Vending Machine
Lets players sell items automatically; used for shops and safe trading.
Crafting one takes 20× High Quality Metal, 3× Gears at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into High Quality Metal, Gears. 11 skins exist for it — see every Vending Machine skin with live prices, topped by Tea Vending Machine.
Crafting
Blueprint
Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 High Quality Metal | ×8 |
 Gears | ×1 |
| Gears | ×1(20%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| High Quality Metal | ×12 |
| Gears | ×1 |
| Gears | ×1(80%) |
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 | ×4 |
 Metal Fragments | ×15 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
| High Quality Metal | ×12 |
| Metal Fragments | ×12 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Decay & Upkeep
Popular Vending Machine Skins
All skins →11 skins are listed, from $0.74 to $18.21, with a median of $3.26. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-04.
| Skin | CS.Deals | DMarket | Steam Market | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abyss Vending Machine | $0.74 | $0.76 | $0.89 | $0.75 | $0.74 |
 Carpenter's Vending Machine | $1.24 | $1.22 | $1.76 | $1.17 | $1.17 |
 Lavish Vending Machine | $2.80 | $2.09 | $2.88 | — | $2.09 |
 Retro Vending Machine | $2.68 | $2.31 | $3.57 | — | $2.31 |
 Brass Vending Machine | $3.09 | $2.73 | $2.83 | $5.72 | $2.73 |
 Army Vending Machine | $3.26 | $3.56 | $3.82 | $3.33 | $3.26 |
 Sand Tone Vending Machine | $3.61 | $3.66 | $4.96 | — | $3.61 |
 Recycler Vending Machine | $3.84 | $4.23 | $5.61 | $3.83 | $3.83 |
 Urban Vending Machine | $5.35 | $5.50 | $7.75 | $5.50 | $5.35 |
 Rox Black Vending Machine | $12.07 | $13.96 | $16.81 | $11.96 | $11.96 |
| Tea Vending Machine | $19.15 | $18.21 | $21.66 | $112.96 | $18.21 |
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