Variable Zoom Scope
A large military-grade scope that can be configured from 4x zoom to 16x zoom.
The Variable Zoom Scope is a weapon sight in Rust that fits 45 weapons. It adds 50% to recoil. It cannot be crafted, and Bradley Crate drops it most often, at 8.7%.
About the Variable Zoom Scope
Only one vendor sells it: the Black Market for 300 scrap. In all, 5 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Variable Zoom Scope stats and effects
It takes the weapon's scope slot, and a weapon carries only one scope attachment at a time. Its percentage changes multiply with those of the other attachments on the same weapon.
50 Cal Turret → 
Abyss Assault Rifle → 
Assault Rifle → 
Blunderbuss → 
Bolt Action Rifle → 
Bowless Crossbow → 
Crossbow → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby → 
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire → 
Custom SMG → 
Double Barrel Shotgun → 
Dual 50 Cal Turret → 
Dual 50 Cal Turret → 
HMLMG → 
Handmade SMG → 
High Caliber Revolver → 
Ice Assault Rifle → 
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle → 
Krieg Shotgun → 
L96 Rifle → 
LR-300 Assault Rifle → 
M15 Semi-Automatic Pistol → 
M16A2 → 
M249 → 
M39 Rifle → 
M4 Shotgun → 
M92 Pistol → 
MP5A4 → 
Medieval Assault Rifle → 
Mini Crossbow → 
Multiple Grenade Launcher → 
Prototype 17 → 
Pump Shotgun → 
Python Revolver → 
SKS → 
Semi-Automatic Pistol → 
Semi-Automatic Rifle → 
Space LR-300 Assault Rifle → 
Spas-12 Shotgun → 
Thompson → 
Uzi → 
Waterpipe Shotgun → What the Variable Zoom Scope recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 40 × High Quality Metal for one.
×40 ×48 
×60 
×32 Where to find the Variable Zoom Scope
Bradley Crate has the best chance at 8.7%, followed by Elite Crate at 0.81% and Bradley Scientist at 0.63%.
Shops that hand it out
Black MarketShop×1for300 (150–600)
ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
