Propane Explosive Bomb
An explosive propane-filled keg, devastating to structures. Can be placed or used as a projectile in a catapult.
The Propane Explosive Bomb is ammunition in Rust. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Propane Explosive Bomb
A full stack of 4 takes 4 crafts and 40 seconds: 4 × Empty Propane Tank, 1,800 × Gun Powder and 80 × Low Grade Fuel. Recycling it returns the Empty Propane Tank only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 17 other unlocks: Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG, Muzzle Boost, Flame Thrower, Catapult, Ballista and 11 more.
Propane Explosive Bomb damage and stats
How to craft the Propane Explosive Bomb
Crafting one takes 10 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 1 × Empty Propane Tank, 450 × Gun Powder and 20 × Low Grade Fuel.
1 
450 
20 
How to get the Propane Explosive Bomb blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 18 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 18 Reduction is how much of that damage type never lands. Damage taken is the rest: at 50% reduction a hit for 100 does 50. A negative reduction means the hit lands harder than it would bare.
What the Propane Explosive Bomb recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 225 × Gun Powder and 10 × Low Grade Fuel for one.
×225 ×10 50% ×270 ×12 60% 
×337 ×15 75% 50% 
×180 ×8 40% 
40mm HE Grenade ×180—— 
Beancan Grenade ×172.515% 
120 
180 
20 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×147.5— 25 30 5 
High Velocity Rocket ×1120— 200 300 20 
2 
Homing Missile ×125— 100 150 20 2 
1 
Rocket ×1450— 1,400 1,950 100 40 4 30 
Satchel Charge ×1312.520% 480 720 80 
10 
1 
Survey Charge ×118— 60 90 10 20 5 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1825— 2,200 3,000 200 2 60 5 From full health (10 HP), each one placed on it: damage per hit is after its protection. Duds are throws that fizzle and need another throw, not counted in Needed. Costs are for the whole count, crafted from raw materials.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
