
Explosives
Explosives is a Very Rare Resources in Rust. Recycling one returns 25 gun powder, 1.5 low grade fuel, 5 sulfur. It crafts at a level 3 workbench from 50 gun powder and 3 low grade fuel and 10 sulfur and 10 metal fragments. It's an ingredient in 4 other recipes.
A component used for crafting C4 and Rockets.
Recycles into
Gun Powder20 / 25
Low Grade Fuel1.2 / 1.5
Sulfur4 / 5
Metal Fragments4 / 5
Per item, at 40% yellow safe-zone / 50% green radtown efficiency. Grid power lifts green recyclers to 60%, and the red machine at the power plant pays 75%: price a whole haul at any of them.
Crafting recipe
Total raw materials (4)
Charcoal 150
Sulfur 110
Low Grade Fuel 3
Metal Fragments 10
Research & blueprint
- Researchable at a table
- Blueprint required
- On the tech tree
Used to craft
Explosives is an ingredient in 4 recipes.
Live game data, Rust build 24774405, verified August 2026.
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