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The Small Rechargeable Battery costs 15 scrap to research and has 100 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
High Quality Metal
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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"MaxAmountInOutput": 5,
"BufferAmount": 0,
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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 Small Rechargeable Battery, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Normal Crate | 1.3% | 1 to 2 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 1.3% | 1 to 2 |
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 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.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.
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 Rechargeable Battery gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 3 + 75% High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 3 High Quality Metal |
| Green recycler | 50% | 2 + 50% High Quality Metal |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 2 High Quality Metal |
The Small Rechargeable Battery 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. “3 + 75%” means 3 every time and a 75% chance of one more.
In Rust, Small Rechargeable Battery is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #-692338819, console shortname electric.battery.rechargable.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 5 minutes.
A small rechargable battery. Must have a minimum charge of 5 seconds to discharge. Can be wired in series. Charging rate is dependant on power in, with a maximum of 80% efficiency.
Crafting Small Rechargeable Battery 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
When choosing between Small Rechargeable Battery and related electrical in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 120-scrap tech tree path and save 105 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 Rechargeable Battery | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 120 path | Not recyclable |
| Large Rechargeable Battery | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 435 path | Not recyclable |
| Medium Rechargeable Battery | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 225 path | Not recyclable |
| Search Light | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 180 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Small Rechargeable Battery with closely related electrical sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Small Rechargeable Battery 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 Rechargeable Battery has 100 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID -692338819 across 83 electrical and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 83 published Electrical entries (79 with crafting blueprints).
The Small Rechargeable Battery is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 5 High Quality Metal, 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 Rechargeable Battery drops from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Normal Crate (1.3% chance), Wagon Normal Crate (1.3% chance), and Sunken Chest (1.1% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Small Rechargeable Battery recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 2 High Quality Metal plus a 50% chance of one more. Full recycler yields apply to an undamaged copy, while partially worn gear returns proportionally fewer materials based on its remaining durability bar.
The Small Rechargeable Battery 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 -692338819 alongside 82 related electrical and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server.
A repair bench fixes the Small Rechargeable Battery from broken for 1 High Quality Metal, and a hammer takes it from broken to full in two swings for 2 High Quality Metal in Rust. Bench repairs require no blueprint and reduce maximum condition by 20% across a full durability bar.
Blueprint progression for Small Rechargeable Battery at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 120 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Small Rechargeable Battery 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 Small Rechargeable Battery has 32-bit signed item ID -692338819 and shortname electric.battery.rechargable.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 Rechargeable Battery in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give electric.battery.rechargable.small 1 or inventory.giveid -692338819 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.