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Muzzle Brake

Lowers recoil felt by the operator but can make bullet path more unpredictable and dealing slightly less damage to your foes.

The Muzzle Brake is a muzzle attachment in Rust that fits 37 weapons. It cuts recoil by 50% and removes aim sway, but widens the aim cone by 0.5°, adds 2° more spread to hip fire and lowers damage by 15%. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.

About the Muzzle Brake

The hip-fire change counts only when you shoot without aiming down the sights.

It has 200 condition of its own and loses some with every shot the weapon fires.

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, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.

Muzzle Brake stats and effects

It takes the weapon's barrel slot, and a weapon carries only one barrel attachment at a time. Its percentage changes multiply with those of the other attachments on the same weapon, while its changes in degrees are added to theirs.

-15%DAMAGE
+0.5AIM CONE
+2HIP AIM CONE
-50%RECOIL
-100%AIM SWAY

How to craft the Muzzle Brake

Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 8 × High Quality Metal.

High Quality Metal 8
Muzzle Brake
Output ×1
Workbench Level 2
Craft time
WB2 25s
WB3 −50% 12.5s

How to get the Muzzle Brake blueprint

Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 15 Blueprint Pages in total.

Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
Item 1 Item
+
Scrap 100 Scrap
→
Blueprint Blueprint
Research cost 100
Tech tree In the level 2 workbench tree
Node Node
+
Blueprint Page 1 Blueprint Page
→
Unlocked Unlocked
Total to reach 15

How to repair the Muzzle Brake

A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 2 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.

Repair bench Blueprint required
×2
Condition lost 20%

Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.