Ballista

Recipe

250 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Gears, 2 × Sheet Metal

Recycling (monument recycler, 50%)

125 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Sheet Metal, Gears (50%)

Frequently asked questions

How do you craft the Ballista in Rust?

It is crafted at a level 2 workbench in 30 s with 250 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Gears, 2 × Sheet Metal. In raw resources: 275 × Metal Fragments, 100 × Scrap, 2 × Sheet Metal.

What does the Ballista give when recycled?

At a monument recycler (50%) it yields 125 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Sheet Metal, Gears (50%). At a safe zone recycler (40%): 100 × Metal Fragments, Gears (40%), Sheet Metal (80%); at the red Power Plant recycler (75%): 187 × Metal Fragments, 1 × Sheet Metal, Metal Fragments (50%), Gears (75%), Sheet Metal (50%).

How much scrap to research the Ballista?

30 scrap at a research table, or 30 scrap in the tech tree of the level 2 workbench. The whole tree branch up to it costs 570 scrap.

How many explosives to destroy the Ballista?

It has 250 hit points. Cheapest in sulfur: 6 × Cannonball (90 sulfur), 1 × High Velocity Rocket (200 sulfur), 1 × Firebomb (300 sulfur).