Fust Survival Ammo Types, Crafting and Resupply

Check the ammo requirement on your equipped weapon or its item description before buying or crafting. Pistol Bullets also supply SMGs, so a Tactical SMG needs Pistol Bullets rather than standard rifle ammunition.

Use the ammunition directory to match weapons and find supply sources. Treat standard 5.56, HV 5.56, and Explosive 5.56 as separate entries when checking compatibility. For weapon acquisition and individual gun attributes, use the weapon directory.

• Wooden Arrow

  Type

  Arrow

  Compatible weapons

  Hunting Bow; Compound Bow; Crossbow

  Recipe output

  2 arrows (Per recipe batch)

  Wood required

  25 Wood (Per batch of 2 arrows)

  Stones required

  10 Stones (Per batch of 2 arrows)

  Recipe time

  1 seconds (Crafting menu value)

  Workbench required

  No (Crafted while the menu showed No Workbench)

  Full-draw damage

  40 damage (Wooden Arrow crafting description)

  Pack price

  10 Scrap (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

  Arrows per pack

  12 arrows (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

  Arrow recovery

  Nearby fired arrows can show E PICK UP. (Recoverable arrow near a defeated Oil Rig Guard)

• Pistol Bullet

  Type

  Pistol and SMG ammunition

  Compatible weapons

  Revolver; Semi-Auto Pistol; Service Pistol; Custom SMG; Tactical SMG; Drum SMG

  Other sources

  Guards; Soldiers; Military Crates; Locked Crates; player loot; stored reserves

  Pack price

  30 Scrap (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

  Rounds per pack

  20 rounds (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

• 5.56 Rifle Ammo

  Type

  Standard rifle ammunition

  Compatible weapons

  Assault Rifle; Bolt Action Rifle; LR Sniper Rifle; M249; SCAR; Semi-Automatic Rifle (Standard 5.56 Rifle Ammo item description)

  Listed damage

  40 damage (Ammunition item description)

  Sources

  Military Crates; Elite Crates; Locked Crates; player loot; stored reserves

• HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo

  Type

  High-velocity rifle ammunition

  Bullet speed

  1.5 times normal bullet speed (HV ammunition description)

  Damage reduction

  15 % (Compared with normal bullets)

  Trajectory

  Less lead and less bullet drop (Compared with normal bullets)

  Sources

  Military Crates; Elite Crates

• Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo

  Type

  Explosive rifle ammunition

  Acquisition example

  50 rounds (One acquisition sequence while looting a base)

• Handmade Shell

  Type

  Shotgun ammunition

  Compatible weapon

  Pipe Shotgun

  Recipe output

  2 shells (Per recipe batch)

  Gun Powder required

  5 Gun Powder (Per batch of 2 shells)

  Stones required

  5 Stones (Per batch of 2 shells)

  Recipe time

  3 seconds (Crafting menu value)

  Damage

  Depends on the gun

  Other sources

  Military Crates; player loot

  Pack price

  20 Scrap (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

  Shells per pack

  16 shells (Outpost Scrap Shop, Weapons)

• 12 Gauge Buckshot

  Type

  Shotgun ammunition

  Source

  Witch's Crate (Halloween crate loot)

  Ground pickup example

  4 shells (Stack on an Oil Rig platform with E PICK UP)

• 12 Gauge Slug

  Type

  Shotgun ammunition

  Sources

  Military Crates; player loot

Wooden Arrows require no workbench. Each batch costs 25 Wood and 10 Stones and produces 2 arrows. Handmade Shells cost 5 Gun Powder and 5 Stones per batch of 2 shells. Their crafting menus list recipe times of 1 second and 3 seconds, respectively.

1. Carry the materials for the batches you want to make.
2. Press Q to open Crafting. Search for Wooden Arrow or Handmade Shell; Wooden Arrow is also under Weapons.
3. Choose the number of batches with −, +, or MAX.
4. Press CRAFT. Completed batches add ammunition to your inventory.

A favorited Wooden Arrow recipe is also available through its CRAFT button in Quickcraft. If the recipe says NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES, compare the NEED and HAVE columns to find the missing ingredient.

Plan materials in batches

To top up an existing supply, subtract your current count from your target, divide the shortfall by two, and round up to a whole batch. An odd shortfall produces one extra arrow or shell. Multiply the batch count by the recipe's ingredient costs.

Craft Gun Powder from Sulfur and Charcoal with access to Workbench Level 1. It supplies the Gun Powder portion of the Handmade Shell recipe, so keep Stones alongside it if you are stocking a Pipe Shotgun.

You can also collect Gun Powder from Military Crates, Locked Crates, defeated Guards, and player loot. Take it alongside finished ammunition to support later crafting at your base.

If you own the Survivor Kit on a Modded server, each eligible claim includes 100 Gun Powder. Its claim schedule still applies; see kit contents and claim rules.

For the materials behind this supply chain, see resources and processing and furnace smelting and Charcoal.

HV 5.56 trades damage for a faster, flatter trajectory: bullets travel at 1.5 times normal speed, need less lead, and have less drop, but deal 15% less damage than normal bullets.

• Favor HV for distant targets when judging lead is costing you hits. Faster travel reduces how far ahead of a moving target you need to aim, while reduced drop makes vertical compensation easier.
• Favor standard ammunition when you can land shots reliably. You retain the damage that HV gives up, making standard rounds the stronger choice when the trajectory advantage is unnecessary.

The standard 5.56 item description lists 40 damage. Treat that as an ammunition description value; do not add it to a gun's damage field to calculate a hit. Wooden Arrow's listed 40 damage is labeled for a full draw, while Handmade Shell damage depends on the gun.

Buy basic ammunition at Outpost

At the Outpost Scrap Shop, open Weapons, select your ammunition, adjust the purchase quantity, and press BUY. The following prices apply to the 5x server shop and buy a whole pack:

Use crafting when you have the ingredients and want to preserve Scrap; buy a pack when an immediate refill is more useful. For weapon purchases and broader budgeting, see the 5x Scrap Shop guide.

Refill while looting

• Guards and Soldiers: collect Pistol Bullets from defeated enemies.
• Military, Elite, and unlocked Locked Crates: take matching finished ammunition. Military and Elite Crates can supply HV 5.56; Military Crates also supply Handmade Shells and 12 Gauge Slugs.
• Wooden Crates and fired arrows: look for Wooden Arrows in crates and recover nearby fired arrows when E PICK UP appears.
• Player loot: check ammunition alongside weapons. Explosive 5.56 can also turn up while looting bases.
• Halloween Witch's Crates: these can supply 12 Gauge Buckshot.

Leave a reserve at your base

Open your ammunition box with E and move matching rounds into your inventory. Right-click or Shift-click transfers half a stack, letting you take a portion and leave the rest for another trip. If you take too much, transfer part of the carried stack back.

Owned gear kits provide ammunition on Modded servers under their eligibility and claim schedules: Starter and Survivor support bow, pistol, or shell supplies, while Soldier and Warlord include standard rifle ammunition. Choose around the weapon you actually use.

Dino Hunt provides an event gun and ammunition, but leaving takes back that gun and half of the unused issued ammunition. Account for that return rule before treating event supplies as ammunition for your next trip.

1. Put matching spare ammunition in your inventory.
2. Equip the gun and press R to reload.
3. Check the loaded and reserve counts before leaving cover.

The ammo display reads loaded rounds / reserve rounds. For example, a Semi-Auto Pistol at 0/26 can reload to 10/16: ten rounds move into the pistol, leaving sixteen spare. That ten-round load belongs to this pistol example, not every weapon.

Reloading uses the reserves you have. A Tactical SMG with 0/8 can load those eight rounds and finish at 8/0. At 0/0 with NO AMMO, you need to obtain matching ammunition first; recovering a gun alone does not refill it.

For handling reloads alongside healing and enemy pressure, follow the cover and combat guide.