RUSTLY
Hitch & Trough
Building

Hitch & Trough

hitchtroughcombo

A Hitching post and Trough. Dismounting your horses here will keep them healthy and fed as long as it is kept stocked with food.

Crafting one takes 200× Wood, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Wood.

Crafting

Wood×200
Hand craftCraft time: 30s

Blueprint

Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler

Wood×80

warningRadtown Recycler

Wood×120

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

buildHammer
Wood×100
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

buildRepair Bench
Wood×40
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

Decay & Upkeep

8 h
Decay (outside)
80 h
Decay (inside)
Upkeep calculatorBuilding tiers

Change History

Datamined from the game files on each Rust build — including changes the patch notes never mention. See every change on the Rust changes explorer.

2026-10-03added—present
2026-10-03descriptionA Hitching post and Trough. Dismounting your horses here will keep them healthy and fed as long as it is kept stocked with food.A Hitching post and Trough. Dismounting your horses here will keep them healthy and fed as long as it is kept stocked with food. Livestock will also eat from here if there's not enough grass nearby.

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