The Most Expensive Skins In Rust

Rust is a unique and popular survival game in which players tend to spend 1,000, 5,000, or even 10,000 hours playing over the span of years. The gameplay loop is already both chaotic and addicting, and the introduction of a skin market only provided more reasons to return.

An in-game weapon or item skin is simple. It does not improve gameplay or offer a substantial boost to recoil reduction, for example, but it does offer variety. In a game like Rust, where the community lives and breathes raids and farming, a little variety is a fantastic thing.

That being said, some of these skins are a little out of most people's price range. A few go for well over $1,000, with many reaching hundreds of dollars months, if not years, after their release. It may be unfathomable to imagine someone spending over $1,000 on an in-game skin, like a facemask, and yet folks do precisely that all of the time. The Rust skin market is apparently very lucrative.

With that, here are the most expensive skins in Rust.

When you think of creepy games, do you think of Rust? Chances are you don't. You likely imagine games like Resident Evil or Phasmophobia or even Among Us, but likely not the action-survival world of Facepunch's hit game. But the community wants to change the perception of the game through the use of slightly terrifying in-game skins, like the Zipper Face, which genuinely unnerves players.

It's not often you see someone wearing a balaclava in-game, unfortunately. When you stumble across another player, chances are high they are donning a road sign helmet or metal facemask, which makes the Zipper Face all the more terrifying, as it is rare and quite creepy.

Zipper Face, which was created by OverPovered, was a contest entry for the Rust Nightmare Fuel Skin Competition near the Halloween holiday in 2015. By its popularity, it's pretty clear Zipper Face won the contest, providing OverPovered with recognition within the Rust modding scene and player community. To live out your nightmarish fantasies with Zipper Face, you'll pay between $150 and $165.

The AK47 is one of the most accessible top-tier weapons in Rust. It is a high-end, craftable firearm, and though it takes some time to adapt to its overwhelming recoil, it is a force to be reckoned with once you do. It's also a status symbol, more so once you equip an expensive or rare skin on it. 

The Alien Red is precisely that — alien. The colors are somewhat dulled on this AK47 skin, allowing for nighttime raids without fear of standing out in the shadows. Don't let that fact get you down on it, though: Alien Red is attractive and worth using in the field on your AK. The alien-like symbols, especially along the barrel, add to the out-of-this-world aesthetic. 

With a price tag ranging from $170 to $180 at any given time, this one will set you back for the privilege of running one of Rust's top AK skins.

Players love the shimmering colors of tempered skins in Rust. A few of the top skins on the market — the most expensive fare — include tempered items. The Tempered Mask remains within the top ten Rust skins, with its purple and gold alternating colors that definitely stand out in the game's bleak world. This skin is one typically worn by the hardcore PvPers who don't care about camouflage.

Designed by Milho Frito, another well-known name within the Rust skin community, the Tempered Mask is one of 27 unique Tempered skins created by Mr. Frito in the past. In total, the Portugal native currently has over 85 items accepted and sold in Rust. 

To don the Tempered Mask, prepare to fork over anywhere from $210 to $240. A few players cross their fingers and request prices as low as $190, but those never come to fruition. Folks love the tempered glare.

When you were growing up, did you ever want to become a firefighter? It seems possible many children enjoyed the same dream after seeing a bright red truck with flashing lights. Most likely grew up and entered into other careers, though perhaps some felt the call of the fire truck all their lives. Fortunately, those folks can live out their dream in Rust with the Fire Jacket. 

As one of the only jacket skins to grace the front page of the Rust Market, the Fire Jacket, designed by QRD, is simple yet extremely high quality. It looks like a genuine firefighter's jacket. 

Get ready to fight fires, or start them at your neighbor's base, with the Fire Jacket for the quite hefty asking price of $250 to $280. Like all of the other high-end skins in Rust, players routinely ask for a more reasonable price. For a jacket skin, it's understandable someone wouldn't want to fork over $300. Sadly, there are few deals to be found on this one.

Unlike other AK47 skins, like Alien Red, the Glory AK47 features intricately-detailed markings, including suns adorning the magazine well, front sight, and rear of the upper receiver. The assault rifle still features its iconic shovel handle stock and tape grips but they're now a subdued red that pairs extremely well with the gold and silver engravings.

The Glory AK47 comes from MDE, another popular skin creator with over 69 accepted skins available on the Market. At the time of this writing, however, this one is currently his most popular and most expensive.

To wield the Glory AK47 in-game, prepare to empty between $400 and $430 from your wallet. This is a rare one, indeed. There are a few for sale on the marketplace, but those go quickly, despite the exorbitant price tag for each skin. If you genuinely want a Glory AK47, watch the market listing like a hawk. The moment the price drops to a somewhat reasonable number, nab it for yourself.

The Demonic Pistol is the first and only pistol skin featured on the front page of the marketplace, and gets its name from the numerous foreboding black skulls adorning the starter pistol. If the skulls weren't edgy enough, then turn your attention to the grip, where a series of small bones appear wrapped in metal plates.

Designed by LittleRanger and accepted in October of 2017, the Demonic Pistol remains a fan-favorite, as it easily holds its position within the top five on the Rust Market. The next closest skin beneath it is generally around $40 to $50 lower in price, which is a large margin to make up.

For an astounding price ranging between $450 and $470, the Demonic Pistol could quickly become your most expensive sidearm in Rust. Thankfully, you should have no fear of carrying it while farming, as you can always craft another pistol back at base and apply this overly expensive skin.

Anyone who plays Rust will know the iconic Alien Relic SMG, which remains one of the rarest and most popular submachine gun skins in the whole game. It is perhaps one of the rarest of all skins. It is so rare, in fact, that you could play the game for thousands of hours and never see one in the wild. Those who buy this particular skin generally do so as a collector's item to be kept in their Steam Inventory for bragging rights.

The Alien Relic SMG comes from Rcham, a popular Rust YouTuber, and user Dino Blunt Yuh, both of whom earned their fame with this unique submachine gun skin.

Are you ready for the price tag? Currently, the Alien Relic SMG sells for anywhere between $1,100 and $1,200. Even more astounding is the fact that over 280 players want to buy one for more than $700. That's a lot of people willing to drop an entire month's mortgage payment on a single in-game weapon skin.