Rust Manual

Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo

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Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo

This ammo explodes on contact dealing a small amount of fragmentation damage to nearby objects.

Shortname: ammo.rifle.explosive · Item ID: -1321651331

Recycling yields

Approximate — recyclers return a share of an item's crafting cost (60% at monument Recyclers, 40% at Safe Zone Recyclers), not a fixed table.

Ammo ballistics
Projectile type
bullet
Projectiles per shot
1
Muzzle velocity
225 m/s
Spread
0.5
50 Bullet0.009999999776482582 Explosion

Falls off to 80% damage past 100m

Loot sources
High-End Ordnance25% · 30xItems Veryrare Ammunition20%Patrol Helicopter Loot15% · 30xAmmo Crate8.7% · 30xHackable Crate7.7% · 30xWorkbench Experiment Tier 35.6%Bradley APC Loot4.9% · 30xSupply Drop0.7% · 8x

Chance the item is included whenever that container rolls, resolved through nested loot tables. Approximate — doesn't account for seasonal or event-restricted rotations.