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Medium Quality Pistons
Components

Medium Quality Pistons

piston2

Medium quality pistons for a combustion engine. Pistons convert expanding combustion gases into the motion that turns a crankshaft.

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

Crafting

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Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 10s

account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component)

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Blueprint

15
Research (scrap)
15
Tech tree node (scrap)
270
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler
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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
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Condition lost per repair: 20%Blueprint required: Yes

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

Recycle chart

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