Pitchfork
A 3 pronged pitchfork. Extremely easy to hit targets with.
The Pitchfork is a melee weapon in Rust. It deals 40 stab damage per hit and swings once every 1.5 seconds, 26.7 damage per second. It cannot be crafted, and Scarecrow drops it most often, at 29%.
About the Pitchfork
It reaches 2.75 m and can be thrown as well as swung.
Pitchfork damage and stats
Among the 16 melee weapons it ranks 6th for damage per hit and 10th for damage per second.
40DAMAGE
0.7/sATTACK SPEED
2.8mRANGE
1sDRAW TIME
YesTHROWABLE
100CONDITION
How to repair the Pitchfork
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 61 × Wood and 21 × Metal Fragments, and no blueprint is needed.
Repair bench No blueprint needed
×61 
×21 What the Pitchfork recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 150 × Wood and 50 × Metal Fragments for one.
RecyclerGuaranteed outputExtra chance output
Green 50%
×150 ×50 None
Green (powered) 60%
×180 ×60 None
Red 75%
×225 ×75 None
Yellow 40%
×120 ×40 None
Where to find the Pitchfork
Scarecrow drops it, at 29%.
SourceConditionChanceAmount
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
