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The Reactive Target costs 15 scrap to research and has 250 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Metal Fragments
Gears
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Wood
Scrap
Wood
Metal Fragments
Gears
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": 150,
"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 Reactive Target, 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 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 Reactive Target gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75% Gears, 112 + 50% Metal Fragments, 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60% Gears, 90 Metal Fragments, 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50% Gears, 75 Metal Fragments, 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40% Gears, 60 Metal Fragments, 40 Wood |
The Reactive Target breaks down into Gears, Metal Fragments 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. “112 + 50%” means 112 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
On the Steam Market, the 3 skins for the Reactive Target sell for $0.81 at the cheapest and $2.71 at the dearest.
Also listed: one Twitch or Kick drop, marked “Drop”. It never reaches the market, so it has no price.
In Rust, Reactive Target is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #-1736356576, console shortname target.reactive). 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.
A reactive target that knocks down when hit, can be reset.
Crafting Reactive Target 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 Reactive Target and related electrical in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 195-scrap tech tree path and save 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reactive Target | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 195 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 Reactive Target 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 Reactive Target has 250 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID -1736356576 across 83 electrical, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -1736356576 1 spawns 1 unit for testing across 83 published Electrical entries (79 with crafting blueprints).
The Reactive Target is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 100 Wood, 150 Metal Fragments and 1 Gears, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Reactive Target 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 Reactive Target recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 50% chance of Gears, 75 Metal Fragments and 50 Wood. Full recycler yields apply to an undamaged copy, while partially worn gear returns proportionally fewer materials based on its remaining durability bar.
The Reactive Target 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 -1736356576 alongside 82 related electrical, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1736356576 1 across 83 published Electrical entries.
The Reactive Target repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 50 Wood and 88 Metal Fragments at full wear (5 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 Reactive Target at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 195 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID -1736356576 across 83 electrical.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Reactive Target 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 Reactive Target has 32-bit signed item ID -1736356576 and shortname target.reactive 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 Reactive Target in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give target.reactive 1 or inventory.giveid -1736356576 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.
