Boomerang
Can be used a melee weapon or as a throwable. Once thrown (with right click) it travels in an arc before coming back to you.
The Boomerang is a melee weapon in Rust. It deals 25 damage per hit (20 slash and 5 blunt) and swings once every 1.1 seconds, 22.7 damage per second. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Boomerang
It can be thrown as well as swung.
In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Boomerang damage and stats
Among the 16 melee weapons it ranks 12th for damage per hit and 15th for damage per second.
How to craft the Boomerang
Crafting one takes 10 seconds without a workbench and costs 300 × Wood.
300 
How to get the Boomerang blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint 10 How to repair the Boomerang
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 61 × Wood, and you need its blueprint.
×61 What the Boomerang recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 150 × Wood for one.
×150 ×180 
×225 
×120 Where to find the Boomerang
Sunken Chest has the best chance at 1.1%, followed by Scarecrow at 0.49% and Brown Crate at 0.44%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
