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Dropped on the ground, Duct Tape despawns after 20 minutes.
What Duct Tape gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 3 + 75%  Cloth, 75%  Glue |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 3 Cloth, 60% Glue |
| Green recycler | 50% | 2 + 50% Cloth, 50% Glue |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 2 Cloth, 40% Glue |
Duct Tape breaks down into Cloth and Glue.
A recycler takes 2 per cycle, so a full stack of 20 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “3 + 75%” means 3 every time and a 75% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Duct Tape is a crafting part in the Components category (item ID #1401987718, console shortname ducttape). In active play, it follows standard server rules for crafting part gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 20 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A versatile adhesive tape reinforced with cloth.
In Rust, Duct Tape has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on map collection, smelting, or vendor trades read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
Duct Tape is one of the 25 crafting parts; Rust classifies it under the Components inventory category.
When comparing Duct Tape against related components in Rust, prioritize farming its highest-probability monument containers or recycling surplus components at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base yield, versus forty percent at safe-zone yellow units) because this item cannot be crafted at a player workbench.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duct Tape | Components | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | 30 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Advanced Blueprint Fragment | Components | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Aiming Module | Components | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Basic Blueprint Fragment | Components | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Duct Tape against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Components.
Duct Tape recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 2 Cloth plus a 50% chance of one more and a 50% chance of a Glue. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
Duct Tape remains on the ground for 20 minutes (1,200 seconds) before despawning on a default Rust server. Picking it back up into an inventory (up to 20 per slot) or storage box resets that timer under the Components category (item ID 1401987718).
Duct Tape belongs to the Components category (63 published items, 35 with crafting blueprints) and sits in the crafting part display family alongside 62 other components items in Rust. For server administration and conveyor filters, it uses shortname ducttape and item ID 1401987718.
Duct Tape has no crafting blueprint in Rust and cannot be made at a workbench or Research Table. Within the Components category (35 craftable of 63), it spawns in the world or via inventory.give ducttape 20, with item ID 1401987718 and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped.
Duct Tape has no durability bar in Rust and never loses condition in storage or on the belt, so condition never degrades during use. Grouped with 63 components entries under Components, it stacks to 20 per slot and despawns in 20 minutes.
Duct Tape has 32-bit signed item ID 1401987718 and shortname ducttape in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Components category (stack limit 20 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Duct Tape in the F1 developer console with inventory.give ducttape 20 or inventory.giveid 1401987718 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.