Incendiary Bolt
A fire-tipped bolt for a ballista, wrapped in burning cloth, ignites upon impact.
The Incendiary Bolt is ammunition in Rust. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Incendiary Bolt
A full stack of 3 takes 3 crafts and 15 seconds: 150 × Metal Fragments, 30 × Cloth and 30 × Low Grade Fuel.
On the tech tree it sits behind 12 other unlocks: Ballista, Battering Ram, Python Revolver, F1 Grenade, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Homemade Landmine and 6 more.
How to craft the Incendiary Bolt
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 50 × Metal Fragments, 10 × Cloth and 10 × Low Grade Fuel.
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10 
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How to get the Incendiary Bolt blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 13 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 13 What the Incendiary Bolt recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Metal Fragments, 5 × Cloth and 5 × Low Grade Fuel for one.
×25 ×5 ×5 ×30 ×6 ×6 
×37 ×7 ×7 50% 50% 50% 
×20 ×4 ×4 Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
