Player vs player combat is the way of life in rust, it’s kill or be killed. For most players, getting a base going is no trouble at all, it’s only once that base starts to get a bit of attention does it become an issue and you have to defend your gear.

While it is possible to defend your base using only a bow, you should work towards obtaining a significant armory. This will provide a huge advantage for your defenses, allowing you to use whatever Weapon you need for the situation at hand. These guns are not easy to obtain though, you’ll need to loot it off a corpse or spend days struggling to find the required parts. For this reason, easiness to obtain does affect rankings, although not by much. Here’s the top 10 best weapons in Rust!

10. Thompson

One of the two SMGs in the game, I chose the Thompson over the MP5A4 because of its higher damage and lower recoil. It’s a hard hitting, easy to use SMG. These types of weapons aren’t that great in Rust, you’ll be out-classed at medium to long range by assault rifles and deleted by shotguns in close range. If you prefer a more versatile weapon, the MP5A4 could take the Thompson’s spot on this list.

9. Hunting Bow

This isn’t technically a gun and it’s not as effective or reliable than a gunpowder weapon, it still deserves to make the list. Just 200 wood and 50 cloth are required to craft this weapon, with a further 250 wood and 100 stone required to make 10 arrows. You can obtain a Hunting Bow to hunt or defend yourself after a few minutes of gameplay and for this reason, it’s a great weapon.

8. Python

The Python hits like a truck, very few weapons can compare to it in terms of damage. Two shots are required to down your opponent, such damage is way too good to pass up. So why is it only at number 8? It has weaknesses of course, high recoil make it difficult to land multiple shots. It also has only 6 shots per magazine and a fairly long reload time. It requires skill and precision to use, something which other guns don’t need as much.

7. LR-300 Assault Rifle

Sporting high damage, accuracy and fire-rate, the LR-300 is a great choice in all situations. It’s one of the coolest looking guns in the entire game in my worthless, disgusting opinion (feel free to verbally abuse me for my view). Of course, such an awesome weapon is really hard to get hold of as its only found in crates, airdrops and attack helicopters. You’ll often expend many a valuable resource to get your hands on this gun.

6. Semi-Automatic Rifle

5. Bolt-Action Rifle

The bolt-action rifle is by far the best long range weapon in the game. Possessing insanely high damage, range and accuracy, it’s a sniper’s wet dream. With such insane effectiveness comes an insane cost, 30 high quality metal is the main culprit. The rifle body, 5 metal pipes and 2 metal springs are uncommon but getting so much high quality metal can be a chore. Congratulations if you do manage to craft this beauty and enjoy your cross-map headshots!

4. Pump Shotgun

Not many things are more satisfying than one-shotting an enemy at close range. All shotguns can do this but the pump variant is much better, as it has a faster fire rate, holds more rounds and is simple to craft. You can easily acquire this gun with 15 high quality metal, 2 metal pipes and a spring. Yep, that’s it. As you can see, it more than deserves to make the top 5 on the list!

3. M249

I’ll first point out the fact you can only get this gun from an attack helicopter’s remains making it the second weapon on the list that you can’t craft. Usually this would be such a huge hindrance that it wouldn’t make the top 3 but my god, it’s so good. In fact, it could be argued that it is the best weapon in the game (the two above it are easier to obtain). The M249 has a huge magazine capacity of 100, crazy high damage and a high rate of fire. It’ll easily mow down entire armies of enemies.

The downsides are its high reload time and exceptional recoil but these are barely a factor to a decent player. If you ever get your hands on this weapon, that makes you a decent player.

2. Rocket Launcher

Understandably, the Rocket Launcher needs 100 high quality metal and 10 metal pipes to craft. Lets be honest, this is mandatory as such an absurdly powerful weapon cannot be easy to get. It fires rockets which immediately delete anything in its explosion radius. It’s competent in a number of areas, able to take down bases or groups of enemies with ease.

1. Assault Rifle

The Assault Rifle, otherwise known as the AK, is by far the best all-round weapon in the entire game. It’s definitely a late-game weapon, you can’t enjoy such awesomeness after 20 minutes of game time. Its potency in combat is unrivaled, with high damage & rate of fire allowing it to perform at all ranges. Unlike most other late-game weapons, the crafting cost is reasonable and shouldn’t bare too much weight on your resources.

Reliability, versatility and combat capabilities are the reason this weapon is number 1!

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