Rug
A decorative rug that can be placed on walls, floors, and ceilings. Provides comfort when in close proximity.
The Rug is a decoration in Rust with 100 health. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 20 scrap to research.
About the Rug
Repairing it with a hammer from nothing to full costs 48% of what crafting one does.
On the tech tree it sits behind 3 other unlocks: Tuna Can Lamp, Hatchet and Salvaged Hammer. In all, 13 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Statistics
How to craft the Rug
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 25 × Cloth.
25 
How to get the Rug blueprint
Research it for 20 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 4 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
20 Scrap Blueprint 20 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 4 Repair when placed
A damaged Rug can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×12 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 Rug recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 12 × Cloth for one.
×12 50% ×15 
×18 75% 
×10 
Rocket ×1312.5— 
1,400 
1,950 
100 40 
30 
4 
Satchel Charge ×127520% 480 720 80 10 
1 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1550— 2,200 3,000 200 60 5 
2 
40mm HE Grenade ×262.5—— 
Beancan Grenade ×26515% 240 360 40 
High Velocity Rocket ×345— 600 900 60 6 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×813— 200 240 40 
Survey Charge ×814— 480 720 80 160 40 
Homing Missile ×912— 900 1,350 180 18 5 From full health (100 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.
Where to find the Rug
Primitive Crate has the best chance at 4.8%, followed by Gingerbread Man at 3.4% and Scarecrow at 3.4%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
