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The Salvaged Cleaver takes 315 scrap to reach on the Workbench Level 1 tech tree.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Scrap
High Quality Metal
Metal Fragments
Road Signs
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 50,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "roadsigns"
}
]
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.
Keeps is the share of what the tool breaks off that reaches your inventory. The rest is destroyed with the swing.
What the Salvaged Cleaver brings back from each animal
| Animal | You get | Swings | Time | Animals before it breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crocodile | 16 Raw Crocodile Meat, 142 Bone Fragments, 101 Animal Fat, 142 Leather, 25 Cloth | 13 | 24s | 38 |
| Polar bear | 19 Raw Bear Meat, 143 Bone Fragments, 102 Animal Fat, 106 Leather, 42 Cloth | 15 | 28s | 33 |
| Bear | 17 Raw Bear Meat, 126 Bone Fragments, 84 Animal Fat, 84 Leather, 42 Cloth | 14 | 26s | 35 |
| Panther | 16 Raw Big Cat Meat, 126 Bone Fragments, 84 Animal Fat, 84 Leather, 42 Cloth | 14 | 26s | 35 |
| Tiger | 16 Raw Big Cat Meat, 126 Bone Fragments, 84 Animal Fat, 59 Leather, 59 Cloth | 17 | 32s | 29 |
| Bull | 17 Raw Beef, 85 Bone Fragments, 34 Animal Fat, 85 Leather, 25 Cloth | 13 | 24s | 38 |
| Cow | 17 Raw Beef, 85 Bone Fragments, 34 Animal Fat, 85 Leather, 25 Cloth | 13 | 24s | 38 |
| Shark | 34 Leather, 43 Bone Fragments, 34 Animal Fat, 17 Cloth, 15 Raw Fish | 13 | 24s | 38 |
| Wolf | 5 Raw Wolf Meat, 34 Bone Fragments, 9 Animal Fat, 64 Leather, 30 Cloth, 1 Wolf Skull | 16 | 30s | 31 |
| Horse | 5 Raw Horse Meat, 44 Bone Fragments, 9 Animal Fat, 44 Leather, 22 Cloth | 17 | 32s | 29 |
| Stag | 4 Raw Deer Meat, 44 Bone Fragments, 9 Animal Fat, 44 Leather, 22 Cloth | 17 | 32s | 29 |
| Boar | 7 Raw Pork, 44 Bone Fragments, 35 Animal Fat, 18 Leather, 9 Cloth | 16 | 30s | 31 |
| Sheep | 10 Raw Mutton, 43 Bone Fragments, 17 Animal Fat, 17 Leather, 9 Cloth | 14 | 26s | 35 |
| Chicken | 2 Raw Chicken Breast, 12 Bone Fragments, 6 Cloth | 13 | 24s | 38 |
| Snake | 4 Snake Venom, 10 Animal Fat | 14 | 26s | 35 |
Swings are counted once the animal is down.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Salvaged Cleaver, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Tool Box | 4.9% | 1 |
 Sunken Crate | 3.3% | 1 |
 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 |
 SUPER Stocking, Christmas event only | 2.5% | 1 to 3 |
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. 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.
What the Salvaged Cleaver gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 37 + 50% Metal Fragments, 75% Road Signs |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 30 Metal Fragments, 60% Road Signs |
| Green recycler | 50% | 25 Metal Fragments, 50% Road Signs |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 20 Metal Fragments, 40% Road Signs |
The Salvaged Cleaver breaks down into Metal Fragments and Road Signs.
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. “37 + 50%” means 37 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Salvaged Cleaver is a melee weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #-1978999529, console shortname salvaged.cleaver). When harvesting, it clears a crocodile node in 13 swings while keeping 83% of the yield. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A powerful 2-handed melee weapon with high damage.
Crafting Salvaged Cleaver 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 Salvaged Cleaver and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 315-scrap tech tree path and save 285 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvaged Cleaver | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 315 path | Not recyclable |
| Salvaged Sword | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 135 path | Not recyclable |
| Boomerang | Weapons | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Stone Spear | Weapons | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Salvaged Cleaver with closely related melee weapon sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Salvaged Cleaver against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Salvaged Cleaver clears a crocodile carcass in 13 swings, about 24 seconds, and keeps 83% of the yield in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -1978999529 across 85 weapons, stacking up to 1 unit per inventory or container slot.
The Salvaged Cleaver is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 50 Metal Fragments and 1 Road Signs, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Players smelt raw ores in a furnace and gather required components from monument crates before queuing the craft at their workbench.
The Salvaged Cleaver drops from 7 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Tool Box (4.9% chance), Sunken Crate (3.3% chance), and Sunken Chest (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 Salvaged Cleaver recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 25 Metal Fragments and a 50% chance of Road Signs. Full material recovery applies to an undamaged copy, whereas worn items return proportionally fewer resources based on their remaining condition bar when shredded.
The Salvaged Cleaver takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It sits in the Weapons catalog with item ID -1978999529 alongside 84 related weapons, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1978999529 1 across 85 published Weapons entries.
A repair bench fixes the Salvaged Cleaver from broken for 10 Metal Fragments and 1 High Quality Metal in Rust. Repairing at a Repair Bench requires no learned blueprint, scales material cost by missing durability, and reduces maximum condition by 20% across a full durability bar.
Blueprint progression for Salvaged Cleaver at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 315 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Salvaged Cleaver 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 Salvaged Cleaver has 32-bit signed item ID -1978999529 and shortname salvaged.cleaver in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Weapons category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Salvaged Cleaver in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give salvaged.cleaver 1 or inventory.giveid -1978999529 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.