Crossbow
A very accurate ranged weapon.
The Crossbow is a bow in Rust. Its default arrow is the Wooden Arrow. It deals 60 damage per shot at 60 shots per minute, the third-highest damage per second of the 4 bows. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Crossbow
Loading the next shot takes 3.6 seconds, and switching to it takes 1.6 seconds. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 2.8° to 1°, 2.8 times tighter than firing from the hip. It accepts 6 weapon attachments. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 70% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: Wooden Arrow, High Velocity Arrow, Bone Arrow and Fire Arrow. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 13 for the High Velocity Arrow and 13 for the Bone Arrow. The High Velocity Arrow flies fastest, at 120 m/s, and the Fire Arrow slowest, at 60 m/s.
From full condition it fires 400 shots with the Wooden Arrow before it breaks.
Crossbow damage and stats
Loaded with the Wooden Arrow, the Crossbow deals 17 damage per second. The Fire Arrow raises it to 19.
How to craft the Crossbow
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 200 × Wood, 75 × Metal Fragments and 2 × Rope.
200 
75 
2 
How to get the Crossbow blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint 10 How to repair the Crossbow
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 41 × Wood, 16 × Metal Fragments and 13 × Cloth, and you need its blueprint.
×41 ×16 
×13 Crossbow compared with other bows
Among the 4 bows it ranks 3rd for damage per second, 1st for damage per shot, 1st for fire rate and 2nd for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the Compound Bow, Hunting Bow and Mini Crossbow.
High Velocity Arrow 48 13.3 1° 120 ×1.515–150m 
Wooden Arrow 60 16.7 1° 75 ×1.515–90m 
Bone Arrow 48 13.3 1° 68 ×1.515–90m 
Fire Arrow 68 18.9 1° 60 ×1.515–90m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope ––+50 %– 
Weapon flashlight –––– 
Holosight -20 %––– 
Weapon Lasersight -20 %-50 %–-90 % 
Simple Handmade Sight –––– 
8x Zoom Scope ––+50 %– What the Crossbow recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 100 × Wood, 37 × Metal Fragments and 1 × Rope for one.
×100 ×37 ×1 50% ×120 ×45 ×1 20% 
×150 ×56 ×1 25% 50% 
×80 ×30 80% Where to find the Crossbow
Tool Box has the best chance at 2.5%, followed by Sunken Crate at 1.6%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
