Rust: How to Get and Use Mortars

Here's how to get and use Mortars in Rust.

Mortars are one of the newer additions to Rust. They let you hit targets from a distance with explosive damage, whether you're raiding a base or defending your own.

Between the two available Mortar Shell types - one for structural damage and one for player damage - Mortars offer a decent amount of flexibility, though landing consistent hits takes some practice given how much trial and error is involved in aiming.

Unlocking and Crafting

The Mortar unlocks at a Level 2 Workbench and sits fairly low on the blueprint tree, making it accessible earlier than a lot of other explosive options. Crafting one costs 20 High Quality Metal and 3 Metal Pipes.

Two types of Mortar Shells are available once unlocked: one built for dealing minor structural damage to buildings, and another meant for dealing damage to players.

Placing and Aiming

A Mortar can be placed anywhere - it doesn't need to sit on a structure to work. Once placed, press E to mount it. From there, moving side to side adjusts direction, while moving up or down adjusts the angle the shell fires at.

Getting a good hit takes a fair bit of trial and error, since there's no clean way to line up a perfect shot at first. It also resets its angle every time it fires, so keeping track of the angle that worked is worth doing manually if planning on hitting the same spot again in Rust.

Firing and Damage

Once mounted, loading a shell and pressing the shoot button fires it instantly. A solid hit with an HE Mortar Shell can deal close to 100 damage, which holds up well for a ranged option in Rust.

Switching ammo types works similarly to swapping ammo on other weapons - holding R while mounted brings up the option to switch to a Frag-based Mortar Shell instead.

Moving It Around

A Mortar can be picked up and relocated whenever needed. It does take a small amount of durability damage each time it's picked up, but nothing severe enough to discourage repositioning it as needed during a raid or defense in Rust.

Overall, the Mortar isn't a complicated tool to use, but it does take practice to consistently land hits given how much guesswork is involved in the aiming.

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