Rust Sulfur Calculator
The crafting calculator turns anything you queue into raw resources. Add items to the queue and it expands every recipe down to what you must farm, with gunpowder broken into sulfur and charcoal, furnace and charcoal burn plans, and the number of nodes to mine. Queues can be shared as a link.
Raw cost per explosive
These totals are resolved with the calculator's own recipe engine, with gunpowder broken down and low grade fuel kept as a resource.
| Explosive | Made per craft | Sulfur | Charcoal | Metal Fragments | Low Grade Fuel | Other components |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timed Explosive Charge | 1 | 2,200 | 3,000 | 200 | 60 | 5 Cloth, 2 Tech Trash |
| Rocket | 1 | 1,400 | 1,950 | 100 | 30 | 2 Metal Pipes |
| Satchel Charge | 1 | 480 | 720 | 80 | 0 | 10 Cloth, 1 Rope |
| Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo | 2 | 50 | 60 | 10 | 0 | — |
| High Velocity Rocket | 1 | 200 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 1 Metal Pipe |
| Beancan Grenade | 1 | 120 | 180 | 20 | 0 | — |
| F1 Grenade | 1 | 60 | 90 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Propane Explosive Bomb (deployed) | 1 | 900 | 1,350 | 0 | 20 | 1 Propane Tank |
Common questions
How much sulfur for C4 in Rust?
To craft one Timed Explosive Charge (C4) in Rust, you need 2,200 Sulfur, 3,000 Charcoal, 200 Metal Fragments, 60 Low Grade Fuel, 5 Cloth, and 2 Tech Trash.
How much sulfur for a Rocket in Rust?
To craft one Rocket in Rust, you need 1,400 Sulfur, 1,950 Charcoal, 100 Metal Fragments, 30 Low Grade Fuel, and 2 Metal Pipes.
How much sulfur for Satchel Charges?
One Satchel Charge requires 480 Sulfur, 720 Charcoal, 80 Metal Fragments, 10 Cloth, and 1 Rope.
How much sulfur for Explosive Ammo?
To craft one batch (2 bullets) of Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, you need 50 Sulfur, 60 Charcoal, and 10 Metal Fragments.
Sulfur nodes needed
Whole nodes mined at 1x gather rate, with no ore tea and no food. Server gather rates, tea and pies reduce the count, and the calculator lets you set them.
| Explosives | Sulfur | Jackhammer or pickaxe nodes | Stone pickaxe nodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 × C4 | 2,200 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 × C4 | 4,400 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 × C4 | 8,800 | 30 | 35 |
Assumptions
- Vanilla server, full-health targets, contact range.
- Rust build 25083359; raid data verified 2026-10-02.
- Explosive recipes come from Sulfurit's tested recipe set; the app itself always loads the latest game data.
- Server multipliers and mods can change these numbers.