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Gears go into 33 recipes and recycle into 10 scrap in an unpowered green recycler.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Scrap
Metal Fragments
Scrap
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 25,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "scrap"
}
]
Workbench Level 3, 1s, yields 1
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Gears, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Locked Crate | 31.3% | 5 to 10 |
 Underwater Lab Component Crate | 26.5% | 2 to 4 |
 Supply Drop | 16% | 5 to 10 |
 Normal Crate | 14.3% | 2 |
 Sunken Chest | 14.3% | 2 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 14.3% | 2 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 7.4% | 2 to 6 |
 Sunken Crate | 4.8% | 2 |
Scientist | 4.7% | 2 |
 Barrel | 1.4% | 2 |
 Santa's Supply Drop, Christmas event only | 16% | 5 to 10 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 14.3% | 2 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What Gears give back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get | Scrap per stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 18 + 75% Metal Fragments, 15 Scrap | 300 |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 15 Metal Fragments, 12 Scrap | 240 |
| Green recycler | 50% | 12 + 50% Metal Fragments, 10 Scrap | 200 |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 10 Metal Fragments, 8 Scrap | 160 |
Gears break down into Metal Fragments and Scrap.
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. “18 + 75%” means 18 every time and a 75% chance of one more. Scrap keeps its decimals: the recycler pays whole pieces and carries the rest into its next payout. Scrap per stack is for one full stack of the item.
40 items give back Gears in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Armored Ladder Hatch | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 M249 | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 Accelerated Workbench Upgrade | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Armored Door | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Armored Double Door | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 High External Stone Gate | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Salvage Workbench Upgrade | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Surplus Workbench Upgrade | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Test Generator | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Efficiency Workbench Upgrade | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Ladder Hatch | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Triangle Ladder Hatch | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Vending Machine | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Wind Turbine | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Chainsaw | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Chippy Arcade Game | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Garage Door | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 High External Wooden Gate | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 HMLMG | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Prototype Workbench Upgrade | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Shotgun Trap | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Small Boat Engine | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Small Generator | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Water Wheel | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Ballista | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Catapult | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Elevator | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Flame Turret | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 High Caliber Revolver | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Hopper | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Instant Camera | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Mini Crossbow | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Modular Car Lift | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Mounted Ballista | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Pressure Pad | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Reactive Target | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Siege Tower | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Snap Trap | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Water Pump | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
What one of each item gives back in Gears, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “4 + 50%” means 4 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
Armored Door 5
Armored Double Door 5
Armored Ladder Hatch 6
Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch 6
Ballista 1
Catapult 1
Chainsaw 2
Chippy Arcade Game 2
Elevator 1
Flame Turret 1
Garage Door 2
High Caliber Revolver 1
High External Stone Gate 5
High External Wooden Gate 2
HMLMG 2
Hopper 1
Instant Camera 1
Ladder Hatch 3
Mini Crossbow 1
Modular Car Lift 1
Mounted Ballista 1
Pressure Pad 1
Reactive Target 1
Shotgun Trap 2
Siege Tower 1
Small Boat Engine 2
Small Generator 2
Snap Trap 1
Triangle Ladder Hatch 3
Vending Machine 3
Water Pump 1
Water Wheel 2
Wind Turbine 3In Rust, Gears is a crafting part in the Components category (item ID #479143914, console shortname gears). In active play, they follow 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 40 minutes.
A selection of gears. Some functional, some not.
Crafting Gears in Rust takes 1 second at a Workbench Level 3 once learned for 60 scrap at a Research Table, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler returns 10 scrap at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
Gears are among the 25 crafting parts; Rust classifies them under the Components inventory category.
Gears go into the most recipes of the 25 crafting parts.
When comparing Gears against related components in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (1 second per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gears | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Empty Propane Tank | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Metal Pipe | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Road Signs | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 30 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Gears with closely related crafting part sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Gears against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Components.
In Rust, Gears belong to the Components category under numeric ID 479143914 (shortname gears) and stack to 20 units per slot. They go into 33 recipes, 9 of them construction and as many electrical, such as the Armored Ladder Hatch, the High External Stone Gate and the Ladder Hatch.
Gears drop from 10 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Locked Crate (31.3% chance), Underwater Lab Component Crate (26.5% chance), and Supply Drop (16% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
Gears recycle in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 10 scrap and 12 Metal Fragments plus a 50% chance of one more. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
Gears are crafted at a Workbench Level 3 from 25 Metal Fragments and 100 Scrap in 1 second, once researched in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.
A Research Table asks 60 scrap for the Gears blueprint in Rust. They sit in the Components catalog with item ID 479143914 alongside 62 related components and despawn after 40 minutes when dropped on a default server, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 479143914 20.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Gears despawn after 40 minutes by default. Moving them into a storage box, locker, or player inventory immediately cancels the ground despawn countdown, which the server assigns by item rarity tier to prevent dropped loot from lagging active worlds.
Gears stack to 20 per slot in Rust. Players can split a pile in half with middle-click drag or move a custom quantity with Shift-click drag across inventory slots, storage boxes, and the Tool Cupboard, while dropped copies despawn after 40 minutes under the Components category (item ID 479143914).
Gears have 32-bit signed item ID 479143914 and shortname gears 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 Gears in the F1 developer console with inventory.give gears 20 or inventory.giveid 479143914 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.