Traps
Homemade Landmine
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Homemade Landmine. If you stand on one, you can ask a friend to disarm it before it explodes.
Crafting one takes 50× Metal Fragments, 30× Gun Powder at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments, Gun Powder.
Crafting
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component; looted components and low grade fuel left as they are)
 Metal Fragments | ×50 |
 Charcoal | ×90 |
 Sulfur | ×60 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 20s
Blueprint
60
Research (scrap)
60
Tech tree node (scrap)
360
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×20 |
 Gun Powder | ×12 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×30 |
| Gun Powder | ×18 |
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.
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
Decay & Upkeep
48 h
Decay (outside)
480 h
Decay (inside)
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