Targeting Attachment
An internal weapon mod that allows the user to send pings to their team while the weapon is equipped.
The Targeting Attachment is a weapon attachment in Rust that fits 23 weapons. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Targeting Attachment
Recycling it returns the Tech Trash only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 20 other unlocks: Holosight, Semi-Automatic Rifle, Propane Explosive Bomb, Smoke Grenade, Custom SMG, Muzzle Boost and 14 more.
How to craft the Targeting Attachment
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 10 × High Quality Metal and 1 × Tech Trash.
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How to get the Targeting Attachment blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 21 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 21 How to repair the Targeting Attachment
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 3 × High Quality Metal, and you need its blueprint.
×3 
Abyss Assault Rifle → 
Assault Rifle → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire → 
Custom SMG → 
Handmade SMG → 
Ice Assault Rifle → 
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle → 
LR-300 Assault Rifle → 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol → 
M16A2 → 
M39 Rifle → 
M92 Pistol → 
Medieval Assault Rifle → 
SKS → 
Semi-Automatic Pistol → 
Semi-Automatic Rifle → 
Space LR-300 Assault Rifle → 
Thompson → 
Uzi → What the Targeting Attachment recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 5 × High Quality Metal for one.
×5 50% ×6 60% 
×7 50% 75% 
×4 40% Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
