Wood is a crucial building and crafting resource item in RUST and is acquired through several in-game means. It is a core resource due to players’ complete reliance on it for every stage of the game, as well as nearly every mechanic in the game.
One of the most important uses for wood is its utility as a fuel source from which all other things that require cooking or smelting are made. Production of refined materials from crude ore depends on wood as a fuel source and cannot take place without it. The scope of use in this category ranges from frying up some Raw Bear Meat on a Camp Fire to smelting your Sulfur Ore in a Large Furnace.
Wood is also the foundation upon which all player-based structures are built (and later upgraded from) and is a component to make more permanent wooden structures such as the High External Wooden Walls. Foundation twigging requires wood, regardless if it is immediately upgraded to stone, metal, or high-quality metal. The building plan and hammer, which you need to create and upgrade building blocks, also rely on wood.
In addition to its direct building purpose, it is also absolutely essential to crafting Wooden Arrows and bows in the early game.
Ways to gather wood
Wood is nearly everywhere you go, in every biome in RUST. All trees will give you wood and stumps and logs that you can find on the ground. You can often recycle items you loot and don’t need into some wood. For a more detailed guide for acquiring wood from various sources, check out our guide to finding wood.
The most lucrative way to acquire wood aside from chopping down trees in the wild is through its purchase from Outpost rate of 20 Scrap per 1000 wood. Outpost also offers a currency exchange in the form of trading excess stone for wood at a rate of 150 stone getting you 500 wood. You can honestly never have enough wood in your boxes in Rust.
Craftable items that require Wood
Kayak
High Velocity Arrow
Wooden Arrow
Bone Arrow
Fire Arrow
Wood Double Door
Wooden Door
High External Wooden Gate
Wooden Ladder
High External Wooden Wall
Shop Front
Wooden Window Bars
Wood Shutters
Watch Tower
Wood Armor Helmet
Wood Chestplate
Wood Armor Pants
Wooden Barricade Cover
Wooden Barricade
Barbed Wooden Barricade
Barbeque
Camp Fire
Chair
Composter
Stone Fireplace
Wooden Floor Spikes
Large Furnace
Furnace
Hitch & Trough
Large Wood Box
Water Barrel
Locker
Mail Box
Small Oil Refinery
Large Planter Box
Small Planter Box
Pressure Pad
Powered Water Purifier
Water Pump
Reactive Target
Search Light
Secret Lab Chair
Landscape Picture Frame
Portrait Picture Frame
Tall Picture Frame
XL Picture Frame
XXL Picture Frame
Large Banner on pole
Double Sign Post
Single Sign Post
One Sided Town Sign Post
Two Sided Town Sign Post
Huge Wooden Sign
Large Wooden Sign
Medium Wooden Sign
Small Wooden Sign
Shotgun Trap
Sofa
Sofa - Pattern
Survival Fish Trap
Table
Workbench Level 1
Tool Cupboard
Tuna Can Lamp
Large Water Catcher
Small Water Catcher
Wind Turbine
Wood Storage Box
Shovel Bass
Junkyard Drum Kit
Acoustic Guitar
Jerry Can Guitar
Wheelbarrow Piano
Key Lock
New Year Gong
Cursed Cauldron
Scarecrow
Skull Spikes
Skull Fire Pit
Spooky Speaker
Skull Trophy
Note
Above Ground Pool
Beach Chair
Beach Table
Landscape Photo Frame
Large Photo Frame
Portrait Photo Frame
Hobo Barrel
Handmade Fishing Rod
Building Plan
Cockpit Vehicle Module
Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module
Flatbed Vehicle Module
Rear Seats Vehicle Module
Storage Vehicle Module
Taxi Vehicle Module
Camper Vehicle Module
Large Flatbed Vehicle Module
Fuel Tank Vehicle Module
Passenger Vehicle Module
Boom Box
Megaphone
Telephone
Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle - ICE
Hunting Bow
Compound Bow
Crossbow
Eoka Pistol
Hammer
Hatchet
Mace
Machete
Paddle
Pickaxe
Waterpipe Shotgun
Stone Hatchet
Stone Pickaxe
Thompson
Garry's Mod Tool Gun
Torch
Wooden Spear
