Salvaged Axe
A high-tier scavenged axe that gathers wood faster than the hatchet.
Crafting one takes 1× Metal Pipe, 5× Metal Blade at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Blade. 7 skins exist for it, topped by Prototype Salvaged Axe.
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Metal Blade | ×2 |
 Metal Pipe | ×1(40%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Blade | ×3 |
| 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.
Full Salvaged Axe recycling breakdown →Repair
 High Quality Metal | ×1 |
 Metal Fragments | ×30 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Salvaged Axe Skins
All skins →6 skins are listed, from $0.60 to $1.47, with a median of $0.69. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-14.
| Skin | CS.Deals | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | Steam Market | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Carrot Chopper Salvaged Axe | $1.30 | $0.60 | $0.61 | $0.81 | $0.60 |
 Wrecker Salvaged Axe | $0.65 | $0.62 | $0.63 | $0.89 | $0.62 |
 Primal Salvaged Axe | $0.74 | $0.69 | $0.69 | $1.01 | $0.69 |
| Toy Salvaged Axe | $0.89 | — | — | — | $0.89 |
 Ice Cold Salvaged Axe | $1.32 | $1.28 | $1.28 | $1.80 | $1.28 |
| Gold Chains Salvaged Axe | $1.47 | — | — | — | $1.47 |
| Prototype Salvaged Axe | $2.71 | — | — | — | $2.71 |
Related guides
A wipe-day-to-endgame Rust progression roadmap: scrap first, WB1 to WB3, first gun to AK, then C4 raids. Do it in this order.
What to recycle in Rust for scrap, HQM, and components, what to never feed the recycler, and the always-recycle list every player should memorize.