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Dropped on the ground, the Cable Tunnel despawns after 5 minutes.
What the Cable Tunnel gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 7 + 50%  High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 6 High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler | 50% | 5 High Quality Metal |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 4 High Quality Metal |
The Cable Tunnel breaks down into High Quality Metal.
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. “7 + 50%” means 7 every time and a 50% chance of one more.
In Rust, Cable Tunnel is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #1835946060, console shortname electric.cabletunnel). In active play, it follows standard server rules for electrical gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Allows you to pass a cable through a wall. Each input will forward the amount it receives to the corresponding output on the other side.
In Rust, Cable Tunnel has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on map collection, smelting, or vendor trades 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 comparing Cable Tunnel against related electrical in Rust, prioritize farming its highest-probability monument containers or recycling surplus components at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base yield, versus forty percent at safe-zone yellow units) because this item cannot be crafted at a player workbench.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Tunnel | Electrical | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| CCTV Camera | Resources | 64 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Ceiling Light | Electrical | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 135 path | Not recyclable |
| Command Block | Electrical | 64 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Cable Tunnel against every item in its inventory category, browse All 83 items in Electrical.
The Cable Tunnel has 100 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID 1835946060 across 83 electrical, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1835946060 1 spawns 1 unit for testing across 83 published Electrical entries (79 with crafting blueprints).
The Cable Tunnel recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 5 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 Cable Tunnel has no crafting blueprint in Rust and cannot be made at a workbench or Research Table. Within the Electrical category (79 craftable of 83), it spawns in the world or via inventory.give electric.cabletunnel 1, with item ID 1835946060 and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped.
The Cable Tunnel has no durability bar in Rust and never loses condition in storage or on the belt, so condition never degrades during use. Grouped with 83 electrical entries under Electrical, it stacks to 1 per slot and despawns in 5 minutes.
The Cable Tunnel is limited to 1 unit per slot in Rust, so each copy takes its own slot in a 24-slot player inventory, 6-slot belt, or 48-slot large wood box. Across 83 Electrical entries, it carries ID 1835946060 and despawns after 5 minutes.
The Cable Tunnel has 32-bit signed item ID 1835946060 and shortname electric.cabletunnel in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Electrical category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Cable Tunnel in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give electric.cabletunnel 1 or inventory.giveid 1835946060 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.