick | 9 |
| Salvaged Sword | 9 |
| Hatchet | 11 |
| Longsword | 12 |
| Salvaged Cleaver | 12 |
| Pickaxe | 14 |
| Machete | 15 |
| Salvaged Hammer | 18 |
| Chainsaw | 38 |
| Combat Knife | 44 |
| Bone Knife | 53 |
| Wooden Spearthis page | 95 |
| Stone Spear | 104 |
| Rock | 118 |
| Bone Club | 139 |
Counts are tools consumed — melee weapons wear out and break, so this is how many to bring, not how many swings.
Other melee answers for a Wooden Door
Frequently Asked Questions
How many spears for a Wooden Door in Rust?expand_more
95 spears. Wooden Door has no separate melee soft side — it's a single figure whichever way you face it.
What's the fastest melee tool for a Wooden Door?expand_more
The Jackhammer — 2 of them versus 95 spears. Worth knowing the catch: tools like the Jackhammer need fuel and a workbench, while a spear is something you can make on a beach. Fewest-tools isn't always the cheapest way in.
Why does it take so many spears?expand_more
Because that number counts tools CONSUMED, not swings. Melee weapons wear out mid-job and break, so the figure is how many you need to bring, not how many hits you land. It's also why doors are so much worse than walls — Rust gives doors far higher melee resistance than a wall of the same material.
Melee counts sourced from wiki.rustclash.com, verified 2026-07-16 — the same source as our loot tables, and it independently agrees with the explosive raid data we already publish. Hard and soft figures are both read from the source rather than derived from each other: the melee hard→soft gap is roughly 10×, nothing like the ~⅓ discount explosives get. Game data verified for the July 2026 wipe.
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