Medical Syringe

Health
+15
Health over time
+20
Radiation
-10

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Craft time
10s
Research
Tech tree
2 unlocks deepScrap cost not listed
Unlock after

Ingredients

  • 15
  • 10
  • 10
Total raw materials

Includes the cost of crafting sub-components for the batch shown above.

  • 18
  • 10
  • 9

How to get

Loot 48 sources

Chance of at least one.

42 more loot sources
How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one Medical Syringe. 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

    3 vendor offers · stock varies

    VendorPriceAmount received
    Casino Bar Shopkeeper (Floating City)Variable price2
    Medical shop (Floating City)Variable price2
    Shop Keeper (Water Well)Variable price2
  • NPC equipment · belt slot; not a confirmed drop
    12 more NPCs

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
7 to 89611 to 12
5647 to 8
5647 to 8
How returns work

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

Effects & stats

When you use it

EffectAmount
Health+15
Health over time+20
Radiation-10
Poison-5

Temporary buffs

EffectAmountDurationApplies to
Horse gallop speed+12.6 km/h4 sHorses only

One dose. Other buffs, stacking rules and caps can change this.

Gameplay details

Stack size
2
Despawns after
20 min

What to know

  • Heal your horse with a syringe

    Use a medical syringe on a horse with the secondary action, while mounted or on foot. Healing also briefly boosts its gallop speed and restores some stamina.

Sources for this note

Rust PC · Vanilla

Technical details
Category
Medical
Item id
1,079,279,582
Shortname
syringe.medical
Has skins
No
In-game description

Heal yourself or others with this syringe. Left-click heals you, right-click heals a target.

Used to craft

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

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