Rust Manual

Bone Knife

WeaponCondition 100
Obsidian Bone Knife

Melee weapon crafted from bone fragments. Good for harvesting carcases.

Shortname: knife.bone

Item ID: 1814288539

Despawns after 5m on the ground

About this skin

Obsidian Bone Knife is a cosmetic skin for Bone Knife — apply it from your inventory to change how the item looks. It doesn't change bone knife's stats, crafting cost, or protection.

Craft recipe
Workbench tier
T0
Craft time
30s
Recycling yields

Radtown Recycler

Safe Zone Recycler

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
20 m/s
Spread
1
10 Slash

Falls off to 80% damage past 40m

Melee damage
8 Slash8 Stab= 16 total
Range
1.5m
Attack speed
86/min
Draw time
1s
Repair cost
Current condition
%

A repair bench restores 20% condition per click, at 20% of the recipe cost per point missing.

Loot sources
Knife Bone100%Basic Crate Loot3.6%

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