

Chainsaw
A Chainsaw. Very effective at cutting trees in addition to soft fleshy objects. Requires Low Grade Fuel to run.
Tools & durability
| Resource | Power per hit | Swings to break |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 30 | ~2,000 |
| Flesh | 2 | - |
Power is the damage to the node per swing. Swings are counted from 100 condition.
What it farms
| Target | You get | Hits | Times | Tool lasts | Fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees | |||||
Same for 10 more treesDead tree, Hura crepitans, Hura crepitans sapling, Large fir tree, Mauritia flexuosa, Mauritia flexuosa sapling, Schizolobium, Schizolobium sapling, Swamp tree, Trumpet tree | 21 | 4.2 | 95 | ||
Same for 5 more treesBirch tree, Large oak tree, Medium beech tree, Medium palm tree, Medium tropical palm | 16 | 3.2 | 125 | ||
Same for 2 more treesSmall beech tree, Small oak tree | 11 | 2.2 | 181 | ||
| Animals | |||||
| 42 | 8.4 | No wear | |||
| 38 | 7.6 | No wear | |||
| 41 | 8.2 | No wear | |||
| 46 | 9.2 | No wear | |||
| Nothing | 3 | 0.6 | No wear | ||
| 39 | 7.8 | No wear | |||
Each row is one full target, with the bonus the last hit adds. Gathering teas add to it. Hits assume you never hit the bonus marker. The Chainsaw wastes part of every hit on animals, so it gets less than the full amount there and those counts are averages. Compare every tool.
- Trees of one size give the same, so a row names every tree it covers. The Chainsaw also cuts Large cactus, Large pile of driftwood, Log, Medium cactus, Medium pile of driftwood, Small cactus, Small pile of driftwood and Woodpile. Each page says what it gives.
The Chainsaw also skins 9 more animals and the bodies of 26 kinds of NPC
Animals: Bull, Cow, Crocodile, Horse, Panther, Shark, Sheep, Snake, Tiger.NPCs: Arctic Scientist, Bandit Camp Guard, Cargo Ship Scientist, Dive Master, Excavator Scientist, Fisherman, Heavy Scientist, Heavy Scientist With Flamethrower, Heavy Scientist With Minigun, Hunter, Lumberjack, Military Base Scientist, Military Tunnel Scientist, Miner, Naval Scientist, Newman, NVG Scientist, Outbreak Scientist, Outpost Scientist, Patrol Scientist, PT Boat Scientist, RHIB Scientist, Stablehand, Tunnel Dweller, Underwater Dweller, Vagabond. Each page says what its body gives.
- As a weapon
- 12 Slash per hit. 9 hits kill a naked 100 HP player in 1.60s. See Damage
| Bench | Max repair cost | Condition loss | Blueprint needed | Repairs until destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | Yes | 14 |
A half-worn item costs about half and loses half as much.
Wearing it
Survival
Farming & fishing
Electrical & stations
Vehicles & mounts
Details
- Fuel
- Runs on Low Grade Fuel. Burns 0.25/s (about 15 a minute) while cutting, plus a small idle burn whenever the engine runs.
Methodology
Tested in game: we gave the Chainsaw to a player on our own server and used it on the first three trees and every animal in the table above until it was empty, three times each, and counted the hits, the wear and every item it handed out. Time is the hits times the swing time. The other trees are worked out the same way from the health and wood we read from each tree on our server. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Every swing of the Chainsaw counts as a bonus hit on trees: damage climbs from ×1.13 to ×1.67 over the first swings.
A hit of the Chainsaw is worth less than one item on the smallest corpses, so it destroys the pile and gives nothing.
Craft
| Workbench | Craft time | Blueprint |
|---|---|---|
| 25s | 60 scrap to research |
Ingredients and the blueprint steps are on the Craft tab.
Buy
4 shops| Shop | Price |
|---|---|
Outpost: Tools & StuffOutpostBase price250 right after a wipe62 to 250 with demand | |
Water Well: Shop KeeperWater WellStocks 7 of 19 offersUsually 80 to 130 | |
Travelling VendorStocks 7 of 16 offersUsually 80 to 12020% of the time 40 to 60 | |
Floating City: Casino Bar ShopkeeperFloating CityStocks 7 of 19 offersUsually 80 to 130 |
Looted from
| Container | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 27% | 1-2 | |
| 14% | 1 | |
| 12% | 1 | |
| 5.6% | 1-3 | |
| 1% | 1 | |
| 0.8% | 1-3 | |
| 0.7% | 1 | |
| 0.4% | 1 |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | 19 Military Crate4 Elite Crate2 Tool Crate | |
| 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)8 Military Crate2 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)5 Military Crate1 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 8 Military Crate8 Tool Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 7 Military Crate2 Elite Crate1 Tool Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Missions
1 mission| Mission | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6% | 1-2 |
Seasonal events
Seasonal| Source | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 8.8% | 1 |
| Ground | Chance per dig spot | Amount per find |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1% | 1 |
Methodology
Best places to find it. Worked out from loot tables tested in game. A crate that has not been tested yet is left out, so a monument can give more than shown.
Crafting
| Makes | Ingredients | Time | Workbench |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25s | |||
| Blueprint | What it takes | Scrap |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | ||
| Unlock one of these first, then this one. | ||
Recycling
| Recycler | Always | Chance of one more |
|---|---|---|
One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.
Damage
- Damage
- 12
- Slash
- DPS
- 60
- before reload
- Swings a minute
- 300
- rounds a minute
- Reach
- 1.5 m
9 hits to kill a 100 HP player, 1.60 s to kill. Chest hits, point blank, no armour.
- Head
- 24 (highest)
- ×2, 5 hits
- Chest
- 12
- ×1, 9 hits
- Stomach
- 12
- ×1, 9 hits
- Arm
- 12
- ×1, 9 hits
- Leg
- 9
- ×0.75, 12 hits
Damage to buildings
| Wall grade | Per hit | Hits to break |
|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 5 | |
| 2.4 | 105 | |
| 0.24 | 2,084 | |
| 0.12 | 8,334 | |
| 0.12 | 16,667 |
Hits to break a wall of each grade from the soft (inside) face. Guns count as rounds. The hard face takes more. All building blocks
Skins
1Apply with the Repair Bench. Prices are Steam Market USD.
Loading skins
Chainsaw: common questions
- How much damage does Chainsaw do?
- Chainsaw deals 12 damage per swing and swings 300 times per minute.
- Where do you find Chainsaw?
- Craft it at workbench level 2. Buy it at Outpost: Tools & Stuff (base price 125 Scrap), Water Well: Shop Keeper (80 to 130 Scrap), Travelling Vendor (40 to 120 Scrap) and Floating City: Casino Bar Shopkeeper (80 to 130 Scrap). It drops from Supply Drop (27%), Locked Crate (5.6%) and Tool Box (1%), plus 9 more. The most from one full clear: Missile Silo (0.2), Large Oil Rig (0.1) and Oil Rig (under 0.1). Mission box: Treasure box (1.6%). Seasonal: Medium Loot Bag (8.8%).
- What does Chainsaw cost to craft?
- Chainsaw crafts for 5 High Quality Metal, 2 Gears, 6 Metal Blade.
- What does Chainsaw recycle for?
- Recycling Chainsaw at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 3 High Quality Metal, Gears, 3 Metal Blade, Gears (20%), Metal Blade (60%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.