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The Rocket Launcher reloads after every shot and takes four kinds of ammo, Rockets included.
Damage is one body hit with 
Rocket, up close.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Scrap
High Quality Metal
High Quality Metal
Metal Pipe
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 40,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.refined"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 4,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metalpipe"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 25s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 12.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 120 scrap at a Research Table.
| Ammo | Damage | On a player | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rocket | 350, 3.8 m blast | 350 | 18 m/s | 57 |
Incendiary Rocket | 50, 5 m blast | 50 | 18 m/s | 8 |
High Velocity Rocket | 480, 3.5 m blast | 180 | 40 m/s | 29 |
Smoke Rocket WIP!!!! | 5, 5 m blast | 5 | 30 m/s | 1 |
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 Rocket Launcher, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Locked Crate | 7.3% | 1 to 3 |
 Elite Crate | 0.78% | 1 to 3 |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 0.73% | 1 to 3 |
 Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Wagon Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 0.3% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.074% | 1 |
Heavy Scientist | 0.061% | 1 |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 1.6% | 1 to 2 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 0.42% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
A 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 Rocket Launcher gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 30 High Quality Metal, 3 Metal Pipe |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 24 High Quality Metal, 2 + 40% Metal Pipe |
| Green recycler | 50% | 20 High Quality Metal, 2 Metal Pipe |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 16 High Quality Metal, 1 + 60% Metal Pipe |
The Rocket Launcher breaks down into High Quality Metal and Metal Pipe.
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. “2 + 40%” means 2 every time and a 40% chance of one more.
On the Steam Market, the 28 skins for the Rocket Launcher sell for $0.83 at the cheapest and $18.42 at the dearest.
Also listed: 9 Twitch and Kick drops, marked “Drop”. They never reach the market, so they have no price.
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In Rust, Rocket Launcher is a ranged weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #442886268, console shortname rocket.launcher). Loaded with standard Rocket, it delivers 350 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 1 hour.
Unmatched craftsmanship meets devastating firepower.
Crafting Rocket Launcher in Rust takes 25 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once the 120 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 Rocket Launcher and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (120 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 1,110-scrap tech tree path and save 990 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Launcher | 350 dmg | 6.162s cycle | 56.8 DPS | Workbench Level 2 | 120 node / 1,110 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 Rocket Launcher with closely related ranged weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Rocket Launcher against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 2 tech tree, tile by tile.
Loaded with standard ammunition, the Rocket Launcher deals 350 base damage per hit, firing once every 6.2 seconds (56.8 sustained DPS) in Rust. Against a fifty-percent projectile-protection Metal Chest Plate, close torso hits deal 175 net damage and down a full-health player in one shot.
The Rocket Launcher fires High Velocity Rockets, Incendiary Rockets, Rockets and Smoke Rocket WIP!!!!s, reloading after every shot in Rust. Reloading takes 6.162 seconds (3s draw time), and holding the reload key (R) opens the radial selector to switch ammunition types.
The Rocket Launcher is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 40 High Quality Metal and 4 Metal Pipe, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Rocket Launcher drops from 9 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Locked Crate (7.3% chance), Elite Crate (0.78% chance), and Scientist PT Boat Dry Box (0.73% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Rocket Launcher recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 20 High Quality Metal and 2 Metal Pipes. Monument green recyclers shred items one unit at a time on fast radtown cycles, whereas safe-zone yellow units trade lower material recovery for peacekeeper protection.
A repair bench fixes the Rocket Launcher from broken for 10 High Quality Metal 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.
Blueprint progression for Rocket Launcher at Workbench Level 2 in Rust charges 120 scrap on the target node and 1,110 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 120 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Rocket Launcher 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 Rocket Launcher has 32-bit signed item ID 442886268 and shortname rocket.launcher 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 Rocket Launcher in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give rocket.launcher 1 or inventory.giveid 442886268 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.
