Satchel Charge
Small explosive package constructed of beancan grenades. Useful for destroying wood and sheet metal doors.
The Satchel Charge is an explosive charge in Rust that sticks to whatever it hits. It deals 475 damage (200 blunt, 200 stab and 75 explosion) within 4 m when its fuse of 6 to 12 seconds runs out. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Satchel Charge
From full health, breaking a door takes 2 for the Wooden Door, 4 for the Sheet Metal Door, 9 for the Garage Door and 15 for the Armored Door. For a wall, the count is 3 at Wood, 10 at Stone, 23 at Sheet Metal and 46 at Armored. Those counts leave out duds, which add 25% more throws on average. Broken down to raw materials, one costs 480 sulfur, which puts a stone wall at 4,800 sulfur.
Its fuse is not reliable: 15% of throws burn for only 2 to 4 seconds, and another 13% for 18 to 36 seconds. A dud can be picked up and thrown again, but one stuck to something has an even chance of relighting instead, with 2.5 to 3 seconds on the fuse. The blast only hurts what it has a clear line to, so solid cover between you and it keeps you out of harm. It leaves your hand at up to 10 m/s.
Recycling it returns the Small Stash (50%) and Rope (50%) only by chance.
On the tech tree it sits behind 14 other unlocks: Beancan Grenade, Revolver, Pistol Bullet, Flare, Waterpipe Shotgun, Salvaged Cleaver and 8 more. In all, 28 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Satchel Charge damage, fuse and blast radius
The damage is strongest at the centre of the blast and fades to nothing at 4 m. 20% of them fizzle into a dud instead of going off when the fuse runs out.
How to craft the Satchel Charge
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 4 × Beancan Grenade, 1 × Small Stash and 1 × Rope.
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How to get the Satchel Charge blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 15 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 15 What the Satchel Charge recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 2 × Beancan Grenade for one.
×2 50% 50% ×2 40% 60% 60% 
×3 75% 75% 
×1 60% 40% 40% Where to find the Satchel Charge
Supply Drop has the best chance at 49%, followed by Present Drop at 29% and Locked Crate at 8.6%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
