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Recyclers hand back Low Grade Fuel from 40 different items, and 38 recipes call for it.
What one batch takes.
Animal Fat
Cloth
Animal Fat
Cloth
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 3,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "fat.animal"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "cloth"
}
]
No workbench, 5s, yields 4
Faster at a higher workbench: 2.5s at Workbench Level 1, 1.25s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
Every player starts with this blueprint. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.
Mixing Table recipe
Cloth×1
Animal Fat×31s per batch, yields 4, 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 Low Grade Fuel blueprint.
What turns into Low Grade Fuel in each oven, and how long one item takes
| From | In | You get | Time per item, one stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | Small Oil Refinery | 3 | 3.33s |
Times are for one stack. Spread the same items over more slots and each stack slows down, while the oven keeps the same total pace.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Low Grade Fuel, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Oil Barrel | Every time | 5 to 9 |
 Underwater Lab Fuel Crate | Every time | 10 to 18 |
 Mine Crate and Minecart | 30.8% | 2 to 5 |
Heavy Scientist with Flamethrower | 24% | 35 to 135 |
 Elite Crate | 6.5% | 35 |
|
Heavy Scientist | 5% | 35 |
 Tool Box | 0.98% | 20 to 39 |
 Sunken Crate | 0.65% | 20 to 39 |
 SUPER Stocking, Christmas event only | 16.3% | 25 to 450 |
 Small Stocking, Christmas event only | 11.2% | 25 to 68 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What Low Grade Fuel gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 56% Animal Fat, 19% Cloth |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 45% Animal Fat, 15% Cloth |
| Green recycler | 50% | 38% Animal Fat, 13% Cloth |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 30% Animal Fat, 10% Cloth |
Low Grade Fuel breaks down into Animal Fat and Cloth.
A recycler takes 50 per cycle, so a full stack of 500 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. A percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
40 items give back Low Grade Fuel in a recycler
What one of each item gives back in Low Grade Fuel, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “187 + 50%” means 187 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
Blue Boomer 15
Blue Roman Candle 10
Candle Hat 5
Champagne Boomer 30
Chinese Lantern 5
Chinese Lantern White 5
Christmas Lights 20
Explosives 3
Fire Arrow 10
Firebomb 50
Flame Thrower 100
Fogger-3000 30
Furnace 50
Green Boomer 15
Green Roman Candle 10
Incendiary Bolt 10
Incendiary Rocket 75
Lantern 15
Large Furnace 75
Large Medkit 10
Medical Syringe 10
Miners Hat 10
Molotov Cocktail 50
Orange Boomer 15
Pattern Boomer 15
Propane Explosive Bomb 20
Red Boomer 15
Red Roman Candle 10
Sky Lantern 5
Small Boat Engine 50
Small Oil Refinery 250
Snow Machine 30
Survey Charge 20
Torch 1
Tuna Can Lamp 10
Violet Boomer 15
Violet Roman Candle 10
White Boomer 15In Rust, Low Grade Fuel is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-946369541, console shortname lowgradefuel). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 500 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Low Grade Fuel, used to power light sources.
Crafting Low Grade Fuel 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.
Most resources stack to 1,000; Low Grade Fuel stacks to 500.
When comparing Low Grade Fuel against related resources 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Grade Fuel | Resources | 500 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Diesel Fuel | Resources | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Metal Ore | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Dung | Resources | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Low Grade Fuel with closely related resource sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Low Grade Fuel against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
In Rust, Low Grade Fuel belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -946369541 (shortname lowgradefuel) and stacks to 500 units per slot. It goes into 38 recipes, 13 of them fun, such as the Champagne Boomer, the Blue Boomer and the Green Boomer.
Low Grade Fuel recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 38% chance of an Animal Fat and a 13% chance of a Cloth. Radtown green recyclers return higher base material efficiency than safe-zone yellow recyclers, which trade lower output for peacekeeper turret protection.
Low Grade Fuel is crafted by hand from 3 Animal Fat and 1 Cloth, 4 at a time in Rust. It can also be mixed at a Mixing Table, 4 per 1 second batch. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -946369541 across 36 resources.
Low Grade Fuel takes 5 seconds per batch of 4, down to 1.25 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -946369541 across 36 resources across 36 published Resources entries (3 with crafting blueprints).
Every player starts with the Low Grade Fuel blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -946369541 across 36 resources across 36 published Resources entries.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Low Grade Fuel 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.
Low Grade Fuel stacks to 500 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 5 minutes under the Resources category (item ID -946369541).
Low Grade Fuel has 32-bit signed item ID -946369541 and shortname lowgradefuel 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 500 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Low Grade Fuel in the F1 developer console with inventory.give lowgradefuel 500 or inventory.giveid -946369541 500 for 500 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.
