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Junkyard Shredder

The Junkyard Shredder crushes lifted vehicles for up to 500 scrap plus half the recipe cost of every attached car module.

Most scrap
500 scrap, attack helicopter
Car modules
Half their recipe back
Payout
After 5s
In the game
One in each of one monument

Scrap for each vehicle

Road cars are the ones that spawn along the roads, with two, three or four modules.

Vehicle Scrap Note
Attack helicopter 500 Scaled by its health, engine off
Scrap transport helicopter 300 Scaled by its health, engine off
Minicopter 200 Scaled by its health, engine off
3-module car 125 Plus its modules
4-module car 125 Plus its modules
2-module car 75 Plus its modules
Junkyard pickup truck 50 Plus 50 Metal Fragments
Snowmobile 50
Tomaha snowmobile 50
Motorbike 40
Motorbike with sidecar 40
Pedal trike 30
Pedal bike 25

What each car module gives back

Every module still attached to a car gives back half of each ingredient in its recipe, rounded down, however damaged it is. It comes on top of the car's own scrap.

Module Gives back
Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 2 High Quality Metal
Armored Passenger Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 2 High Quality Metal
Camper Vehicle Module 87 Metal Fragments, 62 Wood
Cockpit Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 50 Wood
Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 2 High Quality Metal, 50 Wood
Engine Vehicle Module 50 Metal Fragments, 1 High Quality Metal
Flatbed Vehicle Module 50 Metal Fragments, 50 Wood
Fuel Tank Vehicle Module 87 Metal Fragments, 50 Wood
Large Flatbed Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 75 Wood
Passenger Vehicle Module 87 Metal Fragments, 62 Wood
Rear Seats Vehicle Module 75 Metal Fragments, 50 Wood
Storage Vehicle Module 25 Metal Fragments, 62 Wood
Taxi Vehicle Module 87 Metal Fragments, 62 Wood, 2 High Quality Metal

The magnet crane that feeds it

Where to find a junkyard shredder

Where Units
Junkyard 1

How a junkyard shredder works

  • It takes one vehicle at a time, and only what the magnet crane can lift.
  • Anyone still sitting in the vehicle 1.5s after it goes in dies.
  • The vehicle is gone and the resources come out once 5s have passed.
  • A helicopter is only taken with its engine off, and pays its scrap in proportion to its health: a half-wrecked one gives half.
  • Whatever sits in a car's storage and engine modules, engine parts included, drops on the ground instead of being shredded.

Other monument machines: Green Recycler, Yellow Recycler, Red Recycler, Research Table, Repair Bench, Monument Workbench Level 1, Monument Workbench Level 2, Oil Refinery, Barbecue, Pumpjack, Mining Quarry, Water Catcher, Crude Producer, Giant Excavator, Magnet Crane and Power Grid.

How the monument Junkyard Shredder works in Rust

On procedural Rust server maps, Junkyard Shredder appears as 1 permanent world fixture distributed across 1 monument compound. Unlike player-built workshop furniture placed inside a private base, these public monument installations remain bolted to the map terrain across the entire wipe and can be operated by any visiting survivor without Tool Cupboard authorization.

Junkyard Shredder monument locations, grid stages and efficiency

Monument placement tables, fuel or material conversion rates, and base-deployable comparisons above document where Junkyard Shredder stands on every procedural map seed and how its public utility mechanics compare against player-crafted stations.

  • Map placement density (1 fixture): Bolted into 1 land or coastal radtown layout on every procedural seed.
  • Structural hitpoints and pickup rules: Invulnerable world fixture; immune to rockets, C4, melee tools, and siege weapons, and cannot be picked up with a Hammer.
  • Electrical grid and fuel requirements: Self-contained monument utility that operates immediately without slotting Heavy Fuses at Power Plant.
  • Base crafting and deployable comparison: Exclusive to procedural monument compounds with no craftable base equivalent in vanilla survival.
  • Public access and PvP considerations: Open to all players without building privilege, making surrounding sightlines, safe-zone turrets, and cycle timers critical during loot runs.

Frequently asked questions

How many Junkyard Shredder units spawn at Rust monuments?

Vanilla Rust monument layouts mount 1 permanent station of this type across 1 mainland or coastal monument, giving solo survivors and groups reliable public station access across every procedural map seed and server wipe.

How much health does Junkyard Shredder have at a Rust monument?

The monument fixture of Junkyard Shredder is indestructible in Rust, so visiting players cannot damage, pick up, or destroy the public station with explosives, melee tools, or siege weapons during a wipe.

How does Junkyard Shredder operate at a Rust monument?

Lowering wrecked cars or modular chassis into the Junkyard Shredder with the Magnet Crane grinds each vehicle on a timed cycle, ejecting Scrap and Metal Fragments from the output belt.

Does Junkyard Shredder depend on the Power Plant electrical grid in Rust?

Junkyard Shredder runs independently of the Power Plant Heavy Fuse boxes, allowing survivors to use the public station immediately at any of its 1 monument location without powering the grid.

Which Rust monuments have Junkyard Shredder built into their layout?

Monument compounds housing this station include Junkyard (1 total unit across 1 site), giving solo survivors and groups permanent public access at those fixed coordinates throughout every procedural server wipe.

Can players craft and place their own version of Junkyard Shredder inside a base?

Junkyard Shredder has no craftable base counterpart in vanilla Rust; it exists solely as a world installation bolted into monument terrain across its 1 monument placement, giving visitors free public access.

How does Junkyard Shredder compare to the other 16 monument machines in Rust?

Junkyard Shredder is 1 of 17 interactive monument station types indexed in the RustPotato Environment directory, alongside yellow, green, and red recyclers, Level 1 and 2 workbenches, diesel quarries, pumpjacks, the Giant Excavator, and public utility benches.

All 17 monument machines side by side