Incendiary Pistol Bullet
Slower moving ammunition that deals fire damage. There's a small chance it will start a fire.
The Incendiary Pistol Bullet is ammunition in Rust for 10 weapons, among them the Uzi, MP5A4 and M92 Pistol. Its damage per shot runs from 23.5 in the Handmade SMG to 61.6 in the Python Revolver. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Incendiary Pistol Bullet
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 113 m/s from the Handmade SMG and 225 m/s from the Python Revolver.
One craft makes 3, so each costs 3.33 × Metal Fragments, 3.33 × Gun Powder and 1.67 × Sulfur. A full stack of 128 takes 43 crafts and 129 seconds: 430 × Metal Fragments, 430 × Gun Powder and 215 × Sulfur. When a Supply Drop has it, it holds 10. Recycling it in a green recycler returns 10% of its crafting cost. Recycling it returns the Sulfur only by chance, 83% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 14 other unlocks: Flame Thrower, Catapult, Ballista, Battering Ram, Python Revolver, F1 Grenade and 8 more. In all, 20 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Incendiary Pistol Bullet damage and stats
Of the weapons that fire it, the Uzi gets the most damage per second out of it: 202. Where it lands changes its damage: ×2 to the head and ×0.75 to the legs and feet.
How to craft the Incendiary Pistol Bullet
Crafting one takes 3 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 10 × Metal Fragments, 10 × Gun Powder and 5 × Sulfur. One craft makes 3 of them.
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How to make
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Mixing TableHow to get the Incendiary Pistol Bullet blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 15 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 15 
Python Revolver 61.6 82.1 6 225 
M92 Pistol 50.4 168.4 15 225 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol 44.8 105.4 10 225 
Prototype 17 44.8 167.6 18 225 
Semi-Automatic Pistol 44.8 105.4 10 225 
MP5A4 42 182.6 30 203 
Thompson 42 129.8 20 225 
Revolver 39.2 67.8 8 225 
Uzi 36.4 201.5 32 180 
Custom SMG 33.6 146.1 30 180 
Handmade SMG 23.5 66.4 18 113 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 Incendiary Pistol Bullet recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 1 × Metal Fragments and 1 × Gun Powder for one.
×1 ×1 67% 67% 83% ×2 ×2 ×1 
×2 ×2 ×1 50% 50% 25% 
×1 ×1 33% 33% 67% Where to find the Incendiary Pistol Bullet
Supply Drop has the best chance at 47%, followed by Bradley Scientist at 27% and Heavy Scientist at 27%.
Shops that hand it out
StablehandShop×17–100paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×10–60paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
