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! Mechanism !! Amount !! Scope
! Mechanism !! Amount !! Scope
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|{{favilink|Steel butcher knife}}
| -50%
|[[Butchery]]
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|[[Empty the Clips]]
|[[Empty the Clips]]
| -50%
| -50%
|Firing pistols
|Firing pistols
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|[[Fastest Gun in the Rust]]
|[[Fastest Gun in the Rust]]
| -25%
| -25%
|Firing pistols
|Firing pistols
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|{{favilink|medassist module}}
|{{favilink|medassist module}}
| -80%
| -80%
|Applying [[tonics]]
|Applying [[tonics]]
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|-
|{{favilink|micromanipulator array}}
|{{favilink|micromanipulator array}}
| -40%
| -40%
|Tinkering
|Tinkering
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|-
|{{favilink|plastifer chem vest}}
|{{favilink|plastifer chem vest}}
| -100%
| -100%
|Applying [[tonics]]
|Applying [[tonics]]
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|-
|[[Rocket skates|Power-skating]]
|[[Rocket skates|Power-skating]]
| -50%
| -50%
|Movement
|Movement
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|[[Short Blade Expertise]]
|[[Short Blade Expertise]]
| -25%
| -25%
|Attacking with a short blade in the primary hand
|Attacking with a short blade in the primary hand
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|[[Sprint]]
|[[Sprint]]
| -33%
| -33%
|Movement
|Movement
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|{{favilink|Steel butcher knife}}
| -50%
|[[Butchery]]
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|[[Telepathy]]
|[[Telepathy]]

Revision as of 03:36, 11 August 2020

Most actions you take in the game have an action cost. This determines how long it takes you to perform the action.

The standard action cost representing a "one-turn" action is 1000. All action costs are randomly varied by up to ±10% in order to make the initiative order of the game less deterministic.

Energy cost affecting factors
Mechanism Amount Scope
Empty the Clips -50% Firing pistols
Fastest Gun in the Rust -25% Firing pistols
medassist module -80% Applying tonics
micromanipulator array -40% Tinkering
plastifer chem vest -100% Applying tonics
Power-skating -50% Movement
Short Blade Expertise -25% Attacking with a short blade in the primary hand
Sprint -33% Movement
steel butcher knife -50% Butchery
Telepathy -90% Commanding companions
Two-headed -20% to -56% Mental actions

Modding note: at an internal technical level, this concept is referred to as "energy". "Action cost" is used in public facing materials to avoid confusion with things one thinks of first when thinking "energy".