Low Grade Fuel

Low Grade Fuel, used to power light sources.

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How to get it

Crafted
Found in loot
Bought from a vendor for 1 Diesel Fuel (125 at a time), or 10 Scrap (20 at a time)
Cooked crude.oil
Mixed at a mixing table
Worn by NPCs Gingerbread, Bow, Boat Building, Bill B, Scarecrow

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.

No workbench · 5s · makes 4 · known by default

What you actually have to farm, with every sub-component broken down.

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, gives you at least one Low Grade Fuel. Best chance first.

Source	Chance of at least one	Amount
Diesel BarrelContainer	100.0%	5 to 10
Fuel CrateContainer	100.0%	5 to 10
Oil BarrelContainer	100.0%	5 to 10
Mine CrateContainer	30.8%	2 to 5
MinecartContainer	30.8%	2 to 5
ScarecrowNPC	11.8%	20 to 40
ScarecrowNPC	11.8%	20 to 40
ScarecrowNPC	11.8%	20 to 40
Heavy ScientistNPC	9.75%	35 to 100
Elite CrateContainer	6.50%	35
Gingerbread ManNPC	6.38%	150
Gingerbread ManNPC	6.38%	150
Heavy Scientist (Bradley)NPC	5.00%	35
Tool CrateContainer	0.98%	20 to 40
Underwater Basic CrateContainer	0.65%	20 to 40

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