CCTV Camera
A CCTV Camera system can be used for realtime surveillance and security around your base when powered and paired with the Computer Station.
The CCTV Camera is an electrical device in Rust that draws 3 rW of power while it runs. It has 1 input and no outputs to connect, and 150 health once placed. It cannot be crafted, and Locked Crate drops it most often, at 46%.
About the CCTV Camera
Of everything on its raid list, the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo costs the least sulfur: 12 of them destroy it for 300 sulfur in all. Without a tool cupboard covering it, it starts to decay after 2 days, then goes from full health to nothing in 2 days outdoors; a repair resets the wait.
In all, 38 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How much power the CCTV Camera uses
At full output, one generator runs this many of them at once: 6 on a Large Solar Panel, 10 on a Water Wheel, 13 on a Small Generator and 50 on a Wind Turbine. A fully charged battery keeps one running for 2.2 hours on a Small Rechargeable Battery, 2.1 days on a Medium Rechargeable Battery and 5.6 days on a Large Rechargeable Battery.
Found at monuments
Repair when placed
A damaged CCTV Camera can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×4 Reduction is how much of that damage type never lands. Damage taken is the rest: at 50% reduction a hit for 100 does 50. A negative reduction means the hit lands harder than it would bare.
Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the CCTV Camera recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 1 × Tech Trash and 1 × High Quality Metal for one.
×1 ×1 50% 50% ×1 ×1 80% 80% 
×2 ×2 25% 25% 
×1 ×1 20% 20% 
Auto Turret +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Drone +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Homing Missile Launcher +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Industrial Auto Turret +40%+50%+60%+75% 
PTZ CCTV Camera +40%+50%+60%+75% What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Rocket ×1275— 
1,400 
1,950 
100 
40 
30 4 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1550— 2,200 3,000 200 60 
5 2 
Satchel Charge ×29520% 960 1,440 160 20 
2 
High Velocity Rocket ×445— 800 1,200 80 8 
40mm HE Grenade ×535—— 
Beancan Grenade ×82015% 960 1,440 160 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×1213— 300 360 60 
Homing Missile ×1312— 1,300 1,950 260 26 7 
Survey Charge ×198— 1,140 1,710 190 380 95 From full health (150 HP), each one placed on it: damage per hit is after its protection. Duds are throws that fizzle and need another throw, not counted in Needed. Costs are for the whole count, crafted from raw materials.
Where to find the CCTV Camera
Locked Crate has the best chance at 46%, followed by Satellite Crate at 46% and Bradley Crate at 43%.
Shops that hand it out
StablehandShop×1paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×1paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
