Mini Crossbow
A very accurate ranged weapon with a rotating barrel.
The Mini Crossbow is a bow in Rust. Its default arrow is the Wooden Arrow. It deals 50 damage per shot at 60 shots per minute from its 4-round magazine. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Mini Crossbow
A full reload takes 10.2 seconds, and switching to it takes 1.6 seconds. It loads one round at a time, so a reload can be stopped partway to fire. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 2.8° to 1°, 2.8 times tighter than firing from the hip. It accepts 6 weapon attachments. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 70% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: Wooden Arrow, High Velocity Arrow, Bone Arrow and Fire Arrow. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 12 for the High Velocity Arrow and 12 for the Bone Arrow. The High Velocity Arrow flies fastest, at 88 m/s, and the Fire Arrow slowest, at 44 m/s.
From full condition it fires 400 shots with the Wooden Arrow before it breaks, which is 100 full magazines. Recycling it returns the Rope (50%) and Gears (50%) only by chance.
On the tech tree it sits behind 6 other unlocks: Compound Bow, Reinforced Wooden Shield, Salvaged Sword, Pickaxe, Engineering Workbench and Salvaged Hammer. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Mini Crossbow damage and stats
Loaded with the Wooden Arrow, the Mini Crossbow deals 15 damage per second. The Fire Arrow raises it to 18.
How to craft the Mini Crossbow
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 200 × Wood, 150 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Rope and 1 × Gears.
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How to get the Mini Crossbow blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 7 Blueprint Fragments in total.
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40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
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1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 7 How to repair the Mini Crossbow
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 41 × Wood, 36 × Metal Fragments and 7 × Cloth, and you need its blueprint.
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×7 Mini Crossbow compared with other bows
Among the 4 bows it ranks 4th for damage per second, 2nd for damage per shot, 1st for fire rate and 1st for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the Compound Bow, Hunting Bow and Crossbow.
High Velocity Arrow 40 12.1 1° 88 ×1.58–80m 
Wooden Arrow 50 15.2 1° 55 ×1.58–48m 
Bone Arrow 40 12.1 1° 50 ×1.58–48m 
Fire Arrow 60 18.2 1° 44 ×1.58–48m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
Variable Zoom Scope ––+50 %– 
Weapon flashlight –––– 
Holosight -20 %––– 
Weapon Lasersight -20 %-50 %–-90 % 
Simple Handmade Sight –––– 
8x Zoom Scope ––+50 %– What the Mini Crossbow recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 100 × Wood and 75 × Metal Fragments for one.
×100 ×75 50% 50% ×120 ×90 60% 60% 
×150 ×112 50% 75% 75% 
×80 ×60 40% 40% Where to find the Mini Crossbow
Sunken Chest has the best chance at 1.1%, followed by Scarecrow at 0.49% and Brown Crate at 0.44%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
