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The SKS takes 5.56 Rifle Ammo and three variants of it, 15 to a magazine or 19 with an Extended Magazine.
Damage is one body hit with 
5.56 Rifle Ammo, up close.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Scrap
High Quality Metal
Semi Automatic Body
Semi Automatic Body
Metal Spring
Metal Fragments
High Quality Metal
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
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"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metalspring"
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"MaxAmountInOutput": 200,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
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Workbench Level 3, 30s, yields 1
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
| Ammo | Damage | Headshot | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.56 Rifle Ammo | 42.5 | ×2 | 468.75 m/s | 98 |
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo | 42.5, +5 within 1.5 m | ×2 | 281.25 m/s | 110 |
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo | 42.5 | ×2 | 562.5 m/s | 98 |
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo | 47.6 | ×2 | 281.25 m/s | 110 |
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.
Muzzle
Military Silencer: -25% Damage
Muzzle Boost: -10% Time between shots, +0.15° Spread aiming down sights, +0.5° Spread from the hip
Muzzle Brake: -15% Damage, +0.5° Spread aiming down sights, +2° Spread from the hip
Oil Filter Silencer: -30% Damage
Soda Can Silencer: -30% DamageSight
8x Zoom Scope
Holosight: -20% Spread aiming down sights
Simple Handmade Sight
Variable Zoom ScopeUnderbarrel
Weapon flashlight
Weapon Lasersight: -20% Spread aiming down sights, -50% Spread from the hip, while switched onMagazine
Extended Magazine: +25% Magazine sizeInternal
Burst Module: -30% Time between shots, -35% Spread aiming down sights, -35% Spread from the hip, while switched on
Gas Compression Overdrive: +20% Time between shots, +20% Damage, +20% Projectile rangeTargeting
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the SKS, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
 Locked Crate | 5.6% | 1 | 100% |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 2.8% | 1 to 3 | 100% |
 Elite Crate | 1.9% | 1 to 2 | 10 to 20% |
 Helicopter Crate, 4 crates per Patrol Helicopter | 0.66% | 1 | 100% |
Heavy Scientist | 0.24% | 1 | 100% |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any. Condition is the state the item comes out in.
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 SKS gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 9 High Quality Metal, 150 Metal Fragments, 1 + 50% Metal Spring, 75% Semi Automatic Body |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 7 + 20% High Quality Metal, 120 Metal Fragments, 1 + 20% Metal Spring, 60% Semi Automatic Body |
| Green recycler | 50% | 6 High Quality Metal, 100 Metal Fragments, 1 Metal Spring, 50% Semi Automatic Body |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 4 + 80% High Quality Metal, 80 Metal Fragments, 80% Metal Spring, 40% Semi Automatic Body |
The SKS breaks down into High Quality Metal, Metal Fragments, Metal Spring and Semi Automatic Body.
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. “1 + 50%” means 1 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
16 skins on the Steam Market change how the SKS looks, from $0.75 to $2.30, and one more is in the item store this week.
Also listed: 2 Twitch and Kick drops, marked “Drop”. They never reach the market, so they have no price.
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In Rust, SKS is a ranged weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #-348232115, console shortname rifle.sks). Loaded with standard 5.56 Rifle Ammo, it delivers 42.5 base impact damage from a 15-round magazine in active combat. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 40 minutes.
A Military-Grade Semi Automatic Rifle.
Crafting SKS in Rust takes 30 seconds at a Workbench Level 3 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
The SKS holds 15 rounds, as does the M92 Pistol.
When choosing between SKS and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 120-scrap tech tree path and save 60 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKS | 42.5 dmg | 400 RPM | 98.1 DPS | Workbench Level 3 | 60 node / 120 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 SKS with closely related ranged weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare SKS against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 3 tech tree, tile by tile.
Loaded with standard ammunition, the SKS deals 42.5 base damage per hit up to a 400 RPM semi-automatic ceiling (98.1 sustained DPS) in Rust, dropping to 80% damage past 125 m. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -348232115 across 85 weapons.
The SKS fires 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo and Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 15 rounds to a magazine or nineteen with an Extended Magazine in Rust. Holding the reload key (R) opens the radial selector to swap compatible ammunition types from your inventory.
Up to 4 weapon mods equip simultaneously on the SKS in Rust across 15 compatible attachments: muzzle (Military Silencer, Muzzle Boost, Muzzle Brake, Oil Filter Silencer, Soda Can Silencer); sight (8x Zoom Scope, Holosight, Simple Handmade Sight, Variable Zoom Scope); underbarrel (Weapon flashlight, Weapon Lasersight); magazine (Extended Magazine); internal (Burst Module, Gas Compression Overdrive); targeting (Targeting Attachment).
The SKS is crafted at a Workbench Level Three from 1 Semi Automatic Body, 2 Metal Spring, 200 Metal Fragments and 12 High Quality Metal in 30 seconds, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -348232115 across 85 weapons.
The SKS drops from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Locked Crate (5.6% chance), Scientist PT Boat Dry Box (2.8% chance), and Elite Crate (1.9% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The SKS recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 6 High Quality Metal, 100 Metal Fragments, 1 Metal Spring and a 50% chance of a Semi Automatic Body. 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 SKS from broken for 40 Metal Fragments and 4 High Quality Metal 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.
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the SKS despawns after 40 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 SKS has 32-bit signed item ID -348232115 and shortname rifle.sks 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 SKS in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give rifle.sks 1 or inventory.giveid -348232115 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.
Targeting Attachment
