Holosight
Uses laser projection to create a holographic sight which is always pointing at the target regardless of view angle.
The Holosight is a weapon sight in Rust that fits 45 weapons. It tightens the aim cone by 20%. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Holosight
Recycling it returns the Tech Trash only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 19 other unlocks: Semi-Automatic Rifle, Propane Explosive Bomb, Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG, Muzzle Boost, Flame Thrower and 13 more. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Holosight stats and effects
It takes the weapon's scope slot, and a weapon carries only one scope attachment at a time. Its percentage changes multiply with those of the other attachments on the same weapon.
How to craft the Holosight
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 12 × High Quality Metal and 1 × Tech Trash.
12
1 How to get the Holosight blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 20 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item
100 Scrap
Blueprint
100
Node
1 Blueprint Page
Unlocked
20
50 Cal Turret →
Abyss Assault Rifle →
Assault Rifle →
Blunderbuss →
Bolt Action Rifle →
Bowless Crossbow →
Crossbow →
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond →
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald →
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond →
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby →
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire →
Custom SMG →
Double Barrel Shotgun →
Dual 50 Cal Turret →
Dual 50 Cal Turret →
HMLMG →
Handmade SMG →
High Caliber Revolver →
Ice Assault Rifle →
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle →
Krieg Shotgun →
L96 Rifle →
LR-300 Assault Rifle →
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol →
M16A2 →
M249 →
M39 Rifle →
M4 Shotgun →
M92 Pistol →
MP5A4 →
Medieval Assault Rifle →
Mini Crossbow →
Multiple Grenade Launcher →
Prototype 17 →
Pump Shotgun →
Python Revolver →
SKS →
Semi-Automatic Pistol →
Semi-Automatic Rifle →
Space LR-300 Assault Rifle →
Spas-12 Shotgun →
Thompson →
Uzi →
Waterpipe Shotgun → What the Holosight recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 6 × High Quality Metal for one.
×6
50%
×7
20%
60%
×9
75%
×4
80%
40%
Large Present 6.7%×1 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Holosight
Treasure Box has the best chance at 1.6%, followed by Locked Crate at 1.3% and Elite Crate at 0.78%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.