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The Thompson holds 20 Pistol Bullet rounds (25 with an Extended Magazine) and accepts 15 attachments, four at once.
Damage is one body hit with 
Pistol Bullet, up close.
What one batch takes.
High Quality Metal
Wood
SMG Body
Metal Spring
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Wood
Scrap
High Quality Metal
SMG Body
High Quality Metal
Wood
SMG Body
Metal Spring
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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Workbench Level 2, 25s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 12.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
| Ammo | Damage | Headshot | Velocity | Damage per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pistol Bullet | 37.5 | ×2 | 300 m/s | 116 |
Incendiary Pistol Bullet | 42 | ×2 | 225 m/s | 130 |
HV Pistol Ammo | 37.5 | ×2 | 400 m/s | 116 |
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 Thompson, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
 Supply Drop | 39% | 1 to 4 | 100% |
 Elite Crate | 2.8% | 1 to 4 | 10 to 20% |
Heavy Scientist | 1.6% | 1 to 2 | 100% |
 Helicopter Crate, 4 crates per Patrol Helicopter | 1.6% | 1 | 100% |
 Locked Crate | 1.3% | 1 to 2 | 100% |
 Bradley Crate, 3 crates per Bradley APC | 0.87% | 1 | 100% |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 0.73% | 1 to 3 | 100% |
 Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
 Wagon Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 0.3% | 1 | 100% |
Scientist | 0.074% | 1 | 100% |
 Santa's Supply Drop, Christmas event only | 21.9% | 1 to 2 | 100% |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 1.6% | 1 to 2 | 10 to 20% |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 0.42% | 1 | 10 to 20% |
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.
High Quality Metal,
WoodA 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 Thompson gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 7 + 50% High Quality Metal, 75% Metal Spring, 75% SMG Body, 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 6 High Quality Metal, 60% Metal Spring, 60% SMG Body, 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 5 High Quality Metal, 50% Metal Spring, 50% SMG Body, 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 4 High Quality Metal, 40% Metal Spring, 40% SMG Body, 40 Wood |
The Thompson breaks down into High Quality Metal, Metal Spring, SMG Body 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. “7 + 50%” means 7 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
70 skins on the Steam Market change how the Thompson looks, from $1.11 to $16.38.
Also listed: 16 Twitch and Kick drops, marked “Drop”. They never reach the market, so they have no price.
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In Rust, Thompson is a ranged weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #-1758372725, console shortname smg.thompson). Loaded with standard Pistol Bullet, it delivers 37.5 base impact damage from a 20-round magazine in active combat. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 40 minutes.
A medium damage machine gun.
Crafting Thompson in Rust takes 25 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 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 Thompson holds 20 rounds, as does the M39 Rifle.
When choosing between Thompson and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 810-scrap tech tree path and save 750 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson | 37.5 dmg | 462 RPM | 115.9 DPS | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 810 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 Thompson with closely related ranged weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Thompson 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 Thompson deals 37.5 base damage per hit at 462 RPM (115.9 sustained DPS) in Rust, dropping to 80% damage past 60 m. Against a fifty-percent projectile-protection Metal Chest Plate, close torso hits deal nineteen net damage and down a full-health player in six shots.
The Thompson fires HV Pistol Ammo, Incendiary Pistol Bullets and Pistol Bullets, 20 rounds to a magazine or 25 with an Extended Magazine in Rust. Players switch between compatible ammunition types by holding the reload key (R) and picking the desired round from their inventory.
Up to 4 weapon mods equip simultaneously on the Thompson 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 Thompson is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 10 High Quality Metal, 100 Wood, 1 SMG Body and 1 Metal Spring, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like SMG Body must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Thompson drops from 12 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Supply Drop (39% chance), Elite Crate (2.8% chance), and Heavy Scientist (1.6% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Thompson recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 5 High Quality Metal, a 50% chance of a Metal Spring, a 50% chance of an SMG Body and 50 Wood. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -1758372725 across 85 weapons.
A repair bench fixes the Thompson from broken for 3 High Quality Metal and 20 Wood 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 Thompson 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 Thompson has 32-bit signed item ID -1758372725 and shortname smg.thompson 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 Thompson in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give smg.thompson 1 or inventory.giveid -1758372725 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
