Improvised Shield

Not obtainable in vanilla

A makeshift metal shield, sturdy but only protects a small area. Usable with single handed weapons and tools.

Worn by NPCs and not craftable, sold, grown or dropped by anything. Admin spawn only.

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How to get it

  • Worn by NPCs Shields

Repair

At a repair bench, fully worn: 60 Metal Fragments, 10 Cloth, 2 Leather. A half worn one costs half as much.

Condition lost per repair
20% of maximum
Blueprint needed
No

Rust stores no repair cost. The bench builds one from the crafting recipe: components are swapped for the first ingredient of their own recipe, then everything is charged at 20% and rounded up.

Recycling

RecyclerReturnsTime
Recycler50% back150 Metal Fragments, 5 Leather, 25 Cloth5s
Barrel recycler40% back120 Metal Fragments, 4 Leather, 20 Cloth8s
Powered recycler75% back225 Metal Fragments, 7 to 8 Leather, 37 to 38 Cloth4s

A range means the last unit is a coin flip rather than a guarantee: half the recipe rarely divides evenly, and the recycler rolls for the remainder.

Stats

Category
Attire
Stack size
1
Durability
300
Repairable
Yes
Despawns after
40 min
Item id
196784377
Has skins
No

Values read from the Rust dedicated server files, build 24613624.