Wooden Cross
A wooden cross marking the remains of an unknown soul
The Wooden Cross is a decoration in Rust with 100 health. You can craft it without a workbench.
Wooden Cross health and decay
Outside a tool cupboard's range it holds for 2 days, then decays from full health to nothing in 4 days.
How to craft the Wooden Cross
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 400 × Wood.
400 
Repair when placed
A damaged Wooden Cross can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×200 How to repair the Wooden Cross
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 81 × Wood, and no blueprint is needed.
×81 Reduction is how much of that damage type never lands. Damage taken is the rest: at 50% reduction a hit for 100 does 50. A negative reduction means the hit lands harder than it would bare.
What the Wooden Cross recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 200 × Wood for one.
×200 ×240 
×300 
×160 
High Velocity Rocket ×1195— 
200 
300 
20 
2 
Homing Missile ×1262— 100 150 45 3 
Rocket ×1312.5— 1,400 1,950 40 4 
100 
30 
Satchel Charge ×127520% 480 720 80 
40 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1550— 2,200 3,000 100 4 200 60 5 
40mm HE Grenade ×262.5— 170 240 20 2 10 3 
Beancan Grenade ×26515% 240 360 40 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×813— 200 240 40 
Survey Charge ×814— 480 720 80 160 40 From full health (100 HP), each one placed on it: damage per hit is after its protection. Duds are throws that fizzle and need another throw, not counted in Needed. Costs are for the whole count, crafted from raw materials.
Where to find the Wooden Cross
Scarecrow drops it, at 6.8%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 9 November 2026.
