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Each Survey Charge costs 60 sulfur to craft, counting everything that goes into it.
What one batch takes.
Gun Powder
Cloth
Metal Fragments
Low Grade Fuel
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Charcoal
Sulfur
Animal Fat
Cloth
Metal Fragments
Gun Powder
Cloth
Metal Fragments
Low Grade Fuel
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": "gunpowder"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 5,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "cloth"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 10,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "lowgradefuel"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 120 scrap at a Research Table.
What the Survey Charge gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 3 + 75% Cloth, 22 + 50% Gun Powder, 15 Low Grade Fuel, 7 + 50% Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 3 Cloth, 18 Gun Powder, 12 Low Grade Fuel, 6 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 2 + 50% Cloth, 15 Gun Powder, 10 Low Grade Fuel, 5 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 2 Cloth, 12 Gun Powder, 8 Low Grade Fuel, 4 Metal Fragments |
The Survey Charge breaks down into Cloth, Gun Powder, Low Grade Fuel and Metal Fragments.
A recycler takes them one at a time, so a full stack of 10 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “3 + 75%” means 3 every time and a 75% chance of one more.
In Rust, Survey Charge is a explosive in the Tools category (item ID #1975934948, console shortname surveycharge). In active play, it follows standard server rules for explosive gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 10 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Use this on the terrain to see which resources are available for mining.
Crafting Survey Charge in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once learned for 120 scrap at a Research Table, 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.
The Survey Charge is one of the 9 explosives; Rust classifies it under the Tools inventory category.
The Survey Charge costs 60 sulfur, as does the F1 Grenade.
Most explosives stack to 3; the Survey Charge stacks to 10.
When comparing Survey Charge against related tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey Charge | Tools | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 120 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Timed Explosive Charge | Tools | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 3 | 120 node / 720 path | Not recyclable |
| Satchel Charge | Tools | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 60 node / 510 path | Not recyclable |
| Flashbang | Weapons | 3 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 480 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Survey Charge with closely related explosive sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Survey Charge against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Tools.
The Survey Charge costs 60 sulfur once every ingredient is broken down to raw materials in Rust. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 1975934948 across 36 tools and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1975934948 10.
The Survey Charge is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 30 Gun Powder, 5 Cloth, 10 Metal Fragments and 20 Low Grade Fuel, once researched in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Survey Charge recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 2 Cloth plus a 50% chance of one more, 15 Gun Powder, 10 Low Grade Fuel and 5 Metal Fragments. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 1975934948 across 36 tools.
The Survey Charge takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 7.5 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 1975934948 across 36 tools, stacking to 10 units per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1975934948 10.
A Research Table asks 120 scrap for the Survey Charge blueprint in Rust. It sits in the Tools catalog with item ID 1975934948 alongside 35 related tools, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1975934948 10 spawns 10 units for testing across 36 published Tools entries.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Survey Charge 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 Survey Charge stacks to 10 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 Tools category (item ID 1975934948).
The Survey Charge has 32-bit signed item ID 1975934948 and shortname surveycharge in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Tools category (stack limit 10 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Survey Charge in the F1 developer console with inventory.give surveycharge 10 or inventory.giveid 1975934948 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.