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The 40mm HE Grenade stacks 12 to a slot.
| Weapon | Damage | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|
Multiple Grenade Launcher | 90, 4 m blast | 30 m/s | 50 |
Damage is one body hit up close, with no armour. Damage per second empties one magazine and counts the reload. Velocity and spread are applied locally by your game client, while the server bounds their limits.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the 40mm HE Grenade, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Heavy Scientist | 14.3% | 2 to 9 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What the 40mm HE Grenade gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 38%  Explosives, 11 + 25%  Gun Powder, 38%  Metal Pipe |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 30% Explosives, 9 Gun Powder, 30% Metal Pipe |
| Green recycler | 50% | 25% Explosives, 7 + 50% Gun Powder, 25% Metal Pipe |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 20% Explosives, 6 Gun Powder, 20% Metal Pipe |
The 40mm HE Grenade breaks down into Explosives, Gun Powder and Metal Pipe.
A recycler takes 2 per cycle, so a full stack of 12 goes through in 6 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “11 + 25%” means 11 every time and a 25% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, 40mm HE Grenade is a ammunition in the Ammunition category (item ID #349762871, console shortname ammo.grenadelauncher.he). This ammunition loads into 1 distinct weapon platforms across standard server combat. Inventory storage stacks up to 12 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 1 hour.
Ammunition for a 40mm Grenade Launcher.
In Rust, 40mm HE Grenade has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 1 world loot tables read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
The 40mm HE Grenade is fired by one weapon, the Multiple Grenade Launcher.
The 40mm HE Grenade loads into the Multiple Grenade Launcher, as do the 40mm Shotgun Round and the 40mm Smoke Grenade.
When comparing 40mm HE Grenade against related ammunition in Rust, prioritize farming its highest-probability monument containers or recycling surplus components at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base yield, versus forty percent at safe-zone yellow units) because this item cannot be crafted at a player workbench.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40mm HE Grenade | Ammunition | 12 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| 40mm Shotgun Round | Ammunition | 24 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| 40mm Smoke Grenade | Ammunition | 12 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Handmade Shell | Ammunition | 64 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
To compare 40mm HE Grenade against every item in its inventory category, browse All 44 items in Ammunition.
Only one weapon fires the 40mm HE Grenade: the Multiple Grenade Launcher in Rust. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 349762871 across 44 ammunition, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 349762871 12 spawns 12 units for testing across 44 published Ammunition entries.
The 40mm HE Grenade drops from 1 container and NPC loot table in Rust, led by Heavy Scientist (14.3% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The 40mm HE Grenade recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 25% chance of Explosives, 7 Gun Powder plus a 50% chance of one more and a 25% chance of a Metal Pipe. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 349762871 across 44 ammunition.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the 40mm HE Grenade despawns after 1 hour by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
The 40mm HE Grenade has 32-bit signed item ID 349762871 and shortname ammo.grenadelauncher.he in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Ammunition category (stack limit 12 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the 40mm HE Grenade in the F1 developer console with inventory.give ammo.grenadelauncher.he 12 or inventory.giveid 349762871 12 for 12 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.