Rust Manual

Composter

ItemsCondition 100
Composter

Produces fertilizer from compostable items.

Shortname: composter

Item ID: -1488398114

Despawns after 5m on the ground

Craft recipe
Workbench tier
T0
Craft time
30s
Recycling yields

Radtown Recycler

Tarp1xTarp(+1 at 20%)Wood120xWood

Safe Zone Recycler

TarpTarp(+1 at 80%)Wood80xWood

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

Repair cost
Current condition
%

A repair bench restores 20% condition per click, at 20% of the recipe cost per point missing.

Placed entity
Health
500 HP
Decay delay
48h
Decays over
96h

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 Charge5501
Satchel ChargeSatchel Charge4752
Beancan GrenadeBeancan Grenade1155
F1 GrenadeF1 Grenade2253
Molotov CocktailMolotov Cocktail3515
FlashbangFlashbang2025
Bee GrenadeBee Grenade2025

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

Sold by NPC vendors
Bandit Camp – Farming1x for 30 ScrapScrap