RustRecycler Calculator
Load up the recycler with everything you looted and watch what comes back out. Flip between the yellow safe-zone machine, a green one out in radtown and the red one at the power plant, switch the grid on to see what power is worth, follow the parts down to raw materials, and see how long the whole pile takes.
The recycler's empty
Grab loot from the tray below, or drop in a typical haul:
Load the bay and the scrap and materials show up here.
Loot tray click to load the recycler
Rifle Body
20 scrap
Electric Fuse 16 scrap
Heavy Fuse 16 scrap
Salvage Workbench Upgrade 16 scrap
Tech Trash 16 scrap
Semi Automatic Body 12 scrap
SMG Body 12 scrap
Gears 8 scrap
Metal Spring 8 scrap
Sheet Metal 7 scrap
Metal Pipe 4 scrap
Road Signs 4 scrap
Metal Blade 2 scrap
Empty Propane Tank 1 scrap
Accelerated Workbench Upgrade 2 Gears
Aiming Module
40 Metal Fragments
Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Armored Passenger Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Burst Module
4 High Quality Metal
Camper Vehicle Module 70 Metal Fragments
Cockpit Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Comfort Workbench Upgrade
40 Wood
Defensive Workbench Upgrade 40 Metal Fragments
Duct Tape
2 Cloth
Efficiency Workbench Upgrade 1.2 Gears
Engine Vehicle Module 40 Metal Fragments
Flatbed Vehicle Module 40 Metal Fragments
Fuel Tank Vehicle Module 70 Metal Fragments
High Quality Carburetor 68 Metal Fragments
High Quality Crankshaft 48 Metal Fragments
High Quality Pistons 48 Metal Fragments
High Quality Spark Plugs 48 Metal Fragments
High Quality Valves 48 Metal Fragments
Large Flatbed Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Low Quality Carburetor 16 Metal Fragments
Low Quality Crankshaft 10 Metal Fragments
Low Quality Pistons 10 Metal Fragments
Low Quality Spark Plugs 10 Metal Fragments
Low Quality Valves 10 Metal Fragments
Medium Quality Carburetor 40 Metal Fragments
Medium Quality Crankshaft 28 Metal Fragments
Medium Quality Pistons 28 Metal Fragments
Medium Quality Spark Plugs 28 Metal Fragments
Medium Quality Valves 28 Metal Fragments
Passenger Vehicle Module 70 Metal Fragments
Prototype Workbench Upgrade 0.8 Tech Trash
Range Workbench Upgrade 20 Metal Fragments
Rear Seats Vehicle Module 60 Metal Fragments
Recycle Bin Workbench Upgrade 40 Metal Fragments
Reinforced Workbench Upgrade 1.2 Sheet Metal
Rope 12 Cloth
Sewing Kit 8 Cloth
Sticks 8 Wood
Storage Vehicle Module 50 Wood
Surplus Workbench Upgrade 2 Gears
Tarp 40 Cloth
Taxi Vehicle Module 70 Metal Fragments
Thruster Module
16 ExplosivesEvery yield, efficiency and tick rate is read straight from the game's own recycler data and re-derives each wipe. Facepunch does retune recyclers between updates, so treat these as a planning guide. Data verified August 2026.
How accurate is this Rust recycler calculator?
Every figure is read out of the game's own recycler, not copied off a wiki. A recycler pays back part of an item's crafting recipe, and it does it in two separate ways: scrap comes from the blueprint's own scrap value, while each other ingredient pays out its recipe amount times the machine's efficiency. The scrap in a recipe is never handed back at all. This tool models both paths, so the numbers still line up after Facepunch retunes something.
The part most calculators skip is which recycler you walk to, and whether the power plant is up. Yellow safe-zone machines at Outpost and Bandit Camp still run at 40%. Green ones out at the monuments now start at 50% and climb back to 60% on grid power, ticking every 4.5 seconds instead of 5 once the plant hits maximum, which is also the only time the single red 75% recycler at the plant runs at all. Scrap is scaled off an older 50% baseline on top of that. Worn guns and armour pay out in proportion to the durability left on them, and components that are themselves recyclable can be fed straight back in, which the tool will follow all the way down to raw metal.
Recycle an identical pile at each, this is the gap in what comes back.
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