MP5A4

Base damage
37.5
Rate of fire
600 RPM
Magazine
30 rounds

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Craft time
30s
Research
Tech tree
6 unlocks deepScrap cost not listed
Unlock after

Ingredients

  • 15
  • 1
  • 2
Total raw materials

Includes the cost of crafting sub-components for the batch shown above.

  • 100
  • 19
  • 1

How to get

Loot 17 sources

Chance of at least one. Full condition unless marked.

11 more loot sources
How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one MP5A4. Container chances are before inventory limits: a full crate can discard rolled items, while bonus scrap drops beside it. Items can already be damaged; condition depends on the source.

Other sources

  • NPC equipment · belt slot; not a confirmed drop
    10 more NPCs

Recycle & repair

Recycling

Per item at full condition. Green’s 60% boost needs 4 heavy fuses at the Power Plant; red requires maximum power (18 fuses).

Returns
50% efficiency · 5s per cycle
60% efficiency · 5s per cycle 4.5s at maximum power
40% efficiency · 8s per cycle
75% efficiency · 4s per cycle
7 to 89611 to 12
0 to 10 to 10 to 10 to 1
11 to 20 to 11 to 2
How returns work

Component fractions are random rolls; Scrap fractions carry over between cycles. Worn items return less.

Repair

Repair bench cost when fully worn.

  • 5
Condition lost per repair
20% of maximum
Blueprint needed
Yes
Repair cost rules

A half worn item costs half as much to repair. Rust stores no repair cost. The bench builds one from the crafting recipe: components are swapped for the first ingredient of their own recipe, then everything is charged at 20% and rounded up.

Stats

Weapon stats

Damage
37.5
Rate of fire
600 rounds a minute
Damage a second
375
Magazine
30
Reload
4s
Damage multiplier
0.75x the round

Ammo it can chamber

RoundDamage a shotDamage a second
42420
37.5375
37.5375
Damage rules

Body damage at point blank with no attachments, on vanilla settings. Damage a second assumes the trigger held and ignores reloads.

Gameplay details

Stack size
1
Durability
150
Repairable
Yes
Despawns after
1 hour
Technical details
Category
Weapon
Item id
1,318,558,775
Shortname
smg.mp5
Has skins
No
In-game description

A medium damage machine gun.

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Game data: build 25083359, captured 4 Sept 2026. Skins are captured separately. Sources and dates.

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