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
 Metal Fragments | ×70 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 5s
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component)
| Medium Quality Pistons | ×1 |
Blueprint
15
Research (scrap)
15
Tech tree node (scrap)
270
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×28 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×42 |
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.
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