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The Car Radio comes with the Voice Props Pack DLC.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 120,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
}
]
Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
The Car Radio blueprint comes with the Voice Props Pack DLC, so owners craft it without researching it. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.
What the Car Radio gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 90 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 72 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 60 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 48 Metal Fragments |
The Car Radio breaks down into Metal Fragments.
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.
In Rust, Car Radio is a fun and decoration in the Fun category (item ID #721798950, console shortname vehicle.car_radio). In active play, it follows standard server rules for fun and decoration gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A small radio to use in cars. Will only work while the car is turned on.
Crafting Car Radio in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1, 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). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
When comparing Car Radio against related fun in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (15 seconds per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car Radio | Fun | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Cassette - Medium | Fun | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Boom Box | Fun | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Megaphone | Fun | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Car Radio with closely related fun and decoration sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Car Radio against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Fun.
The Car Radio comes with the Voice Props Pack DLC in Rust. It is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 120 Metal Fragments. Players smelt raw ores in a furnace and gather required components from monument crates before queuing the craft at their workbench.
The Car Radio recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 60 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 Car Radio takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It is indexed under the Fun category alongside 62 other fun in Rust (item ID 721798950), stacking up to 1 unit per inventory or container slot.
The Car Radio blueprint comes with the Voice Props Pack DLC, so owners craft it without researching it in Rust. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table. It sits in the Fun catalog with item ID 721798950 alongside 62 related fun.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Car Radio 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 Car Radio has 32-bit signed item ID 721798950 and shortname vehicle.car_radio in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Fun category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Car Radio in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give vehicle.car_radio 1 or inventory.giveid 721798950 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.