Hobo Barrel
A vagabond staple. Use this repurposed oil barrel to stay warm.
The Hobo Barrel is a fuel-burning station in Rust with 50 health. It burns Wood, with 1 input and 2 output slots. You can craft it without a workbench.
About the Hobo Barrel
You can use one without building it at Abandoned Supermarket, Apartment Complex, Bandit Camp, Ferry Terminal and 12 more.
Outside a tool cupboard's range it holds for 2 days, then decays from full health to nothing in 2 days.
How to raid the Hobo Barrel
Its cheapest raid is 4 × Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 100 sulfur in all. Each of these also brings it down from full health: 1 × Timed Explosive Charge, 1 × Rocket and 1 × Satchel Charge.
BURNS How to craft the Hobo Barrel
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 100 × Wood.
100 
Found at monuments
Repair when placed
A damaged Hobo Barrel can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×50 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 Hobo Barrel recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 50 × Wood for one.
×50 ×60 
×75 
×40 
40mm HE Grenade ×162.5—— 
Beancan Grenade ×16515% 
120 
180 
20 
Rocket ×1312.5— 1,400 1,950 100 
40 
30 
4 
Satchel Charge ×127520% 480 720 80 
10 
1 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1550— 2,200 3,000 200 60 5 
2 
High Velocity Rocket ×245— 400 600 40 4 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×413— 100 120 20 
Survey Charge ×414— 240 360 40 80 20 
Homing Missile ×512— 500 750 100 10 3 From full health (50 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 13 November 2026.
