Hatchet
A metal axe that gathers wood far faster than the stone hatchet.
Crafting one takes 100× Wood, 75× Metal Fragments at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Wood, Metal Fragments. 107 skins exist for it — see every Hatchet skin with live prices, topped by Raider Hatchet.
Crafting
 Wood | ×100 |
 Metal Fragments | ×75 |
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Wood | ×40 |
| Metal Fragments | ×30 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Wood | ×60 |
| Metal Fragments | ×45 |
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
| Wood | ×20 |
| Metal Fragments | ×15 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Hatchet Skins
All skins →107 skins are listed, from $0.57 to $12.35, with a median of $0.84. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-07.
| Skin | CS.Deals | Steam Market | DMarket | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GingerFarmer Hatchet | $0.58 | $0.92 | $0.61 | $0.57 | $0.57 |
 Lightweight Hatchet | $2.00 | $0.95 | $0.58 | $0.61 | $0.58 |
 Low Poly Hatchet | $0.87 | $0.94 | $0.59 | — | $0.59 |
 Pixel Decay Hatchet | $0.74 | $0.88 | $0.72 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
 Chaos Hatchet | $2.00 | $0.94 | $0.78 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
 Night Farmer Hatchet | $2.00 | $0.93 | $0.62 | $0.61 | $0.61 |
 The Deep Hatchet | $0.66 | $0.94 | $0.73 | $0.62 | $0.62 |
 Cargo Heli Hatchet | $1.14 | $0.92 | $0.62 | — | $0.62 |
 Christmas Candy Hatchet | $0.62 | $0.92 | $0.73 | $10.03 | $0.62 |
 Cursed Treasure Hatchet | $0.62 | $1.00 | $0.68 | — | $0.62 |
 Gold Chains Hatchet | $0.64 | $0.80 | $0.74 | $0.63 | $0.63 |
 Virus Hatchet | $0.69 | $0.96 | $0.70 | $0.64 | $0.64 |
 Meteorite Hatchet | $0.64 | $0.88 | $0.73 | $0.66 | $0.64 |
 Road Hatchet | $0.64 | $0.94 | $2.34 | $0.97 | $0.64 |
 Colosseum Hatchet | $0.67 | $0.89 | $0.76 | $0.65 | $0.65 |
 Spec Ops Hatchet | $0.69 | $0.95 | $0.65 | — | $0.65 |
 Wartech Hatchet | $0.70 | $0.99 | $0.68 | $0.66 | $0.66 |
 Deep Sea Hatchet | $0.66 | $0.83 | $0.79 | $0.71 | $0.66 |
 Norse Hatchet | $0.66 | $0.97 | $0.80 | — | $0.66 |
 Cardboard Hatchet | $2.00 | $0.86 | $0.67 | $0.78 | $0.67 |
 Shadow of Death Hatchet | $3.00 | $0.95 | — | $0.67 | $0.67 |
 Soulburn Hatchet | $0.67 | $0.96 | $0.96 | $0.80 | $0.67 |
 Carbon Fiber Hatchet | $0.76 | $1.00 | $0.92 | $0.68 | $0.68 |
 Shadowstrike Hatchet | $1.99 | $0.92 | $0.74 | $0.68 | $0.68 |
 Toothed Hatchet | $0.85 | $0.92 | — | $0.68 | $0.68 |
 Disease Hatchet | $0.69 | $1.07 | $0.75 | $0.69 | $0.69 |
 Modern Military Hatchet | $0.69 | $0.89 | $0.91 | — | $0.69 |
 Pharon Hatchet | $0.69 | $0.93 | $0.84 | — | $0.69 |
 Quarantine Hatchet | $0.70 | $0.99 | $0.80 | $0.78 | $0.70 |
 Rebar Hatchet | $0.80 | $0.76 | $0.70 | — | $0.70 |
Related guides
A wipe-day-to-endgame Rust progression roadmap: scrap first, WB1 to WB3, first gun to AK, then C4 raids. Do it in this order.
What to recycle in Rust for scrap, HQM, and components, what to never feed the recycler, and the always-recycle list every player should memorize.