[APR 2025] Rust Raid Costs - Quick Sheet

The NO. 1, most updated raiding quick sheet, highlighting Rust's cheapest raid methods, effectiveness, and costs.

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Introduction

Introduction to Raiding Quick Sheet

This guide is designed to be easy-to read and access, feel free to open this guide whilst in-game or during a raid to quickly see the cheapest raiding methods, or if you run out of main explosives, finding the most effective raiding method with the resources you currently have available.

IMPORTANT: In each of the cheapest raid costs, some structures/deployables have 2 values, as the cheapest way to destroy the target is by using both values. Alternatively, some of the cheapest costs have accompanying values as using the cheapest raiding method may require additional/unconventional raiding tools. For example, the cheapest way to destroy a stone wall is 1 C4 AND 82 explosive ammunition, whereas, the cheapest ways to destroy a wood wall is 1 Incendiary Rocket OR 49 explosive ammunition.

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Building & Basic Raid Costs

Cheapest Building & Basic Raid Costs

All Building & Basic Raid Costs

Construction & Items Raid Costs

Cheapest Construction & Items Raid Costs

All Construction & Items Raid Costs

Vehicles & Defences Raid Costs

Cheapest Vehicles & Defences Raid Costs

All Vehicles & Defences Raid Costs

Primitive Raid Costs

Primitive Raid Costs

Primitive Raid Costs

Soft-side & Melee Raid Costs

Fastest Soft-side & Melee Raid Costs

All Soft-side & Melee Raid Costs

Raiding Resource Costs

All Raiding Resource Costs

Raiding Weapon Damage & Ammo Needed

Explosive Ammo

Handmade & Incendiary Shells

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the ~ symbol mean in some of the values?

The tilde (~) is used when a value is not certain, is it an approximate as especially when raiding with fire, Flame Throwers, Incendiary Rockets, or the Jackhammer, the values can be random/inconsistent. In the Jackhammer's case, it depends on how you use the tool as some ways reduce durability but can take longer, so it's safer to approximate than write several different values.

Why does the Cheapest Sulfur say ... when melee is better?

The cheapest section is exclusive to sulfur only, meaning any method such as flame raiding or fire arrows potentially being the cheapest way are not listed as they do not require sulfur. This information is useful, for example Salvaged Shelves which the cheapest method by using sulfur is 10 F1 Grenades, however, it can also be destroyed in 10 seconds with a Combat Knife and even faster/cheaper with other melee items. In situations like these, use the Jackhammer as a universal indication of the amount of melee items you need to break an item.

In the 'Cheapest Costs', I do not raid with Handmade Shells or Incendiary Shells, what is the 2nd cheapest?

Both Handmade Shells and Incendiary Shells are used in extreme cases when all alternatives are either double the sulfur cost or when either of these options are so fast that the extra sulfur cost is not worth. In cases like these where you do not have access or like raiding with shotguns, use Explosive Ammo as they are usually the second cheapest, closely tied with Rockets, so use either alternative.

When using Handmade Shells, Incendiary Shotgun Shells or Explosive Rounds it takes less than the value listed, is the guide wrong?

No, you're right to an extent, some guns have damage differences when raiding usually to compensate the large reduction in time it takes to destroy a target. One example is the Spas-12 Shotgun, when breaking a Stone Wall, it takes 185 more Handmade Shells than all other Shotguns, however, it is 4 and a half minutes faster than the 2nd fastest, and 27 minutes faster than the slowest shotgun. The reason the guide is not wrong however, is that I take the highest value (excluding the Spas-12 which has drastic ammo differences) which only saves you explosive ammo, instead of making you too few. Ammunition values were tested with the Semi-Automatic Rifle (explosive ammunition) and Pump Shotgun (Handmade Shells, Incendiary Shells, & Buckshot Shells).

The Weapon Damage section expounds on these damage differences, differences in ammo needed to destroy a target, as well as the time taken to destroy a target. The information is in percentages, so if you wish to calculate per scenario, convert the percentage to a decimal (95% = 0.95 or 115% = 1.15) and multiply that by the ammo needed listed in the guide, which is 100%.

Final Statements

Thank you for reading up to this point, I hope you enjoyed my guide on the cheapest and most effective raiding methods. I have spent several months working on this raid cost guide creating, updating, and overhauling it to make it as effective, expansive, and up-to date as possible.

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[hops]

[UPDATE OVERVIEW]

• Added Primitive Raid Costs for a selection of Buildings, Construction, and Deployable Items.

• Added more alternative cheapest raiding methods alongside associated required sulfur costs.

[hops]

I have shared the raw excel sheet publicly in the past, however, it has caused more issues than solved so sadly I can not. However, there are Rust Raid Calculators available online that have semi-frequent updates that can provide the raw data and can be more helpful for larger scale raids as calculations are done automatically.

[MrEdinLaw]

Any way to get the excell or data sheet and not the images?

[hops]

The guide was built primarily from my own testing in my own admin server and supplementary data from RustLabs. Sadly, I never intended to automate the process as explosive ammo for example reacts differently to each structure so calculating damage would be incredibly difficult.

However, after the change of ownership at RustLabs, there are many tools that could assist you with your project including RustHelp or the variety of Raid Calculators that may display amount of damage per structure.

[Applethal]

Hello, thanks for the guide. Do you have a source or something for the damage charts of every explosive on structures and deployables? I am trying to build an optimization model that aims to minimize the costs of raiding subject to the number of structures and resource constraints. I need how much damage each item does on each unit, but sadly all I can find online are information on how much one would need to destroy a structure, and it is sadly not what I need.

[hops]

The Rust Raid Costs guide has been entirely rebuilt from scratch , implementing all necessary and missing features to assist users to raid, together with meticulously testing/double-checking all values individually, and revamping the guide's legibility/accessibility, taking considerable time. Rebuilding the guide has also facilitated quicker/easier updating/editing of the guide's values, this enables faster updating/responding to monthly Rust updates and community feature requests.

[hops]

[UPDATE OVERVIEW]

• Fixed all incorrect raiding and cheapest cost values including armoured doors, alongside revamping the guide with higher resolution images, enhancing image positioning and sizing.

• Added alternative cheapest raiding methods, required sulfur costs of cheapest raiding methods, individual raid object/target health, alongside combining/adding new/updated raid-able objects.

• Added raiding tool values and resource crafting costs for Molotovs, 12 Gauge Buckshots, Military Flamethrowers, Homing Missiles, Submarine Torpedoes, and several new Melee tools.

• Added raiding values for multiple new and updated raid objects, deployables, and vehicles.

• Added differences between explosive rifles and shotguns, including the number of bullets until weapon is broken, amount of bullets needed, and length of time taken to destroy raiding objects.

Thank you everyone for your immeasurable patience, feedback, and appreciation.

[Scarr]

Is there a newer guide out there? This one is outdated by a year, missing molotov, some health values and costs are off on some items.

[DaRealMcCloud]

Molotov is missing

[Bayou Buddha]

this guide is out of date and falls short on cost