RUSTLY
Telephone
Building

Telephone

telephone

Use the telephone to call other telephones on the island!

Crafting one takes 50× Wood, 100× Metal Fragments, 1× Tech Trash at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Wood, Metal Fragments.

Crafting

Workbench Lvl 1Craft time: 30s

Blueprint

30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
195
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires

Recycling

recyclingSafezone Recycler

Wood×20
Metal Fragments×40
Tech Trash×1(40%)

warningRadtown Recycler

Wood×30
Metal Fragments×60
Tech Trash×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

buildHammer
Wood×25
Metal Fragments×48
High Quality Metal×3
Condition lost per repair: 0%Blueprint required: No

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

Looted From

Underwater Advanced CrateWagon - Normal CrateNormal CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 2Abandoned Military Base ScientistAirfield ScientistArctic Research Base ScientistBradley ScientistCargo Ship ScientistDeep Sea Ghost Ship ScientistDeep Sea Island ScientistExcavator Scientist

Decay & Upkeep

8 h
Decay (outside)
80 h
Decay (inside)
Upkeep calculatorBuilding tiers

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