Rock
A Rock. The most basic melee weapon and gathering tool.
The Rock is a melee tool in Rust that both chops trees and mines ore. It deals 10 blunt damage per hit and swings once every 1.3 seconds, 7.7 damage per second. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Rock
It reaches 1.25 m and can be thrown as well as swung. Every hit on a tree costs it 0.33 condition, so from full condition it chops for 304 hits. Every hit on an ore node costs it 0.33 condition, so from full condition it mines for 304 hits.
Rock damage and stats
Its gather rates are 10 health per hit on trees (7.7 per second) and 5 on ore nodes (3.8 per second). Of the 8 tools that chop trees, it ranks 8th for gather rate. Of the 7 tools that mine ore, it ranks 7th for gather rate.
How to craft the Rock
Crafting one takes 5 seconds without a workbench and costs 10 × Stones.
10 
How to get the Rock blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint 10 Per hit is how much of the node one swing takes; wasted is the share destroyed rather than collected, which is why two tools at the same damage do not yield the same. Wear is the condition the tool loses per hit.
What the Rock recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 5 × Stones for one.
×5 ×6 
×7 50% 
×4 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
