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Metal Window Bars have 500 placed health, and hammer repairs from broken cost 12 Metal Fragments.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 30 scrap at a Research Table.
What it takes to destroy Metal Window Bars with one explosive alone, cheapest first.
| Explosive | Needed | Sulfur |
|---|---|---|
Timed Explosive Charge | 2 | 4,400 |
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo | 200 | 5,000 |
Rocket | 4 | 5,600 |
Satchel Charge | 12 | 5,760 |
High Velocity Rocket | 34 | 6,800 |
Beancan Grenade | 66 | 7,920 |
40mm HE Grenade | 29 | Loot only |
Timed Explosive Charge + 90
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 4,450 sulfur
Timed Explosive Charge + 1
Rocket + 35
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 4,475 sulfur
Timed Explosive Charge + 1
Satchel Charge + 73
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, 4,505 sulfurWhat it takes to destroy Metal Window Bars with one siege weapon alone, each paid in what its own recipe asks: metal and fuel for the ram, sulfur and the rest for a propane bomb.
| Siege weapon | Needed | Costs |
|---|---|---|
Battering Ram | 10 hits, one hammer swing on the head | 16 High Quality Metal, at least 5 Low Grade Fuel |
Propane Explosive Bomb by catapult | 4 | 5,400 Charcoal, 3,600 Sulfur, 400 Metal Fragments, 60 Animal Fat, 40 Scrap, 20 Cloth |
|
Propane Explosive Bomb placed by hand | 7 | 9,450 Charcoal, 6,300 Sulfur, 700 Metal Fragments, 105 Animal Fat, 70 Scrap, 35 Cloth |
A battering ram head is worn out after 9 hits, and one hammer swing on it costs 16 High Quality Metal and gives it 3 more. The ram strikes once every 4.5 seconds with its engine running, which burns at least 0.1 Low Grade Fuel a second.
Every count starts from full health, with the Timed Explosive Charge and the Satchel Charge stuck on Metal Window Bars and Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo fired from an Assault Rifle.
A Satchel Charge fails to go off 20% of the time and a Beancan Grenade 15%, so carry spares.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Metal Window Bars, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 1 |
 Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.16% | 1 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 0.16% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.
Each swing charges the share of the cost for 50 health, rounded up to whole resources, and restores as much health as it paid for, which can be more than 50. Nothing can be repaired for 30 seconds after it takes damage.
What Metal Window Bars give back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 18 + 75% Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 15 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 12 + 50% Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 10 Metal Fragments |
Metal Window Bars break down into Metal Fragments.
A recycler takes them one at a time, so a full stack of 10 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.
In Rust, Metal Window Bars is a wall, window and barricade in the Construction category (item ID #-819720157, console shortname wall.window.bars.metal). Once placed, the structure holds 500 HP and takes at least 4,400 sulfur to breach. Inventory storage stacks up to 10 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
Metal window bars made to fit a normal sized window.
Crafting Metal Window Bars in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 30 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
Only two of the 29 walls, windows and barricades have more health than Metal Window Bars.
When choosing between Metal Window Bars and related construction in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 225-scrap tech tree path and save 195 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Window Bars | Construction | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 225 path | Not recyclable |
| Wooden Window Bars | Construction | 10 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Reinforced Glass Window | Construction | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 60 node / 60 path | Not recyclable |
| Metal Shop Front | Construction | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Metal Window Bars with closely related wall, window and barricade sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Metal Window Bars against every item in its inventory category, browse All 61 items in Construction, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
Metal Window Bars (500 health once placed) break for at least 4,400 sulfur using 2 Timed Explosive Charge in Rust. The Raid tab on this sheet compares every explosive combination against its 500 health. They belong to the Construction category under numeric ID -819720157 across 61 construction.
Metal Window Bars have 500 health once placed in Rust. They sit in the Construction catalog with item ID -819720157 alongside 60 related construction and despawn after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server across 61 published Construction entries (56 with crafting blueprints).
Metal Window Bars are crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 25 Metal Fragments, once the blueprint is learned 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.
Metal Window Bars drop from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Sunken Chest (1.1% chance), Normal Crate (0.44% chance), and Wagon Normal Crate (0.44% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
Metal Window Bars recycle in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 12 Metal Fragments plus a 50% chance of one more. Full material recovery applies to an undamaged copy, whereas worn items return proportionally fewer resources based on their remaining condition bar when shredded.
A repair bench fixes Metal Window Bars from broken for 5 Metal Fragments, and a hammer takes them from broken to full in six swings for 12 Metal Fragments in Rust. Bench repairs require no blueprint and reduce maximum condition by 20% across a full durability bar.
Blueprint progression for Metal Window Bars at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 225 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Metal Window Bars despawn after 20 minutes by default. Picking them back up into a player inventory or storing them inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
Metal Window Bars have 32-bit signed item ID -819720157 and shortname wall.window.bars.metal in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Construction category (stack limit 10 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Metal Window Bars in the F1 developer console with inventory.give wall.window.bars.metal 10 or inventory.giveid -819720157 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.
4,400 sulfur