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Mounted Ballista

The fixed ballista's bill to the last frag, only on wheels. Pick the one you need before crafting, because the recycler gives back half a ballista.

Data: Rust build 2026-10-02

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Summary

Metal Fragments
×250
Craft time
25 s
Workbench
Level 2
Research
30 Scrap

Resources

Crafting tree

Mounted Ballista ×1

Crafting chain

Item Crafts × yield Left over
Mounted Ballista25 s · Level 2 1 × 1 —

About this craft

Same frags, same two sheets, same gear and the same Level 2 bench as the fixed ballista. The calculator can't tell them apart, so the only real question is what you want it for, and it needs an answer before the craft.

Changing your mind later is expensive. The recycler hands back one of the two sheets of metal, half the frags and the gear only now and then, and sheet metal is always loot, the gear for most of a wipe. Build the fixed one, decide a week later to go raiding, and you have thrown away a sheet and probably a gear.

Watch out

The wheels only move behind a saddled horse. A double saddle cannot be crafted at all, only looted or traded for, so get one before raid night, not during it.

The two are separate blueprints at the same price. Learn both only if you really run both; a group that raids more than it defends learns this one.

Questions

Mounted Ballista ×10: how many resources?

Metal Fragments ×2,500, Gears ×10, Sheet Metal ×20.

Which workbench does Mounted Ballista need?

Workbench level 2.

How long does Mounted Ballista take to craft?

25 s for one, every step included.

How much scrap does researching Mounted Ballista take?

30 scrap for every blueprint in the chain.

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Quick facts

Category
Weapon
Stack size
1
Yield per craft
1
Workbench
Level 2
Research
30 Scrap