Nailgun
A construction tool turned deadly.
The Nailgun is a semi-automatic weapon in Rust. Its default ammo is the Nailgun Nails. It deals 18 damage per shot at 400 shots per minute from its 16-round magazine. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench.
About the Nailgun
A full reload takes 3.1 seconds, and switching to it takes 0.5 seconds. Aiming down the sights narrows its spread from 2.75° to 0.75°, 3.7 times tighter than firing from the hip. Mounted in an Auto Turret, it deals 35% of its normal damage.
The Nailgun Nails is the only ammo it takes.
From full condition it fires 400 shots with the Nailgun Nails before it breaks, which is 25 full magazines.
Nailgun damage and stats
Loaded with the Nailgun Nails, the Nailgun deals 54 damage per second.
How to craft the Nailgun
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 75 × Metal Fragments and 15 × Scrap.
75 
15 
How to repair the Nailgun
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 16 × Metal Fragments and 4 × Scrap, and no blueprint is needed.
×16 ×4 Nailgun compared with other semi-automatic weapons
Among the 10 semi-automatic weapons it ranks 10th for damage per second, 10th for damage per shot, 2nd for fire rate and 3rd for magazine size.
The closest to it in damage per second are the Semi-Automatic Rifle, Python Revolver, Revolver and High Caliber Revolver.
Nailgun Nails 18 53.8 0.8° 50 ×1.54–24m Damage & DPS are per-shot with the listed ammo; aim cone is the spread in degrees, velocity in m/s.
What the Nailgun recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 10 × Scrap and 37 × Metal Fragments for one.
×10 ×37 50% ×12 ×45 
×15 ×56 25% 
×8 ×30 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
