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The Siege Tower costs 15 scrap to research.
What one batch takes.
Wood
Metal Fragments
Gears
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Wood
Metal Fragments
Scrap
Wood
Metal Fragments
Gears
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
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"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 250,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
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"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
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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 15 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Siege Tower, 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 FragmentsEach 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 Siege Tower gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75% Gears, 187 + 50% Metal Fragments, 375 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60% Gears, 150 Metal Fragments, 300 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50% Gears, 125 Metal Fragments, 250 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40% Gears, 100 Metal Fragments, 200 Wood |
The Siege Tower breaks down into Gears, Metal Fragments 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. “187 + 50%” means 187 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Siege Tower is a siege engine in the Weapons category (item ID #-1290278434, console shortname siegetower). In active play, it follows standard server rules for siege engine gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 40 minutes.
A rolling siege tower, providing cover and access to enemy bases. Can be locked with your own door. Can be towed by horses.
Crafting Siege Tower in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 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). Placed structures heal with a Hammer using raw materials from your inventory.
The Siege Tower is one of the 6 siege engines; Rust classifies it under the Weapons inventory category.
When choosing between Siege Tower and related weapons in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 345-scrap tech tree path and save 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siege Tower | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 345 path | Not recyclable |
| Mounted Ballista | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 600 path | Not recyclable |
| Ballista | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 570 path | Not recyclable |
| Battering Ram | Weapons | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 30 node / 540 path | Not recyclable |
To compare Siege Tower 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 Siege Tower is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 500 Wood, 250 Metal Fragments and 1 Gears, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Siege Tower 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 Siege Tower recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 50% chance of Gears, 125 Metal Fragments and 250 Wood. Full recycler yields apply to an undamaged copy, while partially worn gear returns proportionally fewer materials based on its remaining durability bar.
The Siege Tower takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -1290278434 across 85 weapons, stacking to 1 unit per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1290278434 1.
The Siege Tower repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 250 Wood and 138 Metal Fragments at full wear (10 swings). Hammer repairs draw materials straight from your inventory with zero maximum-health penalty, provided the placed object has not taken damage within the last 30 seconds.
Blueprint progression for Siege Tower at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 345 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Siege Tower despawns after 40 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 Siege Tower has 32-bit signed item ID -1290278434 and shortname siegetower 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 Siege Tower in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give siegetower 1 or inventory.giveid -1290278434 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.