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Unlocking the Wind Turbine takes 405 scrap on the Engineering Workbench tech tree, path included, and it has 250 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
Wood
High Quality Metal
Gears
Sheet Metal
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Wood
Scrap
Metal Fragments
High Quality Metal
Sheet Metal
Wood
High Quality Metal
Gears
Sheet Metal
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 500,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 10,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.refined"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 3,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "gears"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 3,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "sheetmetal"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 25s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 12.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 60 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Wind Turbine, 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 |
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.
Wood,
High Quality Metal,
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 Wind Turbine gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 2 + 25% Gears, 7 + 50% High Quality Metal, 2 + 25% Sheet Metal, 375 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 1 + 80% Gears, 6 High Quality Metal, 1 + 80% Sheet Metal, 300 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 1 + 50% Gears, 5 High Quality Metal, 1 + 50% Sheet Metal, 250 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 1 + 20% Gears, 4 High Quality Metal, 1 + 20% Sheet Metal, 200 Wood |
The Wind Turbine breaks down into Gears, High Quality Metal, Sheet Metal 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. “2 + 25%” means 2 every time and a 25% chance of one more.
In Rust, Wind Turbine is a electrical in the Electrical category (item ID #-1819763926, console shortname generator.wind.scrap). 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 40 minutes.
Converts kinetic energy harvested from the wind into electricity. Amount generated will vary depending on wind speed. Higher altitudes will yield stronger winds.
Crafting Wind Turbine in Rust takes 25 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once the 60 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 Wind Turbine and related electrical in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 405-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Turbine | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 405 path | Not recyclable |
| Water Wheel | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 60 node / 75 path | Not recyclable |
| Small Rechargeable Battery | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 120 path | Not recyclable |
| Small Neon Sign | Electrical | 5 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Wind Turbine with closely related electrical sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Wind Turbine 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 Wind Turbine has 250 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID -1819763926 across 83 electrical, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -1819763926 1 spawns 1 unit for testing across 83 published Electrical entries (79 with crafting blueprints).
The Wind Turbine is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 500 Wood, 10 High Quality Metal, 3 Gears and 3 Sheet Metal, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Sheet Metal must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Wind Turbine drops from 9 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 Wind Turbine recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 1 Gears plus a 50% chance of one more, 5 High Quality Metal, 1 Sheet Metal plus a 50% chance of one more and 250 Wood.
The Wind Turbine 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 -1819763926 alongside 82 related electrical, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1819763926 1 across 83 published Electrical entries.
The Wind Turbine repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 248 Wood, 7 High Quality Metal and 136 Metal Fragments at full wear (5 swings). Hammering a placed structure restores health with no maximum-durability loss after a 30-second combat cooldown.
Blueprint progression for Wind Turbine at Engineering Workbench in Rust charges 60 scrap on the target node and 405 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 60 scrap. It belongs to the Electrical category under numeric ID -1819763926 across 83 electrical.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Wind Turbine despawns after 40 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 Wind Turbine has 32-bit signed item ID -1819763926 and shortname generator.wind.scrap 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 Wind Turbine in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give generator.wind.scrap 1 or inventory.giveid -1819763926 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.