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Handcuffs
Tools

Handcuffs

handcuffs

You're under arrest! Use on a surrendering or wounded player to keep them restrained. The wearer is blocked from using or holding items and can be pushed around.

Crafting one takes 70× Metal Fragments at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments.

Crafting

Metal Fragments×70
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 15s

Blueprint

30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
240
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler
Metal Fragments×28
warningRadtown Recycler
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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.

Repair

buildRepair Bench
Metal Fragments×14
Condition lost per repair: 20%Blueprint required: Yes

Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.

Looted From

Treasure Mission BoxLocked CrateLocked Crate - GhostshipLocked Crate - OilrigElite CrateUnderwater Lab - Elite CrateScientist PT Boat DryboxWagon - Military CrateGingerbread Mine PresentMilitary CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 1Missile Silo Inside Scientist

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