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Dropped on the ground, the Cassette - Short despawns after 5 minutes.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 50,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
}
]
No workbench, 5s, yields 5
Faster at a higher workbench: 2.5s at Workbench Level 1, 1.25s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
The Cassette - Short 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 Cassette - Short gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 7 + 50% Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 6 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 5 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 4 Metal Fragments |
The Cassette - Short 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. “7 + 50%” means 7 every time and a 50% chance of one more.
In Rust, Cassette - Short is a fun and decoration in the Fun category (item ID #1523403414, console shortname cassette.short). 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 tape that you can record audio on to using a Cassette Recorder. Stores up to 10s of audio.
Crafting Cassette - Short in Rust takes 5 seconds by hand without a workbench, 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 Cassette - Short against related fun in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassette - Short | Fun | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Cassette Recorder | Fun | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Cassette - Long | Fun | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Cassette - Medium | Fun | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Cassette - Short with closely related fun and decoration sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Cassette - Short against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Fun.
The Cassette - Short comes with the Voice Props Pack DLC in Rust. It is crafted by hand from 50 Metal Fragments, 5 at a time. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Cassette - Short recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 5 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 Cassette - Short takes 5 seconds per batch of 5, down to 1.25 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It is indexed under the Fun category alongside 62 other fun in Rust (item ID 1523403414) across 63 published Fun entries.
The Cassette - Short 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 belongs to the Fun category under numeric ID 1523403414 across 63 fun.
The Cassette - Short has 32-bit signed item ID 1523403414 and shortname cassette.short 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 Cassette - Short in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give cassette.short 1 or inventory.giveid 1523403414 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.