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The Tin Can Alarm has 50 health once set and takes 240 scrap to reach on the Workbench Level 1 tech tree.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Rope
Metal Fragments
Wood
Rope
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 100,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "rope"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 30,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
}
]
Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 30 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Tin Can Alarm, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 1 |
 Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.16% | 1 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 0.16% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
Wood,
Metal Fragments, 
Cloth
Wood,
Metal Fragments,
ClothA repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn. A component in the recipe is charged as the first ingredient of its own recipe instead, or not at all when it has no recipe.
Each swing charges the share of the cost for 50 health, rounded up to whole resources, and restores as much health as it paid for, which can be more than 50. Nothing can be repaired for 30 seconds after it takes damage.
What the Tin Can Alarm gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 22 + 50% Metal Fragments, 75% Rope, 75 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 18 Metal Fragments, 60% Rope, 60 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 15 Metal Fragments, 50% Rope, 50 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 12 Metal Fragments, 40% Rope, 40 Wood |
The Tin Can Alarm breaks down into Metal Fragments, Rope and Wood.
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. “22 + 50%” means 22 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Tin Can Alarm is a trap and turret in the Traps category (item ID #962186730, console shortname tincan.alarm). In active play, it follows standard server rules for trap and turret gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A primitive perimeter alarm made from hanging tin cans. Clatters loudly when disturbed, alerting you to any trespassers. Can be rigged with grenades or other throwables.
Crafting Tin Can Alarm in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 30 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 choosing between Tin Can Alarm and related traps in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 240-scrap tech tree path and save 210 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Can Alarm | Traps | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 240 path | Not recyclable |
| Shotgun Trap | Traps | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 60 node / 465 path | Not recyclable |
| Small Spike Trap | Traps | 5 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Auto Turret | Electrical | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 120 node / 555 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Tin Can Alarm with closely related trap and turret sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Tin Can Alarm against every item in its inventory category, browse All 8 items in Traps, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Tin Can Alarm has 50 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Traps category under numeric ID 962186730 across 8 traps and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server across 8 published Traps entries (7 with crafting blueprints).
The Tin Can Alarm is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 100 Wood, 1 Rope and 30 Metal Fragments, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Rope must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Tin Can Alarm drops from 5 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Sunken Chest (1.1% chance), Normal Crate (0.44% chance), and Wagon Normal Crate (0.44% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Tin Can Alarm recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 15 Metal Fragments, a 50% chance of a Rope and 50 Wood. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
The Tin Can Alarm takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It sits in the Traps catalog with item ID 962186730 alongside 7 related traps and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server.
A repair bench fixes the Tin Can Alarm from broken for 20 Wood, 6 Metal Fragments and 6 Cloth, and a hammer takes it from broken to full in one swing for 50 Wood, 15 Metal Fragments and 15 Cloth in Rust.
Blueprint progression for Tin Can Alarm at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 240 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Tin Can Alarm despawns after 20 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 Tin Can Alarm has 32-bit signed item ID 962186730 and shortname tincan.alarm in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Traps category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Tin Can Alarm in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give tincan.alarm 1 or inventory.giveid 962186730 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.