Raiding Guide
Raiding is one of the most important, most liked, hated, and also the hardest thing to do in Rust. The raiding mechanics in Rust are constantly getting changed and balanced patch by patch as players discover new exploits, or just new ways how to easily raid enemy bases. Currently, it seems like raiding is in a final phase and the basic mechanics won't change much anymore. The following guide will show you how to raid structures / bases the simplest way.
Basics
Tool Cupboard
This is one of the most important (build) items in Rust when you want to build a "safe" base. Getting access to the tool cupboard will allow you to easily raid the whole base as well as giving you the access to build protection and potentially grief a base later (overtake the base).
Raiding Tools
Almost every tool in Rust does Damage to structures. On the end of this article you will find a detailed table about all weapons and tools in Rust and its Damage to wood, stone, metal, and sheet meal structures.
Soft side vs. hard side
When building a base in rust, it is very importand that you place your walls the right way. Building a base with the soft sides of walls on the outside can make your upgrades practically useless, because weapons and tools do extra damage to the soft (weak) side.
Wood walls can be easily shredded down to 11 health with just a single stone or metal hatchet from the soft side, and then finished off with anything else (a stone, spear, etc.). To give you a comparison: The hard side of a wall takes 3 hatchet hits to do 1 point of damage.
Stone walls from the outside take one damage per 8 pickaxe hits, but from the soft side takes 1.2 damage every hit (7 pickaxes for one stone wall). Sheet Metal, while being near impervious to melee from the outside, will take 1 damage every 2 pickaxe hits, as well as take damage from other tools. Armored walls can also be picked, albeit at a much slower rate, from the soft side with standard tools. All foundations will take damage as soft sides from above, and ceilings will be soft side from underneath and hard side from above.
Weapon Damage List
To raid bases in Rust you need to use items to destroy walls, doors or ladder hatches. In the table below you can see how much hits or number of each item it costs to destroy these. Please note, this table has all possible raiding items (plus a few more), just because they are on this page, does not mean they are viable raiding options.
Damage on walls is based on soft-side, grenades and charges do the same damage on both sides.
Weapons
| × | Wood wall | Stone wall | Metal wall | Armored wall |  |
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1042 | 2084 | 6250 | 8334 | 334 | 417 | 1334 | 417 | 2084 | 2084 | 2084 | 2084 |
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13 | 46 | 63 | 84 | 6 | 18 | 56 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 46 | 46 |
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125 | 250 | 750 | 1000 | 40 | 50 | 160 | 50 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
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105 | 893 | 3125 | 4167 | 125 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 209 | 209 | 893 | 893 |
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17 | 334 | 1000 | 1334 | 18 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 34 | 34 | 334 | 334 |
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250 | 500 | 1500 | 2000 | 80 | 100 | 320 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
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36 | 715 | 2143 | 2858 | 39 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 72 | 72 | 715 | 715 |
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21 | 417 | 1250 | 1667 | 23 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 42 | 42 | 417 | 417 |
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25 | 500 | 1500 | 2000 | 27 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 50 | 50 | 500 | 500 |
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72 | 286 | 1072 | 1429 | 115 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 143 | 143 | 286 | 286 |
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100 | 400 | 1500 | 2000 | 160 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 200 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
Tools
| × | Wood wall | Stone wall | Metal wall | Armored wall | |
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2500 | 5000 | 15000 | 20000 | 800 | 1000 | 3200 | 1000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 |
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34 | 527 | 1667 | 2223 | 37 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 67 | 67 | 527 | 527 |
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3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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417 | 834 | 2500 | 3334 | 134 | 167 | 534 | 167 | 834 | 834 | 834 | 834 |
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1250 | 2500 | 7500 | 10000 | 400 | 500 | 1600 | 500 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 |
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79 | 1000 | 3000 | 4000 | 73 | 500 | 1600 | 500 | 157 | 157 | 1000 | 1000 |
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42 | 358 | 1250 | 1667 | 50 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 84 | 84 | 358 | 358 |
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63 | 417 | 1500 | 2000 | 80 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 125 | 125 | 417 | 417 |
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1250 | 2500 | 7500 | 10000 | 400 | 500 | 1600 | 500 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 |
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220 | 782 | 2778 | 3704 | 236 | 715 | 2286 | 715 | 439 | 439 | 782 | 782 |
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120 | 1667 | 5000 | 6667 | 115 | 1000 | 3200 | 1000 | 239 | 239 | 1667 | 1667 |
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Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible |
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34 | 118 | 132 | 175 | 13 | 36 | 115 | 36 | 68 | 68 | 118 | 118 |
Ammo
| × | Wood wall | Stone wall | Metal wall | Armored wall | |
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1191 | 7143 | 1071429 | 1428572 | 572 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 2381 | 2381 | 7143 | 7143 |
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120 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 55 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 239 | 239 | 1000 | 1000 |
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167 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 80 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 334 | 334 | 1000 | 1000 |
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167 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 80 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 334 | 334 | 1000 | 1000 |
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60 | 250 | 357 | 476 | 24 | 105 | 334 | 105 | 120 | 120 | 250 | 250 |
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167 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 80 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 334 | 334 | 1000 | 1000 |
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120 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 55 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 239 | 239 | 1000 | 1000 |
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167 | 1000 | 150000 | 200000 | 80 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 334 | 334 | 1000 | 1000 |
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2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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100 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 40 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 200 | 200 | Not possible | Not possible |
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2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
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50 | 334 | 150 | 200 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 100 | 100 | 334 | 334 |
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125 | 500 | 2942 | 3922 | 54 | 200 | 640 | 200 | 250 | 250 | 500 | 500 |
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556 | 3334 | 500000 | 666667 | 267 | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | 1112 | 1112 | 3334 | 3334 |
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Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible |
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Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible | Not possible |