Rust Manual
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Catapult

Weapon
Catapult

An improvised catapult siege weapon. Built for flinging destructive projectiles with questionable accuracy. Can be towed by horses.

Shortname: catapult

Item ID: 1145722690

Despawns after 40m on the ground

Craft recipe
Wood500xWoodHigh Quality Metal20xHigh Quality MetalRope1xRopeGears1xGearsCatapult1xCatapult
Workbench tier
T2
Craft time
30s
Recycling yields

Radtown Recycler

Wood300xWoodHigh Quality Metal12xHigh Quality MetalRopeRope(+1 at 60%)GearsGears(+1 at 60%)

Safe Zone Recycler

Wood200xWoodHigh Quality Metal8xHigh Quality MetalRopeRope(+1 at 40%)GearsGears(+1 at 40%)

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

Placed entity
Health
250 HP
Decay delay
2h
Decays over
2h

Health once placed in the world — not to be confused with the item's own condition/durability while held.

Raid cost
ExplosiveDamage / chargeCharges needed
Timed Explosive ChargeTimed Explosive Charge5501
Satchel ChargeSatchel Charge4751
Beancan GrenadeBeancan Grenade1153
F1 GrenadeF1 Grenade2252
Molotov CocktailMolotov Cocktail358
FlashbangFlashbang2013
Bee GrenadeBee Grenade2013

Assumes no damage resistance — unlike building tiers, this entity has no separate protection multiplier, so raw HP is divided by raw damage per charge.

Loot sources
★Lootbag Large Contents3.6%Gold Egg (Contents)2.8%Silver Egg (Contents)2.3%Workbench Experiment Tier 20.9%Radtown (Elite)0.2%Generic<0.1%Barrel (Better Loot)<0.1%

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