Explosives
A component used for crafting C4 and Rockets.
In Rust, 2 crafting recipes call for Explosives: the Timed Explosive Charge and Rocket. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 300 scrap to research.
About the Explosives
It stacks to 100 in one inventory slot.
On the tech tree it sits behind 7 other unlocks: Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo, MP5A4, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Weapon Lasersight, SKS and 1 more. In all, 7 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How to craft the Explosives
Crafting one takes 5 seconds at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 50 × Gun Powder, 3 × Low Grade Fuel, 10 × Sulfur and 10 × Metal Fragments.
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Cooking Workbench
Mixing TableHow to get the Explosives blueprint
Research it for 300 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 8 Blueprint Books in total.
1 Item 
300 Scrap Blueprint 300 
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1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 8 What you can craft with Explosives
Per craft, the amounts are Timed Explosive Charge (20) and Rocket (10). Every one of them needs a Level 3 Workbench.
Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the Explosives recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Gun Powder, 1 × Low Grade Fuel, 5 × Sulfur and 5 × Metal Fragments for one.
×25 ×1 ×5 ×5 50% ×30 ×1 ×6 ×6 80% 
×37 ×2 ×7 ×7 50% 25% 50% 50% 
×20 ×1 ×4 ×4 20% What to recycle for Explosives
A green recycler gives back the most from the Thruster Module (20), Timed Explosive Charge (10) and Rocket (5). It comes back from 1 more item only by chance.
40mm HE Grenade +20%+25%+30%+38% 
Rocket ×4×5×6×7 +50% 
Thruster Module ×16×20×24×30 
Timed Explosive Charge ×8×10×12×15 What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Where to find the Explosives
Locked Crate has the best chance at 5.6%, followed by Elite Crate at 1.9% and Helicopter Crate at 0.66%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
