Rust Ore Nodes & Trees
How much each ore node and tree gives, and how many hits each tool needs. A Chainsaw or Pickaxe gets the full amount; a Hatchet, Stone Pickaxe or Rock wastes part of it.
What an ore node gives
every node has 500 HP
Time to mine a node
fastest first| Tool | Hits | Time |
|---|---|---|
 Jackhammer | 20 | 3.0s |
 Salvaged Icepick | 10 | 12.5s |
 Pickaxealso Prototype Pickaxe, Abyss Metal Pickaxe | 17 | 25.5s |
 Salvaged Hammer | 25 | 25.0s |
 Stone Pickaxealso Concrete Pickaxe | 32 | 28.8s |
 Bone Club | 125 | 87.7s |
 Candy Cane Club | 125 | 125.0s |
 Rockalso Skull, Jungle Rock | 100 | 131.6s |
One full node, any type. Each hot-spot hit in a row adds 50% damage, up to 3×, so real times are lower. Hits assume no waste: the Stone Pickaxe and Rock waste part of each hit, so they empty a node in fewer hits and get less ore.
What a tree gives
biggest first| Wood | Trees | HP |  Chainsaw |  Salvaged Axe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Beech, Dead beech, Dead pine, Douglas fir, Jungle palm, Jungle sapling, Jungle tree, Swamp tree, Trumpet tree | 1000 | 34 hits · 6.8s | 20 hits · 25.0s |
| 450 | Palm (tall) | 850 | 29 hits · 5.8s | 17 hits · 21.3s |
| 375 | Birch | 1000 | 34 hits · 6.8s | 20 hits · 25.0s |
| 375 | Beech, Birch, Oak, Palm (medium), Pine | 750 | 25 hits · 5.0s | 15 hits · 18.8s |
| 375 | Vine tree | 700 | 24 hits · 4.8s | 14 hits · 17.5s |
| 375 | Birch | 600 | 20 hits · 4.0s | 12 hits · 15.0s |
| 300 | Palm (small) | 650 | 22 hits · 4.4s | 13 hits · 16.3s |
| 275 | Palm (short) | 550 | 19 hits · 3.8s | 11 hits · 13.8s |
| 250 | Beech, Dead beech, Douglas fir, Oak, Pine | 500 | 17 hits · 3.4s | 10 hits · 12.5s |
| 100 | Pine sapling, Trumpet tree sapling | 200 | 7 hits · 1.4s | 4 hits · 5.0s |
| 50 | Pine sapling, Trumpet tree sapling | 100 | 4 hits · 0.8s | 2 hits · 2.5s |
The same species comes in several sizes, so a name can appear on more than one row. Each marker hit in a row adds 12.5% damage, up to 2×, so real counts are lower. Both tools get all the wood. A Hatchet, Stone Hatchet or Rock wastes part of each hit, so it gets less.
Giant Excavator output
per diesel
Pick one resource at the controls and feed it Diesel Fuel. One diesel runs it for 2 minutes, with output every 1s. Scientists guard the site.
Methodology
Tree health tested in game: we spawned every tree type in every biome on our own server and read its health and wood. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Rust ore nodes: common questions
- How much sulfur do you get per node in Rust?
- 200 Sulfur Ore per sulfur node with a Pickaxe or better. A Stone Pickaxe wastes part of each hit and gets less. Pure Ore Tea raises it by 50%. A loose sulfur rock you pick up with E gives 50.
- How much metal ore and HQM does a node give in Rust?
- A metal node gives 500 Metal Ore. An HQM node gives 12 High Quality Metal Ore plus 400 Metal Ore.
- How many hits does it take to mine a node in Rust?
- Every node has 500 HP. A Pickaxe takes 17 hits (25.5s); a Jackhammer clears it in 3.0s. Hitting the hot-spot in a row adds 50% damage per hit, up to 3×, so real times are lower.
- How much does the Giant Excavator produce in Rust?
- Per diesel (2 minutes of digging), up to 100 High Quality Metal Ore, 2,000 Sulfur Ore, 10,000 Stones, 5,000 Metal Fragments. You pick one resource at a time.