Highlights
- Rare skins in Rust can provide advantages and enhance gameplay, but they come at a high price on the Steam Marketplace.
- Limited-edition skins like the Freshly Dug Grave and Creepy Clown Bandana are highly sought-after and have increased in price since their release.
- Exclusivity and rarity are key factors that drive up the prices of coveted Rust items, such as the Tempered MP5 and Metal Tree Door.
As Rust reaches its 10-year milestone, hundreds of skins have been released for the hugely popular brutal survival game. The cosmetics enhance players' experiences and can even provide massive advantages for player-versus-player interactions.
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Among the vast number of skins available on the market are a few ultra-rare skins with expensive price tags that mirror their exclusivity. Owning these highly sought-after skins is a badge of honor among the Rust community, and most players are unlikely to encounter these uncommon items outside of modded servers unless they are willing to fork out to add these collectibles to their inventory. Here are the most coveted Rust items on the marketplace.
The prices mentioned in this list reflect the values on the Steam Marketplace at the time of publication and are subject to change. All estimated total supply data referenced in this article is sourced from the Steam Community Market Manager .
1 Freshly Dug Grave
Estimated Total Supply: 115+
- Price: $384.50
In Rust, sleeping bags are crucial to the game's re-spawning mechanic. Unfortunately, other players can easily destroy sleeping bags with only a few hatchet hits, which makes strategically placing them essential. That's why the Freshly Dug Grave skin for the sleeping bag is an ideal and highly sought-after choice.
This limited-edition Halloween 2015 skin looks like its name suggests and will blend into most landscapes, drawing less unwanted attention while maintaining a cool and eerie aesthetic. Players can purchase this item, which has been steadily increasing in price since its release, for $384.50 on the Steam Marketplace.
2 Creepy Clown Bandana
Estimated Total Supply: 126+
- Price: $484.51
The Creep Clown Bandana is a limited-edition version of the common bandana mask item released for Halloween 2015. This rare item has a chilling clown design over the wearer's mouth and nose that will intimidate any player during PVP.
Aside from being a limited edition item, this sinister skin gained additional rarity due to a copyright claim, which led to the creator abruptly removing it from the Steam Workshop before many fans could snatch it up. Thankfully, Rust enthusiasts can still purchase this accessory item from lucky resellers on the Steam Marketplace if they are willing to pay almost $500.
3 Tempered MP5
Estimated Total Supply: 311+
- Price: $521.92
The Tempered MP5 is a rare skin for the standard MP5, one of the best weapons in the game. This skin for the powerful submachine gun has piqued players' interest since its release in 2016 due to its captivating purple and yellow metallic design.
Given the success of this item, over twenty more Tempered skins have since dropped, all by the same creator. Despite these additional skins in the collection, the Tempered MP5 has retained its exclusivity and is still selling for over $500.
4 Fire Jacket
Estimated Total Supply: 586+
- Price: $550.70
The Fire Jacket is a skin for the Jacket item in Rust that is highly sought-after for its unique style. This distinctive jacket is black with cautionary yellow lines that will make the wearer easily recognizable in the harsh landscape of Rust.
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The jacket's unique design and rarity combine to make it an especially coveted item, driving its price up to a whopping $550.70.
5 Horror Bag
Estimated Total Supply: 172+
- Price: $775.00
Released in 2015 for Halloween, the Horror Bag is a visually appealing limited-edition skin for the sleeping bag item. The horror bag is a vibrant yellow color and features striking imagery of bats and pumpkins, adding lighthearted spookiness to the Rust gaming experience.
It's hard to come across the horror bag in-game since it was released when Rust was still in its early stages and before it achieved its vast player base. Given this rarity, it now goes for over $700 on the Steam Marketplace.
6 Big Grin
Estimated Total Supply: 968+
- Price: $796.43
For Rust enthusiasts, the Big Grin mask is not just a cosmetic addition; it's a badge of honor. This skin for the metal facemask item, which players can craft using high-quality metal, is a prized possession for anyone who owns it. It was one of the first facemask skins to be released for Rust back in 2016, and it has such a distinctive and clean look that players love to this day.
Currently, only six are available on the Steam Marketplace, and gamers will have to shell out almost $800 to snag one.
7 Metal Tree Door
Estimated Total Supply: 38+
- Price: $1,800
The Metal Tree Door skin in Rust is ultra-rare because it was taken down from the Steam Workshop only a day after its release due to its similarity with an existing door skin, the Wisdom Door. Given this, there are estimated to be fewer than 40 in circulation, which has driven its price up drastically.
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Despite being a skin for the cheap wooden door item, primarily used for starter bases, this mystical-looking skin had previously sold on the Steam Marketplace for $1,800, leaving many players nostalgic for when the skin was briefly released on the Steam Store back in 2018 for just $1.49. There are currently no active listings for the Metal Tree Door on the Steam Marketplace, meaning players are unlikely to ever encounter it in-game.
8 Alien Relic SMG
Estimated Total Supply: 92+
- Price: $1,933.33
The Alien Relic SMG is an extremely rare and extraterrestrial-themed skin for the Custom SMG gun. This futuristic-looking gun has a gray and blue color palette with mysterious hieroglyphs and alien motifs that further come to life in the shadows of Rust nighttime as its neon elements glow in the dark.
The Alien Relic SMG was designed by well-known Rust YouTuber Rcham, lending an extra layer of prestige to the rare skin. The skin's otherworldly design transforms the standard SMG into a unique collectible item that has a price tag to match. There is currently just one for sale on the Steam Marketplace, and it will cost gamers close to $2,0000 to add it to their arsenal.
9 Punishment Mask
Estimated Total Supply: 97+
- Price: $1,960.78.
Like other rare Rust skins, the Punishment Mask has gained its exclusivity by being affected by a copyright takedown. This skin for the metal facemask, released in 2017, is an iconic cosmetic item featuring a distinctive skull emblem reminiscent of the Marvel character Punisher logo, leading to a DMCA strike and subsequent removal from the Steam Store.
The skin's menacing design and short supply have led it to become the most expensive facemask in the game. While there are currently no listings for the Punishment Mask on the Steam Marketplace, it has previously sold for a breathtaking $1,960.78.
