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The Small Water Catcher has 200 health once placed and takes 135 scrap to reach on the Engineering Workbench tech tree.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Metal Fragments
Tarp
Wood
Metal Fragments
Tarp
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 50,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "tarp"
}
]
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 15 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Small Water Catcher, 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.
Wood,
Metal Fragments, 
ClothEach 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 the Small Water Catcher gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 37 + 50% Metal Fragments, 75% Tarp, 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 30 Metal Fragments, 60% Tarp, 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 25 Metal Fragments, 50% Tarp, 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 20 Metal Fragments, 40% Tarp, 40 Wood |
The Small Water Catcher breaks down into Metal Fragments, Tarp and Wood.
A recycler takes one at a time.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “37 + 50%” means 37 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Small Water Catcher is a deployable in the Construction category (item ID #-132247350, console shortname water.catcher.small). In active play, it follows standard server rules for deployable gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Collects drinkable water from the air via rain and dew. Can be connected to other entities to provide water, 20ml a second.
Crafting Small Water Catcher in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 15 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). Placed structures heal with a Hammer using raw materials from your inventory.
The Small Water Catcher is one of the 181 deployables; Rust classifies it under the Construction inventory category.
When choosing between Small Water Catcher and related construction in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 135-scrap tech tree path and save 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Water Catcher | Construction | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 135 path | Not recyclable |
| Large Water Catcher | Construction | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 240 path | Not recyclable |
| Sail | Deployables | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 150 path | Not recyclable |
| Large Planter Box | Deployables | 10 per slot | Crafted by hand | 15 node / 30 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Small Water Catcher with closely related deployable sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Small Water Catcher against every item in its inventory category, browse All 61 items in Construction, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Engineering Workbench tech tree, tile by tile.
The Small Water Catcher has 200 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Construction category under numeric ID -132247350 across 61 construction and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 61 published Construction entries (56 with crafting blueprints).
The Small Water Catcher is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 100 Wood, 50 Metal Fragments and 1 Tarp, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Tarp must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Small Water Catcher drops 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.
The Small Water Catcher recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 25 Metal Fragments, a 50% chance of a Tarp and 50 Wood. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
The Small Water Catcher takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It sits in the Construction catalog with item ID -132247350 alongside 60 related construction and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server.
The Small Water Catcher repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 50 Wood, 26 Metal Fragments and 50 Cloth at full wear (4 swings). Hammering a placed structure restores health with no maximum-durability loss after a 30-second combat cooldown.
Blueprint progression for Small Water Catcher at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 135 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Small Water Catcher despawns after 5 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 Small Water Catcher has 32-bit signed item ID -132247350 and shortname water.catcher.small 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 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Small Water Catcher in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give water.catcher.small 1 or inventory.giveid -132247350 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.