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The Metal Pipe goes into 26 recipes, and weapons call for it more than any other kind of item.
What one batch takes.
High Quality Metal
Scrap
High Quality Metal
Scrap
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.refined"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"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 the Metal Pipe, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Road Sign | Every time | 1 |
 Locked Crate | 39.3% | 5 to 15 |
 Underwater Lab Tech Crate | 30.6% | 5 to 10 |
 Elite Crate | 27.7% | 5 to 15 |
 Underwater Lab Component Crate | 26.5% | 1 to 8 |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 26% | 5 to 15 |
 Military Crate | 16.7% | 5 |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 16.7% | 5 |
 Wagon Military Crate | 16.7% | 5 |
 Supply Drop | 16% | 5 to 10 |
 Normal Crate | 14.3% | 1 to 4 |
 Sunken Chest | 14.3% | 1 to 4 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 14.3% | 1 to 4 |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 11.7% | 5 |
Scientist | 7.5% | 1 to 9 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 7.4% | 1 to 12 |
 Sunken Crate | 4.8% | 1 to 4 |
Heavy Scientist | 2.4% | 5 |
 Barrel | 1.4% | 1 to 4 |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 42.1% | 5 to 15 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 28.6% | 1 to 9 |
 Santa's Supply Drop, Christmas event only | 16% | 5 to 10 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What the Metal Pipe gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get | Scrap per stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 1 + 50% High Quality Metal, 7.5 Scrap | 150 |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 1 + 20% High Quality Metal, 6 Scrap | 120 |
| Green recycler | 50% | 1 High Quality Metal, 5 Scrap | 100 |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 80% High Quality Metal, 4 Scrap | 80 |
The Metal Pipe breaks down into High Quality Metal 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. “1 + 50%” means 1 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one. 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 Metal Pipe in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minigun | 9 | 7 + 20% | 6 | 4 + 80% |
 Military Flame Thrower | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Flame Thrower | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 L96 Rifle | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 High Caliber Revolver | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 M4 Shotgun | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 MLRS Rocket | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Rocket Launcher | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Spas-12 Shotgun | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Bolt Action Rifle | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Homing Missile Launcher | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Multiple Grenade Launcher | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Python Revolver | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Snowball Gun | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Double Barrel Shotgun | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Incendiary Rocket | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Pump Shotgun | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rocket | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Test Generator | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Blow Pipe | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Fogger-3000 | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 High Velocity Rocket | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Homing Missile | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Jackhammer | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 M92 Pistol | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Mortar | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Paintball Gun | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Prototype 17 | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Revolver | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Salvaged Axe | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Salvaged Hammer | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Salvaged Icepick | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Semi-Automatic Pistol | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Snow Machine | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 40mm HE Grenade | 38% | 30% | 25% | 20% |
 40mm Smoke Grenade | 38% | 30% | 25% | 20% |
 Mortar Shell | 38% | 30% | 25% | 20% |
 Fragmentation Mortar Shell | 25% | 20% | 17% | 13% |
 Torpedo | 15% | 12% | 10% | 8% |
 SAM Ammo | 13% | 10% | 8% | 7% |
What one of each item gives back in Metal Pipe, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “7 + 20%” means 7 every time and a 20% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
Blow Pipe 1
Bolt Action Rifle 3
Double Barrel Shotgun 2
Flame Thrower 6
Fogger-3000 1
Fragmentation Mortar Shell 1
High Caliber Revolver 4
High Velocity Rocket 1
Homing Missile 2
Homing Missile Launcher 3
Incendiary Rocket 2
Mortar 1
Mortar Shell 1
Paintball Gun 1
Pump Shotgun 2
Python Revolver 3
Revolver 1
Rocket 2
Rocket Launcher 4
Salvaged Axe 1
Salvaged Hammer 1
Salvaged Icepick 1
SAM Ammo 1
Semi-Automatic Pistol 1
Snow Machine 1
Torpedo 1In Rust, Metal Pipe is a crafting part in the Components category (item ID #95950017, console shortname metalpipe). 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 40 minutes.
Crafting Metal Pipe 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 5 scrap at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
The Metal Pipe is one of the 25 crafting parts; Rust classifies it under the Components inventory category.
Only one of the 25 crafting parts goes into more recipes than the Metal Pipe.
When comparing Metal Pipe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Gears | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Metal Spring | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Metal Pipe with closely related crafting part sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Metal Pipe against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Components.
In Rust, the Metal Pipe belongs to the Components category under numeric ID 95950017 (shortname metalpipe) and stacks to 20 units per slot. It goes into 26 recipes, 12 of them weapons, such as the Flame Thrower, the High Caliber Revolver and the Rocket Launcher.
The Metal Pipe drops from 19 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Road Sign (guaranteed every time), Locked Crate (39.3% chance), and Underwater Lab Tech Crate (30.6% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Metal Pipe recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 5 scrap and 1 High Quality Metal. Monument green recyclers shred items one unit at a time on fast radtown cycles, whereas safe-zone yellow units trade lower material recovery for peacekeeper protection.
The Metal Pipe is crafted at a Workbench Level 3 from 2 High Quality Metal and 20 Scrap in 1 second, once researched in Rust. Players smelt raw ores in a furnace and gather required components from monument crates before queuing the craft at their workbench.
A Research Table asks 60 scrap for the Metal Pipe blueprint in Rust. It sits in the Components catalog with item ID 95950017 alongside 62 related components, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 95950017 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 63 published Components entries.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Metal Pipe despawns after 40 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
The Metal Pipe stacks 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 95950017).
The Metal Pipe has 32-bit signed item ID 95950017 and shortname metalpipe 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 the Metal Pipe in the F1 developer console with inventory.give metalpipe 20 or inventory.giveid 95950017 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.