Gears

Crafting
Workbench level 3
Research
60 Scrap

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Craft time
1s
Research
Tech tree
Available from the startScrap cost not listed

Ingredients

  • 25
  • 100

How to get

Loot 34 sources

Chance of at least one.

28 more loot sources
How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one Gears. Container chances are before inventory limits: a full crate can discard rolled items, while bonus scrap drops beside it.

Other sources

  • Bought from a vendor

    2 vendor offers

    VendorPriceAmount received
    Components (Outpost)Can vary1
    Travelling Vendor · stock variesVariable price10

Recycling

Recycling

Per item at full condition. Green’s 60% boost needs 4 heavy fuses at the Power Plant; red requires maximum power (18 fuses).

Returns
50% efficiency · 5s per cycle
60% efficiency · 5s per cycle 4.5s at maximum power
40% efficiency · 8s per cycle
75% efficiency · 4s per cycle
12 to 1315 to 161018 to 19
1012815
How returns work

Component fractions are random rolls; Scrap fractions carry over between cycles. Worn items return less.

Stats

Gameplay details

Stack size
20
Despawns after
40 min
Technical details
Category
Component
Item id
479,143,914
Shortname
gears
Has skins
No
In-game description

A selection of gears. Some functional, some not.

Used to craft

Game data: build 25083359, captured 4 Sept 2026. Sources and dates.

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