Catapult
An improvised catapult siege weapon. Built for flinging destructive projectiles with questionable accuracy. Can be towed by horses.
The Catapult is a siege engine in Rust, placed as a frame with 250 health. The frame takes at least 10 hammer hits and 1,000 × Wood and 250 × Metal Fragments to finish. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Catapult
Recycling it returns the Rope (50%) and Gears (50%) only by chance.
On the tech tree it sits behind 12 other unlocks: Ballista, Battering Ram, Python Revolver, F1 Grenade, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Homemade Landmine and 6 more. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Catapult health and decay
Outside a tool cupboard's range it holds for 2 hours, then decays from full health to nothing in 2 hours.
How to craft the Catapult
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 500 × Wood, 20 × High Quality Metal, 1 × Rope and 1 × Gears.
500 
20 
1 
1 
How to get the Catapult blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 13 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 13 Building it up
A placed Catapult is a frame that has to be built up with a hammer: 10 hits, using these materials.
×1000 
×250 Reduction is how much of that damage type never lands. Damage taken is the rest: at 50% reduction a hit for 100 does 50. A negative reduction means the hit lands harder than it would bare.
What the Catapult recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 250 × Wood and 10 × High Quality Metal for one.
×250 ×10 50% 50% ×300 ×12 60% 60% 
×375 ×15 75% 75% 
×200 ×8 40% 40% 
High Velocity Rocket ×1258— 
200 
300 20 2 
Homing Missile ×1383— 100 150 20 2 
1 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1330— 2,200 3,000 2 200 
60 
5 
Rocket ×2168.8— 2,800 3,900 80 8 200 60 
Satchel Charge ×46320% 1,920 2,880 320 40 4 
40mm HE Grenade ×1123.8—— 
Beancan Grenade ×1913.515% 2,280 3,420 380 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×2311— 575 690 115 
Survey Charge ×475.4— 2,820 4,230 470 940 235 From full health (250 HP), each one placed on it: damage per hit is after its protection. Duds are throws that fizzle and need another throw, not counted in Needed. Costs are for the whole count, crafted from raw materials.
Where to find the Catapult
Treasure Box has the best chance at 1.6%, followed by Locked Crate at 1.3% and Elite Crate at 0.78%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
