Counter
A basic cathode ray tube screen combined with an incremental counter. Can display power received, or can count upwards and allow passthrough when a target is reached.
The Counter is an electrical component in Rust that draws no power of its own. It has 4 inputs and 1 output to connect, and 100 health once placed. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Counter
Of everything on its raid list, the Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo costs the least sulfur: 31 of them destroy it for 775 sulfur in all. Without a tool cupboard covering it, it starts to decay after 2 days, then goes from full health to nothing in 4 days outdoors; a repair resets the wait.
On the tech tree it sits behind 8 other unlocks: Button, Pressure Pad, Timer, Ceiling Light, Small Rechargeable Battery, Large Solar Panel and 2 more. In all, 25 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How the Counter works
How to craft the Counter
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 75 × Metal Fragments.
75 
How to get the Counter blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 9 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 9 Repair when placed
A damaged Counter can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:
×38 How to repair the Counter
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 16 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
×16 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.
What the Counter recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 37 × Metal Fragments for one.
×37 50% ×45 
×56 25% 
×30 
Rocket ×1138.3— 
1,400 
1,950 100 40 
30 
4 
Timed Explosive Charge ×1275— 2,200 3,000 200 60 
5 
2 
Satchel Charge ×341.520% 1,440 2,160 240 30 
3 
40mm HE Grenade ×618.1—— 
High Velocity Rocket ×716.5— 1,400 2,100 140 14 
Beancan Grenade ×128.515% 1,440 2,160 240 
Homing Missile ×205.2— 2,000 3,000 400 40 10 
Survey Charge ×254.1— 1,500 2,250 250 500 125 
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo ×313.3— 775 930 155 From full health (100 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 Counter
Treasure Box has the best chance at 1.6%, followed by Locked Crate at 1.3% and Elite Crate at 0.78%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
