Misc
Cowbell
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A road sign that's been repurposed to produce some beautiful, calming, percussion.
Crafting one takes 35× Metal Fragments, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments.
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×35 |
Hand craftCraft time: 20s
Blueprint
Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×14 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×21 |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
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