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A repair bench brings the Water Bucket back from broken for 4 Metal Fragments.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
}
]
No workbench, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 1, 3.75s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 15 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Water Bucket, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Primitive Crate | 4.8% | 1 to 2 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 2.2% | 1 to 2 |
 Barrel | 1.1% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.
What the Water Bucket gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 15 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 12 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 10 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 8 Metal Fragments |
The Water Bucket 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, Water Bucket is a tool in the Tools category (item ID #1424075905, console shortname bucket.water). In active play, it follows standard server rules for tool gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A bucket for transporting water or other liquids.
Crafting Water Bucket in Rust takes 15 seconds by hand without a workbench once the 15 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, 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). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
When comparing Water Bucket 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Bucket | Tools | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 15 node / 15 path | Not recyclable |
| Boat Building Plan | Construction | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 120 path | Not recyclable |
| Building Plan | Construction | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Birthday Cake | Tools | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Water Bucket against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Tools, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Water Bucket is crafted by hand from 20 Metal Fragments, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.
The Water Bucket drops from 3 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Primitive Crate (4.8% chance), Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller (2.2% chance), and Barrel (1.1% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Water Bucket recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 10 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 Water Bucket takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 1424075905 across 36 tools and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server.
Blueprint progression for Water Bucket at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 15 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap.
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Water Bucket 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 Water Bucket has 32-bit signed item ID 1424075905 and shortname bucket.water 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 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Water Bucket in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give bucket.water 1 or inventory.giveid 1424075905 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.