Tools
Timed Explosive Charge
explosive.timed
Better known as C4, the Timed Explosive Charge is the most powerful raiding tool in Rust. Stuck to a surface, it detonates after a short fuse, destroying most structures in one or two charges.
Crafting
 Explosives | ×20 |
 Cloth | ×5 |
 Tech Trash | ×2 |
Workbench Lvl 3Craft time: 30s
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component)
 Charcoal | ×3000 |
 Sulfur | ×2200 |
 Low Grade Fuel | ×60 |
 Metal Fragments | ×200 |
| Cloth | ×5 |
| Tech Trash | ×2 |
Blueprint
120
Research (scrap)
120
Tech tree node (scrap)
720
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 3
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Explosives | ×8 |
| Cloth | ×2 |
| Tech Trash | ×1(80%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Explosives | ×12 |
| Cloth | ×3 |
| Tech Trash | ×1 |
| Tech Trash | ×1(20%) |
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.
Looted From
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