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Unlocking the Small Generator takes 255 scrap on the Engineering Workbench tech tree, path included, and it has 100 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Scrap
Metal Fragments
High Quality Metal
High Quality Metal
Gears
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 5,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.refined"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "gears"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 25s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 12.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 30 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Small Generator, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Locked Crate | 1.3% | 1 to 2 |
 Elite Crate | 0.78% | 1 to 3 |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 0.73% | 1 to 3 |
 Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Wagon Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 0.3% | 1 |
 Normal Crate | 0.14% | 1 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.14% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.074% | 1 |
Heavy Scientist | 0.061% | 1 |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 1.6% | 1 to 2 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 0.42% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn. A component in the recipe is charged as the first ingredient of its own recipe instead, or not at all when it has no recipe.
Each 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 Generator gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 1 + 50% Gears, 3 + 75% High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 1 + 20% Gears, 3 High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler | 50% | 1 Gears, 2 + 50% High Quality Metal |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 80% Gears, 2 High Quality Metal |
The Small Generator breaks down into Gears and 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. “1 + 50%” means 1 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Small Generator is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #1849887541, console shortname electric.fuelgenerator.small). 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 20 minutes.
A small electric generator powered by Low Grade Fuel that outputs 40 power.
Crafting Small Generator in Rust takes 25 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once the 30 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
When choosing between Small Generator and related electrical in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 255-scrap tech tree path and save 225 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 Generator | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 255 path | Not recyclable |
| Test Generator | Electrical | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Deluxe Christmas Lights | Electrical | 150 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Simple Light | Electrical | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Small Generator with closely related electrical sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Small Generator 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 Small Generator has 100 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID 1849887541 across 83 electrical, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1849887541 1 spawns 1 unit for testing across 83 published Electrical entries (79 with crafting blueprints).
The Small Generator is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 5 High Quality Metal and 2 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 Small Generator drops from 11 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Locked Crate (1.3% chance), Elite Crate (0.78% chance), and Scientist PT Boat Dry Box (0.73% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Small Generator recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 1 Gears and 2 High Quality Metal plus a 50% chance of one more. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
The Small Generator takes 25 seconds to craft, down to 12.5 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It sits in the Electrical catalog with item ID 1849887541 alongside 82 related electrical, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1849887541 1 across 83 published Electrical entries.
A repair bench fixes the Small Generator from broken for 1 High Quality Metal and 10 Metal Fragments, and a hammer takes it from broken to full in two swings for 2 High Quality Metal and 13 Metal Fragments in Rust.
Blueprint progression for Small Generator at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 255 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID 1849887541 across 83 electrical.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Small Generator despawns after 20 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 Generator has 32-bit signed item ID 1849887541 and shortname electric.fuelgenerator.small 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 Small Generator in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give electric.fuelgenerator.small 1 or inventory.giveid 1849887541 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.