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The Homing Missile goes in one weapon only, the Homing Missile Launcher, and a batch of 2 comes to 200 sulfur in raw materials.
What one batch takes.
Metal Pipe
Gun Powder
Tech Trash
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Charcoal
Sulfur
Scrap
High Quality Metal
Tech Trash
Metal Pipe
Gun Powder
Tech Trash
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metalpipe"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "gunpowder"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "techparts"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 5s, yields 2
Faster at a higher workbench: 2.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
| Weapon | Damage | On a player | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Homing Missile Launcher | 530, 3.5 m blast | 30 | 12.5 m/s | 5 |
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 Homing Missile, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Bradley Crate, 3 crates per Bradley APC | 18.4% | 4 to 8 |
 Helicopter Crate, 4 crates per Patrol Helicopter | 15% | 4 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What the Homing Missile gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 37 + 50% Gun Powder, 75% Metal Pipe, 38% Tech Trash |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 30 Gun Powder, 60% Metal Pipe, 30% Tech Trash |
| Green recycler | 50% | 25 Gun Powder, 50% Metal Pipe, 25% Tech Trash |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 20 Gun Powder, 40% Metal Pipe, 20% Tech Trash |
The Homing Missile breaks down into Gun Powder, Metal Pipe and Tech Trash.
A recycler takes them one at a time, so a full stack of 4 goes through in 4 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “37 + 50%” means 37 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Homing Missile is a ammunition in the Ammunition category (item ID #1296788329, console shortname ammo.rocket.seeker). This ammunition loads into 1 distinct weapon platforms across standard server combat. Inventory storage stacks up to 4 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 1 hour.
Fast moving rocket ammunition. Uses a type of radar for active target guidance from a Homing Launcher.
Crafting Homing Missile in Rust takes 5 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once the 60 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, 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 Homing Missile is fired by one weapon, the Homing Missile Launcher.
When choosing between Homing Missile and related ammunition in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 1,110-scrap tech tree path and save 1,050 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homing Missile | Ammunition | 4 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 1,110 path | Not recyclable |
| Rocket | Ammunition | 3 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 node / 780 path | Not recyclable |
| SAM Ammo | Ammunition | 1,000 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 1,140 path | Not recyclable |
| High Velocity Rocket | Ammunition | 3 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 1,170 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Homing Missile with closely related ammunition sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Homing Missile against every item in its inventory category, browse All 44 items in Ammunition, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 2 tech tree, tile by tile.
Only one weapon fires the Homing Missile: the Homing Missile Launcher in Rust. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 1296788329 across 44 ammunition and despawns after 1 hour when dropped on a default server, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1296788329 4.
The Homing Missile comes to 200 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 1296788329), stacking to 4 units per slot.
The Homing Missile is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 2 Metal Pipe, 100 Gun Powder and 1 Tech Trash, 2 at a time, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Tech Trash must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Homing Missile drops from 2 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Bradley Crate (18.4% chance) and Helicopter Crate (15% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Homing Missile recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 25 Gun Powder, a 50% chance of a Metal Pipe and a 25% chance of a Tech Trash. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
The Homing Missile takes 5 seconds per batch of 2, down to 2.5 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 1296788329 across 44 ammunition and despawns after 1 hour when dropped on a default server.
Blueprint progression for Homing Missile at Workbench Level 2 in Rust charges 60 scrap on the target node and 1,110 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 60 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Homing Missile 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 Homing Missile has 32-bit signed item ID 1296788329 and shortname ammo.rocket.seeker 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 4 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Homing Missile in the F1 developer console with inventory.give ammo.rocket.seeker 4 or inventory.giveid 1296788329 4 for 4 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.