Gun Powder in Rust

Gun Powder

Resources·Very Rare·Stacks to 1000

Gun Powder is a Very Rare Resources in Rust. Recycling one returns 1.8 charcoal, 1.2 sulfur. It crafts at a level 1 workbench from 30 charcoal and 20 sulfur. It's an ingredient in 47 other recipes.

Made from Sulfur and Charcoal, a key ingredient of anything that goes bang!

1
workbench
10
research scrap
47
recipes use it
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Recycles into

Per item, at 40% safe-zone / 60% radtown efficiency.

Crafting recipe

Workbench 12sMakes 10
Total raw materials (2)
  • Charcoal 3
  • Sulfur 2

Research & blueprint

10
scrap to research
  • Researchable at a table
  • Known by default
  • Not on the tech tree

Used to craft

Gun Powder is an ingredient in 47 recipes.

12 Gauge Buckshot1012 Gauge Incendiary Shell1012 Gauge Slug1040mm HE Grenade3040mm Shotgun Round1540mm Smoke Grenade305.56 Rifle Ammo5Beancan Grenade60Blue Boomer30Cannonball15Champagne Boomer75Confetti Cannon5Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo20Explosives50F1 Grenade30Firebomb150Firecracker String10Flare10Flashbang25Fragmentation Mortar Shell150Green Boomer30Handmade Shell5High Velocity Rocket100Homemade Landmine30Homing Missile100HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo10HV Pistol Ammo10Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo10Incendiary Pistol Bullet10Incendiary Rocket150MLRS Rocket400Mortar Shell300Orange Boomer30Pattern Boomer30Pistol Bullet5Propane Explosive Bomb450Red Boomer30Red Volcano Firework15Rocket150SAM Ammo30Smoke Grenade35Smoke Rocket WIP!!!!200Survey Charge30Torpedo30Violet Boomer30Violet Volcano Firework15White Volcano Firework15

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