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Road Signs go into 6 recipes and recycle into 5 scrap in an unpowered green recycler.
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 30 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Road Signs, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Road Sign | Every time | 1 |
 Underwater Lab Component Crate | 26.5% | 2 to 6 |
 Normal Crate | 14.3% | 2 to 3 |
 Sunken Chest | 14.3% | 2 to 3 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 14.3% | 2 to 3 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 7.4% | 2 to 9 |
 Sunken Crate | 4.8% | 2 to 3 |
Scientist | 4.7% | 2 to 3 |
 Barrel | 1.4% | 2 to 3 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 14.3% | 2 to 3 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What Road Signs give 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 |
Road Signs break 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.
8 items give back Road Signs in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Double Horse Saddle | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Roadsign Horse Armor | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Single Horse Saddle | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Road Sign Jacket | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Reinforced Wooden Shield | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Road Sign Gloves | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Road Sign Kilt | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Salvaged Cleaver | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
What one of each item gives back in Road Signs, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “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, Road Signs is a crafting part in the Components category (item ID #1199391518, console shortname roadsigns). 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 20 minutes.
Some road signs made of metal.
Crafting Road Signs in Rust takes 1 second at a Workbench Level 3 once learned for 30 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.
Road Signs are among the 25 crafting parts; Rust classifies them under the Components inventory category.
When comparing Road Signs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Signs | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 30 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Metal Pipe | 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 Spring | Components | 20 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Road Signs with closely related crafting part sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Road Signs against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Components.
In Rust, Road Signs belong to the Components category under numeric ID 1199391518 (shortname roadsigns) and stack to 20 units per slot. They go into 6 recipes, most of them attire (5), such as the Roadsign Horse Armor, the Road Sign Jacket and the Reinforced Wooden Shield.
Road Signs drop from 9 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Road Sign (guaranteed every time), Underwater Lab Component Crate (26.5% chance), and Normal Crate (14.3% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
Road Signs recycle 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.
Road Signs are 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 30 scrap for the Road Signs blueprint in Rust. They sit in the Components catalog with item ID 1199391518 alongside 62 related components, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1199391518 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 63 published Components entries.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Road Signs despawn after 20 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.
Road Signs 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 20 minutes under the Components category (item ID 1199391518).
Road Signs have 32-bit signed item ID 1199391518 and shortname roadsigns 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 Road Signs in the F1 developer console with inventory.give roadsigns 20 or inventory.giveid 1199391518 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.