Jackhammer
A Pneumatic Jackhammer to blast through ore nodes. The sheer power of this device requires no aiming as all weak spots will be instantly destroyed. Works well on human flesh. Can be refilled at a Workbench.
Tools & durability
| Resource | Power per hit | Swings to break |
|---|---|---|
| Ore | 25 | ~1,500 |
| Flesh | 5 | ~600 |
Power is the damage to the node per swing. Swings are counted from 300 condition.
What it farms
| Target | You get | Hits | Times | Tool lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore nodes | ||||
| 15 | 2.2 | 100 | ||
| 15 | 2.2 | 100 | ||
| 15 | 2.2 | 100 | ||
| 15 | 2.2 | 100 | ||
| Animals | ||||
| 21 | 3.2 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 3.5 | 26 | ||
| 21 | 3.2 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 3.3 | 27 | ||
| 20 | 3.0 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 3.2 | 28 | ||
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 Jackhammer wastes part of every hit on animals, so it gets less than the full amount there and those counts are averages. Compare every tool.
- The Jackhammer also mines the Satellite Remains and breaks the monument blockers.
The Jackhammer 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
- 15 Stab per hit. 7 hits kill a naked 100 HP player in 0.90s. See Damage
| Bench | Max repair cost | Condition loss | Blueprint needed | Repairs until destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 5% | No | 80 |
A half-worn item loses half as much.
Wearing it
Survival
Farming & fishing
Electrical & stations
Vehicles & mounts
Details
Methodology
Tested in game: we gave the Jackhammer to a player on our own server and used it on every ore node 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. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Every swing of the Jackhammer counts as a bonus hit on ore nodes: ×1.4 damage from the first swing.
Buy
4 shops| Shop | Price |
|---|---|
Outpost: Tools & StuffOutpostBase price300 right after a wipe75 to 300 with demand | |
Water Well: Shop KeeperWater WellStocks 7 of 19 offersUsually 150 to 20010% of the time 100 to 150 | |
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 150 to 20010% of the time 100 to 150 |
Looted from
| Container | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 27% | 1-2 | |
| 14% | 1 | |
| 4.3% | 1 | |
| 1% | 1 | |
| 0.7% | 1 |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 8 Tool Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 4 Tool Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig) | |
| under 0.1 | 1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig) | |
| under 0.1 | 3 Tool Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Missions
1 mission| Mission | Amount |
|---|---|
Shark HuntDive MasterFishing VillageLarge Fishing VillageRepeats after 8 h | 1 |
Seasonal events
Seasonal| Source | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | |
| 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.
Recycling
| Recycler | Always | Chance of one more |
|---|---|---|
 Power Plant75% | ||
 Monument (powered)60% | ||
| Monument50% | ||
 Safe zone40% |
One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.
Damage
- Damage
- 15
- Stab
- DPS
- 100
- before reload
- Swings a minute
- 400
- rounds a minute
- Reach
- 2 m
7 hits to kill a 100 HP player, 0.90 s to kill. Chest hits, point blank, no armour.
- Head
- 30 (highest)
- ×2, 4 hits
- Chest
- 15
- ×1, 7 hits
- Stomach
- 15
- ×1, 7 hits
- Arm
- 15
- ×1, 7 hits
- Leg
- 11.25
- ×0.75, 9 hits
Damage to buildings
| Wall grade | Per hit | Hits to break |
|---|---|---|
 Twig | 3 | 4 |
 Wood | 1.5 | 167 |
 Stone | 0.75 | 667 |
 Sheet Metal | 0.3 | 3,334 |
 Armored | 0.3 | 6,667 |
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
More Tools
Skins
Apply with the Repair Bench. Prices are Steam Market USD.
Loading skinsJackhammer: common questions
- How much damage does Jackhammer do?
- Jackhammer deals 15 damage per swing and swings 400 times per minute.
- Where do you find Jackhammer?
- Buy it at Outpost: Tools & Stuff (base price 150 Scrap), Water Well: Shop Keeper (100 to 200 Scrap), Travelling Vendor (40 to 120 Scrap) and Floating City: Casino Bar Shopkeeper (100 to 200 Scrap). It drops from Supply Drop (27%), Locked Crate (4.3%) and Tool Box (1%), plus 1 more. The most from one full clear: Airfield (0.1), Ferry Terminal (under 0.1) and Large Oil Rig (under 0.1). Mission reward: Shark Hunt (Dive Master). Seasonal: the Advent calendar on Dec 18 and Medium Loot Bag (8.8%). Dig it up with a metal detector: Forest (1.1%).
- What does Jackhammer recycle for?
- Recycling Jackhammer at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 3 Metal Blade, Metal Pipe (60%), 36 Scrap. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.