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Rust’s Blowpipe is Changing The Meta

With the release of the Jungle Update this month, Rust also introduced a new item, the blowpipe. Like Rust’s bows, the latest weapon holds only a single shot, shooting four different types of high-power darts at players, all causing different effects to give you an edge in fights. Follow along as we dive into how to obtain, use, and take advantage of Rust’s new blowpipe.

Why Use Rust’s Blowpipe

The newly added blowpipe improves primitive combat with its versatile darts and strong effects. The weapon is also almost completely silent, making it perfect for the lush jungle environment with abundant good positioning and foliage. Discover new combos as you combine different types of darts to take out teams in swift strikes.

How to Obtain Rust’s Blowpipe

Unlike most weapons in Rust, the blowpipe must be specially obtained. The powerful tool only spawns in special green boxes found only in the Jungle Ziggurat Monument, which can be found exclusively in the jungle biome. Once you manage to find one, its blueprint can be learned at a research table. It can be crafted a level 1 workbench for 200 wood, 25 cloth, and a metal pipe.

Blowpipe Ammo Types

Rust’s versatile blowpipe comes with four new darts, three of which inflict a different effect. Enjoy blinding enemies with the incapacitating dart or getting close range with the scatter dart. Whatever your playstyle, the blowpipe has a feature for you.

Wood Dart

The Wood Dart is the simplest of the four darts for the Rust blowpipe, having no special effects. It deals a moderate 40 damage a shot to naked players with a 1.5x headshot multiplier. While it may not have any effects like the other 3 darts, the basic ammo should definitely not be overlooked.

Scatter Dart

Turn your Rust blowpipe into a waterpipe shotgun with the scatter dart. The ammo fires 12 low-accuracy projectiles, doing five damage each, shooting out in a random spread, and demolishing anyone before you. The scatter dart can be crafted for 10 stone and 25 wood.

Radiation Dart

Ease a damage over time effect onto your targets with the radiation dart. While it only deals a measly 20 damage when fired out the Rust blowpipe, it also applies 10 radiation poisoning over 20 seconds. You can continue stacking the poisoning effect by hitting the target with multiple darts. The radiation dart can be crafted for 25 wood and 5 metal fragments.

Incapacitate Dart

Finally, we have the incapacitating dart. It is by far the most expensive of the four darts to craft in the game, requiring five wood and snake venom, which can only be obtained by harvesting a Snake. Similar to the radiation dart, it also deals extremely low damage on hit but applies a special effect. Each incapacitating dart blinds the target’s vision completely and slows them for 6 seconds, making it a powerful tool in the right hands.

With the last dart covered, that is everything you need to know about Rust’s blowpipe. Group with some friends and grab a set of blowpipes as you stealthily destroy the life of the jungle. If you enjoyed this article be sure to checkout others such as The Best Rust Hide Skin Sets. See you next time!