SAM Ammo
Ammunition for a SAM Site. This missile contains a rudimentary guidance system to help it navigate through strong winds.
The SAM Ammo is ammunition in Rust. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the SAM Ammo
One craft makes 6, so each costs 0.17 × Metal Pipe and 5 × Gun Powder. A full stack of 1,000 takes 167 crafts and 13.9 minutes: 167 × Metal Pipe and 5,010 × Gun Powder. Recycling it in a green recycler returns 7% of its crafting cost. Recycling it returns the Metal Pipe only by chance, 8% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 21 other unlocks: Rocket Launcher, Holosight, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Propane Explosive Bomb, Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG and 15 more. Only one vendor sells it: the Weapons for 75 scrap.
How to craft the SAM Ammo
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 1 × Metal Pipe and 30 × Gun Powder. One craft makes 6 of them.
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How to get the SAM Ammo blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 22 Blueprint Pages in total.
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40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 22 What the SAM Ammo recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 2 × Gun Powder for one.
×2 8% 50% ×3 10% 
×3 12% 75% 
×2 7% Shops that hand it out
WeaponsShop×6for75 (38–150)ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
