HMLMG
A hand made belt-fed light machine gun with high damage, high rate of fire, low accuracy during short bursts.
The HMLMG is an automatic weapon in Rust. Its default ammo is the 5.56 Rifle Ammo. It deals 57.5 damage per shot at 480 shots per minute from its 60-round magazine, the third-highest damage per second of the 11 automatic weapons. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 300 scrap to research.
About the HMLMG
A full reload takes 6.5 seconds, and switching to it takes 1.8 seconds. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 4.2° to 0.2°, 21 times tighter than firing from the hip. Its 11 compatible attachments include a silencer. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo and HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 270 for the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo and 249 for the HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. The HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo flies fastest, at 630 m/s, and the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo and Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo slowest, at 315 m/s.
From full condition it fires 1,400 shots with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo before it breaks, which is 23.3 full magazines. With the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, which wears the barrel harder, that drops to 467.
On the tech tree it sits behind 7 other unlocks: Metal Chest Plate, MP5A4, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Weapon Lasersight, SKS and 1 more. Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 300 to 350 scrap. In all, 7 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
HMLMG damage and stats
Loaded with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo, the HMLMG deals 249 damage per second. The Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo raises it to 278.
How to craft the HMLMG
Crafting one takes 30 seconds at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 30 × High Quality Metal, 1 × Rifle Body, 3 × Metal Spring and 2 × Gears.
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Level 3 How to get the HMLMG blueprint
Research it for 300 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 8 Blueprint Books in total.
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300 Scrap Blueprint 300 
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1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 8 How to repair the HMLMG
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 8 × High Quality Metal and 11 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
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×11 HMLMG compared with other automatic weapons
Among the 11 automatic weapons it ranks 3rd for damage per second, 2nd for damage per shot, 8th for fire rate and 3rd for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the M249, Assault Rifle, Uzi and MP5A4.
5.56 Rifle Ammo 57.5 248.7 0.2° 525 ×220–100m 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 62.5 270.3 0.7° 315 ×220–100m 
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 64.4 278.5 0.2° 315 ×220–100m 
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 57.5 248.7 0.2° 630 ×220–100m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope –––––+50 %– 
Weapon flashlight ––––––– 
Holosight ––-20 %–––– 
Weapon Lasersight ––-20 %-50 %––-90 % 
Muzzle Boost –+10 %+0.15+0.5––– 
Muzzle Brake -15 %–+0.5+2–-50 %-100 % 
Simple Handmade Sight ––––––– 
Oil Filter Silencer -30 %–––-30 %–– 
Military Silencer -25 %–––-25 %–– 
Soda Can Silencer -30 %–––-35 %–– 
8x Zoom Scope –––––+50 %– What the HMLMG recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 15 × High Quality Metal, 1 × Metal Spring and 1 × Gears for one.
×15 ×1 ×1 50% 50% ×18 ×1 ×1 60% 80% 20% 
×22 ×2 ×1 50% 75% 25% 50% 
×12 ×1 40% 20% 80% Where to find the HMLMG
Locked Crate has the best chance at 5.6%, followed by Elite Crate at 1.9% and Helicopter Crate at 0.66%.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×1for300–350Scrap
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
