High Velocity Rocket
Fast moving rocket ammunition. Short to medium range self-propelled, unguided rocket which deals large splash damage on impact but less damage than a normal rocket.
The High Velocity Rocket is explosive ammunition in Rust for one weapon, the Rocket Launcher. In the Rocket Launcher it deals 480 damage per shot, 78 damage per second. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the High Velocity Rocket
It flies at 100 m/s from the Rocket Launcher.
A full stack of 3 takes 3 crafts and 15 seconds: 3 × Metal Pipe and 300 × Gun Powder. When a Bradley Crate has it, it holds 3. Recycling it returns the Metal Pipe only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 21 other unlocks: Rocket Launcher, Holosight, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Propane Explosive Bomb, Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG and 15 more.
High Velocity Rocket damage and stats
It explodes on impact, with a blast radius of 3.5 m.
How to craft the High Velocity Rocket
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 1 × Metal Pipe and 100 × Gun Powder.
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100 
How to get the High Velocity Rocket blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 22 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 22 
Dragon Rocket Launcher 480 77.9 1 100 
RPG Launcher 480 77.9 1 100 
Rocket Launcher 480 77.9 1 100 Damage is per shot and already carries each weapon’s own scale, so the same round is not the same number in every barrel. DPS assumes the weapon fires without stopping.
What the High Velocity Rocket recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 50 × Gun Powder for one.
×50 50% ×60 60% 
×75 75% 
×40 40% 
Gold Egg
Large Loot BagThe chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the High Velocity Rocket
Bradley Crate has the best chance at 19%, followed by Helicopter Crate at 15% and Metal Detector (deep sea) at 4.1%.
Metal Detector (deep sea) — 4.1% ×2–3 Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
