Torch
A Torch. Lights your way at night and can be used as a weapon.
The Torch is a handheld item in Rust that also works as a melee weapon. It deals 5 blunt damage per hit and swings once every 1.3 seconds, 3.8 damage per second. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Torch
Recycling it returns the Cloth (50%) and Low Grade Fuel (50%) only by chance.
Torch damage and stats
5DAMAGE
0.8/sATTACK SPEED
1.5mRANGE
1sDRAW TIME
50CONDITION
How to craft the Torch
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 30 × Wood, 1 × Cloth and 1 × Low Grade Fuel.
30 
1 
1 
Workbench Not required
Craft time
NO WB 15s
WB1 −50% 7.5s
WB2 −75% 3.8s
WB3 −75% 3.8s
How to get the Torch blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint Research cost 10
10 What the Torch recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 15 × Wood for one.
RecyclerGuaranteed outputExtra chance output
Green 50%
×15 50% 50% Green (powered) 60%
×18 60% 60% 
Red 75%
×22 50% 75% 75% 
Yellow 40%
×12 40% 40% 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
