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Unlocking the Hopper takes 360 scrap on the Engineering Workbench tech tree, path included, and it has 100 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Gears
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Scrap
Metal Fragments
Gears
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 200,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "gears"
}
]
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 Hopper, 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.
Metal FragmentsEach 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 Hopper gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75% Gears, 150 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60% Gears, 120 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50% Gears, 100 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40% Gears, 80 Metal Fragments |
The Hopper breaks down into Gears and Metal Fragments.
A recycler takes them one at a time, so a full stack of 5 goes through in 5 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. A percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Hopper is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #1428574144, console shortname hopper). In active play, it follows standard server rules for electrical gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 5 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Will suck up any dropped items in it's radius while powered.
Crafting Hopper 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.
When choosing between Hopper and related electrical in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 360-scrap tech tree path and save 345 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper | Electrical | 5 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 360 path | 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 Hopper against every item in its inventory category, browse All 83 items in Electrical, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Engineering Workbench tech tree, tile by tile.
The Hopper has 100 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID 1428574144 across 83 electrical, while server admins spawn it via inventory.giveid 1428574144 5 or queue crafts with craft.add 0 1428574144 1 across 83 published Electrical entries.
The Hopper is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 200 Metal Fragments and 1 Gears, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Players smelt raw ores in a furnace and gather required components from monument crates before queuing the craft at their workbench.
The Hopper 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 Hopper recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 50% chance of Gears and 100 Metal Fragments. 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 Hopper takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It sits in the Electrical catalog with item ID 1428574144 alongside 82 related electrical, stacking to 5 units per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1428574144 5.
The Hopper repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 113 Metal Fragments at full wear (2 swings). Hammer repairs draw materials straight from your inventory with zero maximum-health penalty, provided the placed object has not taken damage within the last 30 seconds.
Blueprint progression for Hopper at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 360 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap. Researching a looted copy at a Research Table saves 345 scrap over the tech tree path.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Hopper despawns after 5 minutes by default. Moving it 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.
The Hopper has 32-bit signed item ID 1428574144 and shortname hopper 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 5 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Hopper in the F1 developer console with inventory.give hopper 5 or inventory.giveid 1428574144 5 for 5 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.