Tools
Survey Charge
surveycharge
Use this on the terrain to see which resources are available for mining.
Crafting one takes 30× Gun Powder, 5× Cloth, 10× Metal Fragments, 20× Low Grade Fuel at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into Gun Powder, Cloth.
Crafting
 Gun Powder | ×30 |
 Cloth | ×5 |
 Metal Fragments | ×10 |
 Low Grade Fuel | ×20 |
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component; looted components and low grade fuel left as they are)
 Charcoal | ×90 |
 Sulfur | ×60 |
| Cloth | ×5 |
| Metal Fragments | ×10 |
| Low Grade Fuel | ×20 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 15s
Blueprint
120
Research (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Gun Powder | ×12 |
| Cloth | ×2 |
| Metal Fragments | ×4 |
| Low Grade Fuel | ×8 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Gun Powder | ×18 |
| Cloth | ×3 |
| Metal Fragments | ×6 |
| Low Grade Fuel | ×12 |
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.
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