Wind Turbine
Converts kinetic energy harvested from the wind into electricity. Amount generated will vary depending on wind speed. Higher altitudes will yield stronger winds.
generator.wind.scrap
How to get it
- Crafted
- Found in loot
- Bought from a vendor for 500 Scrap
- Worn by NPCs Builder
Recycling
| Recycler | Returns | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Recycler50% back | 250 Wood, 5 High Quality Metal, 1 to 2 Gears, 1 to 2 Sheet Metal | 5s |
| Barrel recycler40% back | 200 Wood, 4 High Quality Metal, 1 to 2 Gears, 1 to 2 Sheet Metal | 8s |
| Powered recycler75% back | 375 Wood, 7 to 8 High Quality Metal, 2 to 3 Gears, 2 to 3 Sheet Metal | 4s |
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.
Tech tree
On the workbench 2 tree, available from the start of it.
No scrap price on the tree itself: every node ships with its cost overridden to -1 and the fallback is not recoverable from the files. The research table price above is a different number and that one is derivable.
Stats
- Category
- Electrical
- Stack size
- 1
- Research table
- 60 scrap
- Despawns after
- 40 min
- Item id
- -1819763926
- Has skins
- No
Workbench level 2 · 30s
Total raw materials
What you actually have to farm, with every sub-component broken down.
Wind Turbine has 1000 health and ignores 50% of explosion damage.
3 Timed Explosive Charge + 70 Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo for 8,350 sulfur, saving 450 against the best single tool.
| Raid tool | Amount | Time to raid | Raw materials | Sulfur |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 14s | 12,000 Charcoal, 8,800 Sulfur, 800 Metal Fragments | 8,800 | |
| 4 | 14s | 12,000 Charcoal, 8,800 Sulfur, 800 Metal Fragments | 8,800 | |
| 23 | 35s | 16,560 Charcoal, 11,040 Sulfur, 1,840 Metal Fragments | 11,040 | |
| 23 | 35s | 16,560 Charcoal, 11,040 Sulfur, 1,840 Metal Fragments | 11,040 | |
| 8 | 43s | 15,600 Charcoal, 11,200 Sulfur, 800 Metal Fragments | 11,200 | |
| 13 | 23s | 17,550 Charcoal, 11,700 Sulfur, 1,300 Metal Fragments | 11,700 | |
High Velocity RocketSplash 3.5m | 67 | 1m 17s | 20,100 Charcoal, 13,400 Sulfur, 1,340 Scrap | 13,400 |
Beancan GrenadeSplash 4.5m | 112 | 1m 56s | 20,160 Charcoal, 13,440 Sulfur, 2,240 Metal Fragments | 13,440 |
F1 GrenadeSplash 6m | 993 | 16m 36s | 89,370 Charcoal, 59,580 Sulfur, 24,825 Metal Fragments | 59,580 |
| 56 | 1m 12s | 56 40mm HE Grenade | - |
A wind turbine has no soft side, so these are its only numbers. Times are exact for melee and for anything fired: swings times swing delay, or shots times fire rate plus the reloads that forces. For a charge you place by hand it is one second per charge plus the fuse, and that one second is the only estimate here. Melee tool counts assume fresh tools, because repairing lowers a tool's maximum condition each time and that rate is not in the files we read. Vanilla server settings, contact range, no distance falloff.
The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, gives you at least one Wind Turbine. Best chance first.
| Source | Chance of at least one | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure BoxContainer | 1.56% | 1 |
| Locked CrateContainer | 1.34% | 1 |
| Elite CrateContainer | 0.78% | 1 |
| Scientist PT Boat DryboxContainer | 0.73% | 1 |
| Gingerbread Mine PresentContainer | 0.42% | 1 |
| Military CrateContainer | 0.42% | 1 |
| Underwater Lab Military CrateContainer | 0.42% | 1 |
| Wagon Military CrateContainer | 0.42% | 1 |
| NVG ScientistNPC | 0.30% | 1 |
| Arctic Research Base ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Arena ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Bradley ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Cargo Ship ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Cargo Ship Turret ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Cargo Ship Turret Scientist (LR300)NPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Chinook Door GunnerNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Excavator ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Oil Rig ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Outbreak ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Patrol ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Roaming ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Tethered Roaming ScientistNPC | 0.07% | 1 |
| Heavy ScientistNPC | 0.06% | 1 |
| Heavy Scientist (Bradley)NPC | 0.06% | 1 |
Values read from the Rust dedicated server files, build 24613624.