Homemade Landmine
Homemade Landmine. If you stand on one, you can ask a friend to disarm it before it explodes.
The Homemade Landmine is a trap in Rust with 100 health. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Homemade Landmine
Outside a tool cupboard's range it holds for 2 days, then decays from full health to nothing in 2 days.
On the tech tree it sits behind 6 other unlocks: Pump Shotgun, 12 Gauge Buckshot, Metal Shield, Salvaged Icepick, Salvaged Axe and Longsword. In all, 24 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How to raid the Homemade Landmine
Its cheapest raid is 2 × Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 50 sulfur in all. Each of these also brings it down from full health: 1 × Timed Explosive Charge, 1 × Rocket and 1 × Satchel Charge.
How to craft the Homemade Landmine
Crafting one takes 20 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 50 × Metal Fragments and 30 × Gun Powder.
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30 How to get the Homemade Landmine blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 7 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item
100 Scrap
Blueprint
100
Node
1 Blueprint Page
Unlocked
7 What the Homemade Landmine recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Metal Fragments and 15 × Gun Powder for one.
×25
×15
×30
×18
×37
×22
50%
50%
×20
×12
Beancan Grenade ×111515%
120
180
20
High Velocity Rocket ×1480—
200
300
20
2
Homing Missile ×1530—
100
150
45
3
Rocket ×1350—
1,400
1,950
100
40
4
30
Satchel Charge ×147520%
480
720
80
40
Timed Explosive Charge ×1550—
2,200
3,000
200
100
4
60
5
40mm HE Grenade ×290—
170
240
10
20
2
3
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×285—
50
60
10
Survey Charge ×520—
300
450
50
100
25 From full health (100 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.
Where to find the Homemade Landmine
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 9 November 2026.