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High Quality Pistons

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High Quality Pistons

High quality pistons for a combustion engine. Pistons convert expanding combustion gases into the motion that turns a crankshaft.

Shortname: piston3 · Item ID: 1883981800

Craft recipe
Metal Fragments120xMetal FragmentsHigh Quality Pistons1xHigh Quality Pistons
Workbench tier
T3
Craft time
10s
Research cost
50 scrap
Recycling yields

Radtown Recycler

Metal Fragments72xMetal Fragments

Safe Zone Recycler

Metal Fragments48xMetal Fragments

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
%
Metal Fragments24xMetal Fragments

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

Engine component

Piston

Tier 3
Sold by NPC vendors
Vehicle Vendor 21x for 70 ScrapScrap
Loot sources
★Generic0.1%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.