Diver propulsion vehicle
A personal underwater propulsion device
The Diver propulsion vehicle is an underwater vehicle in Rust that pulls 1 diver along. Placed, it has 150 health. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Diver propulsion vehicle
Of everything on its raid list, the Homing Missile costs the least sulfur: a single one destroys it for 100 sulfur. Without a tool cupboard covering it, it starts to decay after 2 hours, then goes from full health to nothing in 2 hours outdoors; a repair resets the wait. Recycling it returns the Tech Trash only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 3 other unlocks: Parachute, Hoodie and Hazmat Suit. Only one vendor sells it: the Fishing Village Boat Vendor for 200 scrap. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Diver propulsion vehicle health and stats
How to craft the Diver propulsion vehicle
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 1 × Tech Trash and 150 × Metal Fragments.
1 
150 
How to get the Diver propulsion vehicle blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 4 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 4 Repair when placed
A damaged Diver propulsion vehicle can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×75 
×1 How to repair the Diver propulsion vehicle
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 31 × Metal Fragments and 1 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.
×31 ×1 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 Diver propulsion vehicle recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 75 × Metal Fragments for one.
×75 50% ×90 60% 
×112 75% 50% 
×60 40% 
High Velocity Rocket ×1540— 
200 
300 20 2 
Homing Missile ×1771— 100 150 20 2 1 
Rocket ×1416.3— 1,400 1,950 40 4 100 
30 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1825— 2,200 3,000 2 200 60 
5 
Satchel Charge ×2130.520% 960 1,440 160 20 
2 
40mm HE Grenade ×355.3—— 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×531.5— 125 150 25 
Beancan Grenade ×62715% 720 1,080 120 
Survey Charge ×1212.6— 720 1,080 120 240 60 From full health (150 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 Diver propulsion vehicle
Treasure Box has the best chance at 1.6%, followed by Locked Crate at 1.3% and Elite Crate at 0.78%.
Shops that hand it out
Fishing Village Boat VendorShop×1for200 (100–400)ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
