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The Handmade Shell feeds 6 weapons, and a batch of 2 comes to 10 sulfur in raw materials.
What one batch takes.
Stones
Gun Powder
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Stones
Gun Powder
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
Charcoal
Sulfur
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"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "stones"
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"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 5,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
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No workbench, 3s, yields 2
Faster at a higher workbench: 1.5s at Workbench Level 1, 0.75s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
Every player starts with this blueprint. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.
| Weapon | Damage | Headshot | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Double Barrel Shotgun | 180, 20 pellets of 9 | ×1.25 | 100 m/s | 60 |
Eoka Pistol | 180, 20 pellets of 9 | ×1.25 | 100 m/s | |
M4 Shotgun | 144, 20 pellets of 7.2 | ×1.25 | 130 m/s | 132 |
Pump Shotgun | 180, 20 pellets of 9 | ×1.25 | 100 m/s | 103 |
Spas-12 Shotgun | 135, 20 pellets of 6.8 | ×1.25 | 100 m/s | 129 |
Waterpipe Shotgun | 180, 20 pellets of 9 | ×1.25 | 100 m/s | 40 |
Damage is one body hit up close, with no armour. A headshot multiplies it against players only. 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 Handmade Shell, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 SUPER Stocking, Christmas event only | 17.3% | 8 to 33 |
 Small Stocking, Christmas event only | 11.2% | 8 to 22 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What the Handmade Shell gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 1 + 88% Gun Powder, 1 + 88% Stones |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 1 + 50% Gun Powder, 1 + 50% Stones |
| Green recycler | 50% | 1 + 25% Gun Powder, 1 + 25% Stones |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 1 Gun Powder, 1 Stones |
The Handmade Shell breaks down into Gun Powder and Stones.
A recycler takes 7 per cycle, so a full stack of 64 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “1 + 88%” means 1 every time and a 88% chance of one more.
In Rust, Handmade Shell is a ammunition in the Ammunition category (item ID #588596902, console shortname ammo.handmade.shell). This ammunition loads into 6 distinct weapon platforms across standard server combat. Inventory storage stacks up to 64 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Shoddy ammo with multiple projectiles.
Crafting Handmade Shell in Rust takes 3 seconds by hand without a workbench, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values 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 Handmade Shell loads into 6 weapons, as do 12 Gauge Buckshot, the 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell and the 12 Gauge Slug.
When comparing Handmade Shell against related ammunition in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (3 seconds per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handmade Shell | Ammunition | 64 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Fragmentation Mortar Shell | Ammunition | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 960 path | Not recyclable |
| Mortar Shell | Ammunition | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 960 path | Not recyclable |
| Wooden Arrow | Ammunition | 64 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Handmade Shell with closely related ammunition sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Handmade Shell against every item in its inventory category, browse All 44 items in Ammunition.
The Handmade Shell loads into 6 weapons: Double Barrel Shotgun, Eoka Pistol, M4 Shotgun, Pump Shotgun, Spas-12 Shotgun and Waterpipe Shotgun in Rust. It sits in the Ammunition catalog with item ID 588596902 alongside 43 related ammunition, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 588596902 64.
The Handmade Shell comes to 10 sulfur per batch of 2 once every ingredient is broken down to raw materials in Rust. It is indexed under the Ammunition category alongside 43 other ammunition in Rust (item ID 588596902), stacking to 64 units per slot.
The Handmade Shell is crafted by hand from 5 Stones and 5 Gun Powder, 2 at a time in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.
The Handmade Shell recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 1 Gun Powder plus a 25% chance of one more and 1 Stones plus a 25% chance of one more. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 588596902 across 44 ammunition.
The Handmade Shell takes 3 seconds per batch of 2, down to 0.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It is indexed under the Ammunition category alongside 43 other ammunition in Rust (item ID 588596902), stacking to 64 units per slot.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Handmade Shell despawns after 5 minutes 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 Handmade Shell stacks to 64 per slot in Rust. Players can split a pile in half with middle-click drag or move a custom quantity with Shift-click drag across inventory slots, storage boxes, and the Tool Cupboard, while dropped copies despawn after 5 minutes under the Ammunition category (item ID 588596902).
The Handmade Shell has 32-bit signed item ID 588596902 and shortname ammo.handmade.shell 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 64 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Handmade Shell in the F1 developer console with inventory.give ammo.handmade.shell 64 or inventory.giveid 588596902 64 for 64 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.