How much damage does SKS do?

SKS deals 42.5 damage per shot and fires 400 rounds per minute from a 15-round magazine.

Where do you find SKS?

Craft it at workbench level 3. It drops from Locked Crate (5.6%), Elite Crate (1.9%) and Patrol Heli Crate (0.7%), plus 2 more. The most from one full clear: Large Oil Rig (under 0.1), Missile Silo (under 0.1) and Oil Rig (under 0.1).

What does SKS cost to craft?

SKS crafts for 1 Semi Automatic Body, 2 Metal Spring, 200 Metal Fragments, 12 High Quality Metal.

What does SKS recycle for?

Recycling SKS at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns Metal Spring, 120 Metal Fragments, 7 High Quality Metal, Semi Automatic Body (60%), Metal Spring (20%), High Quality Metal (20%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.

SKS: Damage, DPS & Craft Cost

Weapons

Damage

Damage: 42.5; per shot
DPS: 283; before reload
Rate of fire: 400; rounds a minute
Magazine: 15; 4.4 s reload

Aim cone: 0.25°
Hip-fire cone: 2.05°
Aim sway: 1
Recoil (vertical): 3–3.5°
Deploy: 1.15s
In auto turret: 30% dmg

Damage by ammo

Ammo	Damage	Headshot	Shots to killno armour	Shots to killfull metal	Speedm/s	Effect
5.56 Rifle AmmoDefault ammo	42.5	85	3	6	468.8	-
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	47.6 (best)	95.2 (best)	3	5 (best)	281.3	+5.1 Heat, 30% fire
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	42.51	85.02	3	5 (best)	281.3	+0.01 Explosion, 5% fire, 1.5 m splash, 5 Explosion
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	42.5	85	3	6	562.5 (best)	-

Chest hits at point blank on a 100 HP player. Full damage to 25 m, down to 80% at 125 m. Full metal: Metal Facemask, Metal Chest Plate, Road Sign Kilt, Hoodie, Pants, Boots, Tactical Gloves.

By hit areaDefault ammo: 5.56 Rifle Ammo

Head: 85 (highest); ×2, 2 shots
Chest: 42.5; ×1, 3 shots
Stomach: 42.5; ×1, 3 shots
Arm: 42.5; ×1, 3 shots
Leg: 31.88; ×0.75, 4 shots

Wear and sound

Shots before it breaks: 400
With Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo: 134
A shot carries to animals: 50 m
With a silencer: 20 m

Wear counts from a new weapon. Every trigger pull is one shot, however many pellets it fires.

Shots to kill by armour

Chest hits with 5.56 Rifle Ammo, point blank. Armour protection was tested in game. Time to kill calculator

naked30.3 s
wood armor30.3 s
hoodie + pants30.3 s
bucket helmet + jacket30.3 s
diving suit30.3 s
cowl + fur30.3 s
hazmat40.45 s
bone armor40.45 s
riot helmet + jacket40.45 s
wolf headdress + bone40.45 s
arctic suit40.45 s
nomad suit40.45 s
spacesuit40.45 s
roadsign + coffee can50.6 s
roadsign + facemask50.6 s
full metal60.75 s
chest plate + coffee can60.75 s
heavy plate101.35 s

Shots to kill, then seconds. Hover a kit for its damage per hit.

Damage to buildings

Wall grade	Per hit	Hits to break
Twig	8.5	2
Wood	1.275	197
Stone	0.425	1,177
Sheet Metal	0.004	235,295
Armored	0.004	470,589

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

Craft

Craft
Workbench	Craft time	Blueprint
Level 3	30s	60 scrap to research

Ingredients and the blueprint steps are on the Craft tab.

Looted from

Looted from
Container	Chance	Amount
Locked CrateSame loot in: Locked Crate (Oil Rig), Locked Crate (Ghost Ship), Hackable Locked Crate, Ghost Ship Locked Crate, Oil Rig Locked Crate	5.6%	1
Elite CrateSame loot in: Elite Tier Crate, Underwater Lab Elite Crate	1.9%	1-2
Patrol Heli CrateSame loot in: Helicopter Crate	0.7%	1
Bradley Heavy Scientist	0.2%	1-2
Heavy Scientist	0.2%	1-2

Best places to find it

Best places to find it
Monument	Per full clear	Crates
Large Oil Rig	under 0.1	1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)2 Elite Crate
Missile Silo	under 0.1	4 Elite Crate
Oil Rig	under 0.1	1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)1 Elite Crate
Military Tunnel	under 0.1	3 Elite Crate
Ghost Ship	under 0.1	2 Elite Crate

What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.

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
SKS	×1 ×2 ×200 ×12	30s	Level 3
Metal Spring2 needed, recipe for one	×2 ×50

Blueprint	What it takes	Scrap
Research Table	×60	60
Tech treeWorkbench Level 3	Unlock one of these first, then this one.
Unlocks nexton the tech tree

Recycling

Recycler	Always	Chance of one more
Power Plant75%	×1 ×150 ×9	75%50%
Monument (powered)60%	×1 ×120 ×7	60%20%20%
Monument50%	×1 ×100 ×6	50%
Safe zone40%	×80 ×4	40%80%80%

One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.

Green recycler Safe zone recycler Power Plant recycler Recycle calculator

Wearing it

Survival

Farming & fishing

Repair

Bench	Max repair cost	Condition loss	Blueprint needed	Repairs until destroyed
Repair Bench	×40 ×4	20%	Yes	14

A half-worn item costs about half and loses half as much.

Electrical & stations

Vehicles & mounts

Details

Fires

Ammo	Damage
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	47.6
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	42.51
5.56 Rifle Ammo	42.5
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	42.5

Damage of one shot of each ammo from this weapon.

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SKS: common questions

How much damage does SKS do?: SKS deals 42.5 damage per shot and fires 400 rounds per minute from a 15-round magazine.
Where do you find SKS?: Craft it at workbench level 3. It drops from Locked Crate (5.6%), Elite Crate (1.9%) and Patrol Heli Crate (0.7%), plus 2 more. The most from one full clear: Large Oil Rig (under 0.1), Missile Silo (under 0.1) and Oil Rig (under 0.1).
What does SKS cost to craft?: SKS crafts for 1 Semi Automatic Body, 2 Metal Spring, 200 Metal Fragments, 12 High Quality Metal.
What does SKS recycle for?: Recycling SKS at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns Metal Spring, 120 Metal Fragments, 7 High Quality Metal, Semi Automatic Body (60%), Metal Spring (20%), High Quality Metal (20%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.

Semi-Automatic Rifle

SKS