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The Compound Bow reloads after every shot and takes four kinds of ammo, Wooden Arrows included.
Damage is one body hit with 
Wooden Arrow, up close.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Metal Fragments
Rope
Wood
Metal Fragments
Rope
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 75,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "rope"
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Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 30 scrap at a Research Table.
| Ammo | Damage | Headshot | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bone Arrow | 40 | ×1.5 | 45 m/s | 22 |
Fire Arrow | 40, +20 within 3 m | ×1.5 | 40 m/s | 32 |
High Velocity Arrow | 40 | ×1.5 | 80 m/s | 22 |
|
Wooden Arrow | 50 | ×1.5 | 50 m/s | 27 |
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 Compound Bow, 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.
Wood,
Metal Fragments, 
ClothA repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn. A component in the recipe is charged as the first ingredient of its own recipe instead, or not at all when it has no recipe.
What the Compound Bow gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 56 + 25% Metal Fragments, 1 + 50% Rope, 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 45 Metal Fragments, 1 + 20% Rope, 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 37 + 50% Metal Fragments, 1 Rope, 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 30 Metal Fragments, 80% Rope, 40 Wood |
The Compound Bow breaks down into Metal Fragments, Rope and 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. “56 + 25%” means 56 every time and a 25% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Compound Bow is a ranged weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #884424049, console shortname bow.compound). Loaded with standard Wooden Arrow, it delivers 50 base impact damage from a single-round chamber in active combat. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A very powerful bow. Can only be fully drawn while stationary. Keep still for bonus damage and speed.
Crafting Compound Bow in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 30 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
When choosing between Compound Bow and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 225-scrap tech tree path and save 195 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Weapon | Damage | Fire Rate | Sustained DPS | Workbench / Source | Blueprint (Node / Path) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound Bow | 50 dmg | 1.85s cycle | 27 DPS | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 225 path |
| LR-300 Assault Rifle | 40 dmg | 500 RPM | 160.4 DPS | Military crate / Vendor | Uncraftable |
| Semi-Automatic Rifle | 40 dmg | 343 RPM | 91.1 DPS | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 930 path |
| MP5A4 | 37.5 dmg | 600 RPM | 163 DPS | Workbench Level 3 | 120 node / 420 path |
Compare Compound Bow with closely related ranged weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Compound Bow against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
Loaded with standard ammunition, the Compound Bow deals 50 base damage per hit, firing once every 1.9 seconds (27 sustained DPS) in Rust, dropping to 80% damage past 60 m. Against a fifty-percent projectile-protection Metal Chest Plate, close torso hits deal twenty-five net damage and down a full-health player in four shots.
The Compound Bow fires Bone Arrows, Fire Arrows, High Velocity Arrows and Wooden Arrows, reloading after every shot in Rust. Holding the reload key (R) opens the ammunition radial menu, letting players switch between standard and specialty rounds in their inventory.
The Compound Bow is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 100 Wood, 75 Metal Fragments and 2 Rope, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Rope must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Compound Bow 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 Compound Bow recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 37 Metal Fragments plus a 50% chance of one more, 1 Rope and 50 Wood. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
A repair bench fixes the Compound Bow from broken for 20 Wood, 15 Metal Fragments and 12 Cloth in Rust. Repairing at a Repair Bench requires no learned blueprint, scales material cost by missing durability, and reduces maximum condition by 20% across a full durability bar.
Blueprint progression for Compound Bow at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 225 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Compound Bow despawns after 20 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 Compound Bow has 32-bit signed item ID 884424049 and shortname bow.compound 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 Compound Bow in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give bow.compound 1 or inventory.giveid 884424049 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.