Rust Manual

Metal Barricade

ConstructionStacks to 10
Metal Barricade

A tough metal barricade with barbed wire, made from Metal Fragments. The barbed wire causes damage and will also slow player movement.

Shortname: barricade.metal

Item ID: 1655650836

Despawns after 40m on the ground

Craft recipe
Recycling yields

Radtown Recycler

Safe Zone Recycler

Approximate — recyclers return a share of an item's crafting cost (60% at monument Recyclers, 40% at Safe Zone Recyclers), not a fixed table.

Placed entity
Health
600 HP
Decay delay
5h
Decays over
8h

Health once placed in the world — not to be confused with the item's own condition/durability while held.

Raid cost
ExplosiveDamage / chargeCharges needed
Timed Explosive ChargeTimed Explosive Charge5502
Satchel ChargeSatchel Charge4752
Beancan GrenadeBeancan Grenade1156
F1 GrenadeF1 Grenade2253
Molotov CocktailMolotov Cocktail3518
FlashbangFlashbang2030
Bee GrenadeBee Grenade2030

Assumes no damage resistance — unlike building tiers, this entity has no separate protection multiplier, so raw HP is divided by raw damage per charge.

Loot sources
Workbench Experiment Tier 20.9%Radtown (Elite)0.2%Generic<0.1%Barrel (Better Loot)<0.1%

Chance the item is included whenever that container rolls, resolved through nested loot tables. Approximate — doesn't account for seasonal or event-restricted rotations.