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Gun Powder goes into 41 recipes, 22 of them ammunition, and 48 items give some back in a recycler.
Charcoal
Sulfur
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 30,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "charcoal"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "sulfur"
}
]
Workbench Level 1, 2s, yields 10
Faster at a higher workbench: 1s at Workbench Level 2, 0.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Every player starts with this blueprint. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.
Mixing Table recipe1s per batch, yields 10, Blueprint needed
Also mixes on 
Cooking Workbench
The order is part of the recipe. The table checks slot 1 against the first ingredient, slot 2 against the second, and so on, and stops at the first empty slot: the same ingredients in another order make nothing.
Put more of the same in every slot to mix several batches in one go. Each extra batch adds 1s.
The table only starts this mix if you have learned the Gun Powder blueprint.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Gun Powder, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Mine Crate and Minecart | 7.7% | 15 to 24 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What Gun Powder gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 2 + 25% Charcoal, 1 + 50% Sulfur |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 1 + 80% Charcoal, 1 + 20% Sulfur |
| Green recycler | 50% | 1 + 50% Charcoal, 1 Sulfur |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 1 + 20% Charcoal, 80% Sulfur |
Gun Powder breaks down into Charcoal and Sulfur.
A recycler takes 100 per cycle, so a full stack of 1000 goes through in 10 cycles.
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, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
48 items give back Gun Powder in a recycler
What one of each item gives back in Gun Powder, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “337 + 50%” means 337 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
12 Gauge Buckshot 10
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell 10
12 Gauge Slug 10
5.56 Rifle Ammo 5
Beancan Grenade 60
Blue Boomer 30
Cannonball 15
Champagne Boomer 75
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo 20
Explosives 50
F1 Grenade 30
Firebomb 150
Flare 10
Flashbang 25
Fragmentation Mortar Shell 150
Green Boomer 30
Handmade Shell 5
High Velocity Rocket 100
Homemade Landmine 30
Homing Missile 100
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 10
HV Pistol Ammo 10
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 10
Incendiary Pistol Bullet 10
Incendiary Rocket 150
Mortar Shell 300
Orange Boomer 30
Pattern Boomer 30
Pistol Bullet 5
Propane Explosive Bomb 450
Red Boomer 30
Red Volcano Firework 15
Rocket 150
SAM Ammo 30
Smoke Grenade 35
Survey Charge 30
Torpedo 30
Violet Boomer 30
Violet Volcano Firework 15
White Boomer 30
White Volcano Firework 15In Rust, Gun Powder is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-265876753, console shortname gunpowder). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 1,000 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 1 hour.
Made from Sulfur and Charcoal, a key ingredient of anything that goes bang!
Crafting Gun Powder in Rust takes 2 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 Gun Powder against related resources in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Powder | Resources | 1,000 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Battery - Small | Resources | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Bone Fragments | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Empty Can Of Beans | Resources | 10 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Gun Powder against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
In Rust, Gun Powder belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -265876753 (shortname gunpowder) and stacks to 1,000 units per slot. It goes into 41 recipes, most of them ammunition (22), such as the Propane Explosive Bomb, the Mortar Shell and the Firebomb.
Gun Powder recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 1 Charcoal plus a 50% chance of one more and 1 Sulfur. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
Gun Powder is crafted at a Workbench Level One from 30 Charcoal and 20 Sulfur, 10 at a time in Rust. It can also be mixed at a Mixing Table, 10 per 1 second batch. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -265876753 across 36 resources.
Gun Powder takes 2 seconds per batch of 10, down to 0.5 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -265876753 across 36 resources, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -265876753 1,000 across 36 published Resources entries.
Every player starts with the Gun Powder blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It sits in the Resources catalog with item ID -265876753 alongside 35 related resources across 36 published Resources entries.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Gun Powder despawns after 1 hour by default. Moving it into a storage box, locker, or player inventory immediately cancels the ground despawn countdown, which the server assigns by item rarity tier to prevent dropped loot from lagging active worlds.
Gun Powder stacks to 1,000 per slot in Rust. Players can split a pile in half with middle-click drag or move a custom quantity with Shift-click drag across inventory slots, storage boxes, and the Tool Cupboard, while dropped copies despawn after 1 hour under the Resources category (item ID -265876753).
Gun Powder has 32-bit signed item ID -265876753 and shortname gunpowder in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Resources category (stack limit 1,000 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Gun Powder in the F1 developer console with inventory.give gunpowder 1,000 or inventory.giveid -265876753 1,000 for 1,000 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.
