Mortar
The Mortar fires in an arcing trajectory and favors volume over precision. Pairs well with binoculars.
Crafting one takes 15× High Quality Metal, 1× Metal Pipe at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into High Quality Metal.
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 High Quality Metal | ×6 |
 Metal Pipe | ×1(40%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| High Quality Metal | ×9 |
| Metal Pipe | ×1(60%) |
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
| High Quality Metal | ×14 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
| High Quality Metal | ×6 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Decay & Upkeep
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.
| 2026-09-09 | ingredients[metal.refined].amount | 20 | 15 |
| 2026-09-09 | ingredients[metalpipe].amount | 3 | 1 |
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