Minigun
A military issue belt-fed machine gun that must be spun up to fire. Fires rapidly at the expense of movement speed.
The Minigun is an automatic weapon in Rust. Its default ammo is the 5.56 Rifle Ammo. It deals 37.5 damage per shot at 600 shots per minute from its 300-round magazine, the highest damage per second of the 11 automatic weapons. It cannot be crafted, and Heavy Scientist drops it most often, at 20%.
About the Minigun
A full reload takes 3.5 seconds, and switching to it takes 2.5 seconds. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 40% of its normal damage.
There are 4 kinds of ammo for it: 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo and HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. With the other ammo types, its damage per second is 377 for the Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo and 337 for the HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo. The HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo flies fastest, at 630 m/s, and the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo and Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo slowest, at 315 m/s.
From full condition it fires 1,560 shots with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo before it breaks, which is 5.2 full magazines. With the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, which wears the barrel harder, that drops to 520.
In all, 4 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Minigun damage and stats
Loaded with the 5.56 Rifle Ammo, the Minigun deals 337 damage per second. The Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo raises it to 382.
Minigun compared with other automatic weapons
Among the 11 automatic weapons it ranks 1st for damage per second, 5th for damage per shot, 2nd for fire rate and 1st for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the M249, HMLMG, Assault Rifle and Uzi.
5.56 Rifle Ammo 37.5 336.8 0.8° 525 ×220–100m 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 42.5 381.8 1.3° 315 ×220–100m 
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 42 377.3 0.8° 315 ×220–100m 
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 37.5 336.8 0.8° 630 ×220–100m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
What the Minigun recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × High Quality Metal, 2 × Rifle Body, 3 × Metal Spring and 6 × Metal Pipe for one.
×25 
×2 
×3 
×6 ×30 ×2 ×3 ×7 40% 60% 20% 
×37 ×3 ×4 ×9 50% 50% 
×20 ×1 ×2 ×4 60% 40% 80% Where to find the Minigun
Heavy Scientist has the best chance at 20%, followed by Locked Crate at 10%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
