Rust – Recycler Guide

This will show you what the best items to recycle for scrap and what each component gives, At the end will show the best items to recycle.

Helpful Note: To get the max amount of items, put them 1 in at a time or all slots with 1 per stack.

Basic Componets and What They Give

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• Gears: Gives 10 Scrap,13 Metal Frags
• Metal Blades: Gives 2 Scrap, 15 Metal Frags
• Metal Pipes: 1 HQM, 5 Scrap
• Metal Spring, 1 HQM, 10 Scrap
• Rope: 15 Cloth
• Sewing Kit: 10 Cloth, 2 Rope
• Road Sign: 1 HQM, 5 Scrap
• Rifle Body: 2 HQM, 25 Scrap
• SMG Body: 2 HQM, 15 Scrap
• Semi-Auto Body: 2 HQM, 75 Metal Frags, 15 Scrap
• Tarp: 50 Cloth
• Tech Trash: 1 HQM, 20 Scrap
• Empty Propane Tank: 50 Metal Frags, 1 Scrap
• Sheet Metal: 100 Metal Frags, 1 HQM, 8 Scrap
• Fuse: 20 Scrap

Weapon Bodies

• Rifle Body: 2 HQM, 25 Scrap
• SMG Body: 2 HQM, 15 Scrap
• Semi-Auto Body: 2 HQM, 75 Metal Frags, 15 Scrap

Items to Recycle

Tactical Gloves which can be bought at outpost are the only way to get cloth from scrap, you can buy gloves for 40 scrap. You can recycle them for 5 Sewing kits and continue recycling for rope than eventually for cloth. It is one of the easier ways to get Sewing kits, Rope, Cloth, if you have the scrap to do so.