Homing Missile
Fast moving rocket ammunition. Uses a type of radar for active target guidance from a Homing Launcher
The Homing Missile is explosive ammunition in Rust for one weapon, the Homing Missile Launcher. In the Homing Missile Launcher it deals 530 damage per shot, 90 damage per second. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Homing Missile
It flies at 100 m/s from the Homing Missile Launcher.
One craft makes 2, so each costs 1 × Metal Pipe, 50 × Gun Powder and 0.5 × Tech Trash. A full stack of 4 takes 2 crafts and 10 seconds: 4 × Metal Pipe, 200 × Gun Powder and 2 × Tech Trash. When a Bradley Crate has it, it holds 4. Recycling it in a green recycler returns 25% of its crafting cost. Recycling it returns the Metal Pipe (50%) and Tech Trash (25%) only by chance.
On the tech tree it sits behind 21 other unlocks: Homing Missile Launcher, Holosight, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Propane Explosive Bomb, Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG and 15 more.
Homing Missile damage and stats
It explodes on impact, with a blast radius of 3.5 m.
How to craft the Homing Missile
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 2 × Metal Pipe, 100 × Gun Powder and 1 × Tech Trash. One craft makes 2 of them.
2 
100 
1 
How to get the Homing Missile 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 
Homing Missile Launcher 530 89.5 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 Homing Missile recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Gun Powder for one.
×25 50% 25% ×30 60% 30% 
×37 75% 50% 38% 
×20 40% 20% 
Gold Egg
Large Loot BagThe chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Homing Missile
Bradley Crate has the best chance at 19%, followed by Helicopter Crate at 15%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
