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Flame Turret

Automated Flame turret. Requires Low Grade Fuel. Sprays flames when triggered.

The Flame Turret is a trap in Rust with 300 health. It burns Low Grade Fuel from its own storage. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.

About the Flame Turret

Recycling it returns the Gears only by chance, 50% of the time.

On the tech tree it sits behind 14 other unlocks: Fire Arrow, Revolver, Pistol Bullet, Flare, Waterpipe Shotgun, Salvaged Cleaver and 8 more. Only one vendor sells it: the Weapons for 250 scrap. In all, 24 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.

How to raid the Flame Turret

Its cheapest raid is 1 × Homing Missile, 100 sulfur in all. Each of these also brings it down from full health: 1 × Timed Explosive Charge, 2 × Rocket and 2 × Satchel Charge.

300HEALTH
1 slotsSTORAGE
RequiredBUILDING PRIVILEGE
100%DROPS LOOT

How to craft the Flame Turret

Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 200 × Metal Fragments, 2 × Empty Propane Tank and 1 × Gears.

Metal Fragments 200
Empty Propane Tank 2
Gears 1
Flame Turret
Output ×1
Workbench Level 1
Craft time
WB1 15s
WB2 −50% 7.5s
WB3 −75% 3.8s

How to get the Flame Turret blueprint

Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 15 Blueprint Fragments in total.

Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
Item 1 Item
+
Scrap 40 Scrap
→
Blueprint Blueprint
Research cost 40
Tech tree In the level 1 workbench tree
Node Node
+
Blueprint Fragment 1 Blueprint Fragment
→
Unlocked Unlocked
Total to reach 15

Allowed items

Repair when placed

A damaged Flame Turret can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:

Hammer Placed repair
×162.5

Stats checked against the Rust game files on 9 November 2026.