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The Paintball goes in one weapon only, the Paintball Gun.
What one batch takes.
Cloth
Yellow Berry
Cloth
Yellow Berry
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 10,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "cloth"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "yellow.berry"
}
]
No workbench, 3s, yields 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paintball Gun | 0.2 | ×2 | 81 m/s | 1 |
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.
What the Paintball gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 38% Cloth, 8% Yellow Berry |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 30% Cloth, 6% Yellow Berry |
| Green recycler | 50% | 25% Cloth, 5% Yellow Berry |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 20% Cloth, 4% Yellow Berry |
The Paintball breaks down into Cloth and Yellow Berry.
A recycler takes 13 per cycle, so a full stack of 128 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. A percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Paintball is a ammunition in the Ammunition category (item ID #385645417, console shortname ammo.paintball). This ammunition loads into 1 distinct weapon platforms across standard server combat. Inventory storage stacks up to 128 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Ammo for a paintball gun.
Crafting Paintball 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 Paintball is fired by one weapon, the Paintball Gun.
When comparing Paintball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintball | Ammunition | 128 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| 5.56 Rifle Ammo | Ammunition | 128 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 870 path | Not recyclable |
| 12 Gauge Buckshot | Ammunition | 64 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 240 path | Not recyclable |
| Pistol Bullet | Ammunition | 128 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 390 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Paintball with closely related ammunition sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Paintball against every item in its inventory category, browse All 44 items in Ammunition.
Only one weapon fires the Paintball: the Paintball Gun in Rust. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 385645417 across 44 ammunition and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 44 published Ammunition entries (39 with crafting blueprints).
The Paintball is crafted by hand from 10 Cloth and 2 Yellow Berry, 20 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 Paintball recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 25% chance of a Cloth and a 5% chance of a Yellow Berry. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
The Paintball takes 3 seconds per batch of 20, down to 0.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Ammunition category under numeric ID 385645417 across 44 ammunition, stacking up to 128 units per inventory or container slot.
Every player starts with the Paintball blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It sits in the Ammunition catalog with item ID 385645417 alongside 43 related ammunition, stacking to 128 units per slot.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Paintball despawns after 5 minutes by default. Moving it into a storage box, locker, or player inventory immediately cancels the ground despawn countdown, which the server assigns by item rarity tier to prevent dropped loot from lagging active worlds.
The Paintball stacks to 128 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 385645417).
The Paintball has 32-bit signed item ID 385645417 and shortname ammo.paintball 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 128 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Paintball in the F1 developer console with inventory.give ammo.paintball 128 or inventory.giveid 385645417 128 for 128 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.