Flashlight
A powerful flashlight which illuminates your surroundings and can be used as a weapon.
The Flashlight is a handheld item in Rust that also works as a melee weapon. It deals 15 blunt damage per hit and swings once every 1 second, 15 damage per second. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
Flashlight damage and stats
15DAMAGE
1/sATTACK SPEED
1.5mRANGE
1sDRAW TIME
50CONDITION
How to craft the Flashlight
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 30 × Metal Fragments.
30 
Workbench Level 1
Craft time
WB1 15s
WB2 −50% 7.5s
WB3 −75% 3.8s
How to get the Flashlight blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint Research cost 10
10 What the Flashlight recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 15 × Metal Fragments for one.
RecyclerGuaranteed outputExtra chance output
Green 50%
×15 None
Green (powered) 60%
×18 None
Red 75%
×22 50% 
Yellow 40%
×12 None
Opened item ChanceAmount
Large Present 6.7%×1 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Flashlight
Mine Crate has the best chance at 7.7%, followed by Minecart at 7.7%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
