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.
How to craft the Muzzle Brake
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 8 × High Quality Metal.
8 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.
1 Item
100 Scrap
Blueprint
100
Node
1 Blueprint Page
Unlocked
15 How to repair the Muzzle Brake
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 2 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.
×2
50 Cal Turret →
Abyss Assault Rifle →
Assault Rifle →
Bolt Action Rifle →
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond →
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald →
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond →
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby →
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire →
Custom SMG →
Dual 50 Cal Turret →
Dual 50 Cal Turret →
HMLMG →
Handmade SMG →
Ice Assault Rifle →
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle →
Krieg Shotgun →
L96 Rifle →
LR-300 Assault Rifle →
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol →
M16A2 →
M249 →
M39 Rifle →
M4 Shotgun →
M92 Pistol →
MP5A4 →
Medieval Assault Rifle →
Prototype 17 →
Pump Shotgun →
Revolver →
SKS →
Semi-Automatic Pistol →
Semi-Automatic Rifle →
Space LR-300 Assault Rifle →
Spas-12 Shotgun →
Thompson →
Uzi → What the Muzzle Brake recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 4 × High Quality Metal for one.
×4
×4
80%
×6
×3
20% Where to find the Muzzle Brake
Treasure Box has the best chance at 1.6%, followed by Locked Crate at 1.3% and Elite Crate at 0.78%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.