Assault Rifle
Also known as AK
High damage machine rifle.
The Assault Rifle (AK) is an automatic weapon in Rust. Its default ammo is the 5.56 Rifle Ammo. It deals 50 damage per shot at 450 shots per minute from its 30-round magazine. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 300 scrap to research.
About the Assault Rifle
A full reload takes 4.4 seconds, and switching to it takes 1 second. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 2.7° to 0.2°, 13.5 times tighter than firing from the hip. Its 13 compatible attachments include a silencer. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo and HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 200 for the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo and 181 for the HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. The HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo flies fastest, at 450 m/s, and the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo and Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo slowest, at 225 m/s.
From full condition it fires 600 shots with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo before it breaks, which is 20 full magazines. With the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, which wears the barrel harder, that drops to 200. Recycling it returns the Rifle Body only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 8 other unlocks: HMLMG, Metal Chest Plate, MP5A4, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Weapon Lasersight and 2 more. In all, 8 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Assault Rifle damage and stats
Loaded with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo, the Assault Rifle deals 181 damage per second. The Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo raises it to 203.
How to craft the Assault Rifle
Crafting one takes 35 seconds at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 50 × High Quality Metal, 200 × Wood, 1 × Rifle Body and 4 × Metal Spring.
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Level 3 How to get the Assault Rifle blueprint
Research it for 300 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 9 Blueprint Books in total.
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300 Scrap Blueprint 300 
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1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 9 How to repair the Assault Rifle
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 13 × High Quality Metal and 41 × Wood, and you need its blueprint.
×13 ×41 Assault Rifle compared with other automatic weapons
Among the 11 automatic weapons it ranks 4th for damage per second, 3rd for damage per shot, 10th for fire rate and 5th for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the Uzi, MP5A4, LR-300 Assault Rifle and M16A2.
5.56 Rifle Ammo 50 181.5 0.2° 375 ×220–100m 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 55 199.7 0.7° 225 ×220–100m 
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 56 203.3 0.2° 225 ×220–100m 
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 50 181.5 0.2° 450 ×220–100m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope –––––+50 %–– 
Extended Magazine –––––––+25 % 
Weapon flashlight –––––––– 
Holosight ––-20 %––––– 
Weapon Lasersight ––-20 %-50 %––-90 %– 
Muzzle Boost –+10 %+0.15+0.5–––– 
Muzzle Brake -15 %–+0.5+2–-50 %-100 %– 
Simple Handmade Sight –––––––– 
Oil Filter Silencer -30 %–––-30 %––– 
Military Silencer -25 %–––-25 %––– 
Soda Can Silencer -30 %–––-35 %––– 
8x Zoom Scope –––––+50 %–– 
Targeting Attachment –––––––– What the Assault Rifle recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × High Quality Metal, 100 × Wood and 2 × Metal Spring for one.
×25 ×100 ×2 50% ×30 ×120 ×2 60% 40% 
×37 ×150 ×3 50% 75% 
×20 ×80 ×1 40% 60% Where to find the Assault Rifle
Locked Crate has the best chance at 28%, followed by Elite Crate at 3.9% and Helicopter Crate at 2.2%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 14 November 2026.
