Firebomb
A crude firebomb made of fuel-filled jugs wrapped in a net. Can be placed or used as a projectile in a catapult.
The Firebomb is ammunition in Rust. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Firebomb
A full stack of 4 takes 4 crafts and 40 seconds: 600 × Gun Powder, 200 × Low Grade Fuel and 8 × Rope.
On the tech tree it sits behind 14 other unlocks: Scattershot, Catapult, Ballista, Battering Ram, Python Revolver, F1 Grenade and 8 more.
Firebomb damage and stats
How to craft the Firebomb
Crafting one takes 10 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 150 × Gun Powder, 50 × Low Grade Fuel and 2 × Rope.
150 
50 
2 
How to get the Firebomb blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 15 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 15 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 Firebomb recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 75 × Gun Powder, 25 × Low Grade Fuel and 1 × Rope for one.
×75 ×25 ×1 ×90 ×30 ×1 20% 
×112 ×37 ×1 50% 50% 50% 
×60 ×20 80% 
40mm HE Grenade ×180—— 
Beancan Grenade ×172.515% 
120 
180 
20 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×147.5— 25 30 5 
High Velocity Rocket ×1120— 200 300 20 
2 
Homing Missile ×125— 100 150 20 2 
1 
Rocket ×1450— 1,400 1,950 100 40 4 30 
Satchel Charge ×1312.520% 480 720 80 
10 1 
Survey Charge ×118— 60 90 10 20 5 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1825— 2,200 3,000 200 2 60 5 From full health (10 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.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
