RUSTLY
Gears
Components

Gears

gears

Mechanical gears used to craft garage doors, drones and vehicle modules. Found in loot or made from HQM at a workbench.

Crafting one takes 25× Metal Fragments, 100× Scrap at a Workbench Lvl 3. A recycler breaks one down into Scrap, Metal Fragments.

Used to craft

33 items are crafted with this.

Armored Ladder Hatch×6
Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch×6
Armored Door×5
Armored Double Door×5
High External Stone Gate×5
Ladder Hatch×3
Triangle Ladder Hatch×3
Vending Machine×3
Wind Turbine×3
Chainsaw×2
Chippy Arcade Game×2
Garage Door×2
High External Wooden Gate×2
HMLMG×2
Shotgun Trap×2
Small Boat Engine×2
Small Generator×2
Water Wheel×2
Ballista×1
Catapult×1
Elevator×1
Flame Turret×1
High Caliber Revolver×1
Hopper×1

+9 more

Crafting

Workbench Lvl 3Craft time: 1s

Blueprint

60
Research (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 3
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler

Scrap×8
Metal Fragments×10

warningRadtown Recycler

Scrap×12
Metal Fragments×15

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.

Full Gears recycling breakdown →

Looted From

Locked CrateLocked Crate - GhostshipLocked Crate - OilrigUnderwater Lab - Tier 2 ComponentsSupply DropSantas Supply DropWagon - Normal CrateGingerbread Mine PresentNormal CrateUnderwater Advanced CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 2Gingerbread
Recycle chart

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