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The Boomerang is crafted by hand, with no workbench needed.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Wood
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 300,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
}
]
No workbench, 10s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 5s at Workbench Level 1, 2.5s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
Every player starts with this blueprint. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Boomerang, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 1 |
 Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.16% | 1 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 0.16% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
WoodA repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.
What the Boomerang gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 225 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 180 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 150 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 120 Wood |
The Boomerang breaks down into Wood.
A recycler takes one at a time.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item.
In Rust, Boomerang is a melee weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #1680793490, console shortname boomerang). In active play, it follows standard server rules for melee weapon gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Can be used a melee weapon or as a throwable. Once thrown (with right click) it travels in an arc before coming back to you.
Crafting Boomerang in Rust takes 10 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
When comparing Boomerang against related weapons in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomerang | Weapons | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Bone Club | Weapons | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Candy Cane Club | Weapons | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Bone Knife | Weapons | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
To compare Boomerang against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons.
The Boomerang is crafted by hand from 300 Wood in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID 1680793490 across 85 weapons and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 85 published Weapons entries (65 with crafting blueprints).
The Boomerang drops from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Sunken Chest (1.1% chance), Normal Crate (0.44% chance), and Wagon Normal Crate (0.44% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Boomerang recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 150 Wood. It is indexed under the Weapons category alongside 84 other weapons in Rust (item ID 1680793490) and despawns after 5 minutes (300 seconds) when left on the ground on default servers.
The Boomerang takes 10 seconds to craft, down to 2.5 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID 1680793490 across 85 weapons, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1680793490 1 across 85 published Weapons entries.
A repair bench fixes the Boomerang from broken for 60 Wood in Rust. Repairing at a Repair Bench requires no learned blueprint or rare component body, scaling material cost to missing durability while permanently capping maximum condition by 20% across a full repair.
Every player starts with the Boomerang blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID 1680793490 across 85 weapons, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1680793490 1.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Boomerang 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 Boomerang has 32-bit signed item ID 1680793490 and shortname boomerang in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Weapons category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Boomerang in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give boomerang 1 or inventory.giveid 1680793490 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.