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The Steering Wheel has 300 health once placed and takes 135 scrap to reach on the Workbench Level 1 tech tree.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Wood
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
}
]
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.
What the Steering Wheel gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40 Wood |
The Steering Wheel breaks down into 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.
In Rust, Steering Wheel is a deployable in the Deployables category (item ID #-1866909924, console shortname steeringwheel.boat). 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.
A lockable steering wheel for your modular boat with some suspiciously shaped handles.
Crafting Steering Wheel 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). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
When choosing between Steering Wheel and related deployables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering Wheel | Deployables | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 135 path | Not recyclable |
| Spinning Wheel | Deployables | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 15 node / 180 path | Not recyclable |
| Hazmat Plushy | Deployables | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Chippy Arcade Game | Deployables | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Steering Wheel with closely related deployable sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Steering Wheel against every item in its inventory category, browse All 168 items in Deployables, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Steering Wheel has 300 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Deployables category under numeric ID -1866909924 across 168 deployables, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -1866909924 1 spawns 1 unit for testing across 168 published Deployables entries (158 with crafting blueprints).
The Steering Wheel is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 100 Wood, 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.
The Steering Wheel recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 50 Wood. It is indexed under the Deployables category alongside 167 other deployables in Rust (item ID -1866909924) and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1866909924 1.
The Steering Wheel takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Deployables category under numeric ID -1866909924 across 168 deployables, stacking to 1 unit per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1866909924 1.
Blueprint progression for Steering Wheel at Workbench Level 1 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 Steering Wheel 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 Steering Wheel has 32-bit signed item ID -1866909924 and shortname steeringwheel.boat in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Deployables category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Steering Wheel in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give steeringwheel.boat 1 or inventory.giveid -1866909924 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.