HV Pistol Ammo
This ammunition travels faster, resulting in less drop and slightly higher damage when fired over long distances.
The HV Pistol Ammo is ammunition in Rust for 10 weapons, among them the Uzi, MP5A4 and M92 Pistol. Its damage per shot runs from 21 in the Handmade SMG to 55 in the Python Revolver. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the HV Pistol Ammo
It fits 10 weapons, the Uzi, MP5A4, M92 Pistol, Prototype 17, Custom SMG, Thompson, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Python Revolver and 2 more; the full list of weapons gives its damage in each. It flies at 200 m/s from the Handmade SMG and 400 m/s from the Python Revolver.
One craft makes 4, so each costs 2.5 × Metal Fragments and 2.5 × Gun Powder. A full stack of 128 takes 32 crafts and 96 seconds: 320 × Metal Fragments and 320 × Gun Powder. When a Supply Drop has it, it holds 10. Recycling it in a green recycler returns 10% of its crafting cost.
On the tech tree it sits behind 13 other unlocks: Catapult, Ballista, Battering Ram, Python Revolver, F1 Grenade, Semi-Automatic Pistol and 7 more. In all, 20 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
HV Pistol Ammo damage and stats
Of the weapons that fire it, the Uzi gets the most damage per second out of it: 180. Where it lands changes its damage: ×2 to the head and ×0.75 to the legs and feet.
How to craft the HV Pistol Ammo
Crafting one takes 3 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 10 × Metal Fragments and 10 × Gun Powder. One craft makes 4 of them.
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How to make
Cooking Workbench
Mixing TableHow to get the HV Pistol Ammo blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 14 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 14 
Python Revolver 55 73.3 6 400 
M92 Pistol 45 150.3 15 400 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol 40 94.1 10 400 
Prototype 17 40 149.6 18 400 
Semi-Automatic Pistol 40 94.1 10 400 
MP5A4 37.5 163 30 360 
Thompson 37.5 115.9 20 400 
Revolver 35 60.5 8 400 
Uzi 32.5 179.9 32 320 
Custom SMG 30 130.4 30 320 
Handmade SMG 21 59.3 18 200 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 HV Pistol Ammo recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 1 × Metal Fragments and 1 × Gun Powder for one.
×1 ×1 25% 25% ×1 ×1 50% 50% 
×1 ×1 88% 88% 
×1 ×1 Where to find the HV Pistol Ammo
Supply Drop has the best chance at 26%, followed by Bradley Scientist at 14% and Heavy Scientist at 14%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
