Metal Spring
A metal spring. Used to provide motion or resistance in objects.
In Rust, 13 crafting recipes call for Metal Spring, and the Assault Rifle (4), HMLMG (3) and MP5A4 (2) take the most per craft. Recycling one in a green recycler is worth 10 scrap, which ranks joint 12th of the 24 items that recycle into scrap. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 100 scrap to research.
About the Metal Spring
Metal Detector gives the biggest single find, 2 to 3 at a time. It stacks to 20 in one inventory slot.
Only one vendor sells it: the Components for 60 scrap. In all, 31 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How to craft the Metal Spring
Crafting one takes 1 second at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 2 × High Quality Metal and 50 × Scrap.
2 
50 
Level 3 How to get the Metal Spring blueprint
Research it for 100 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 1 Blueprint Book in total.
1 Item 100 Scrap Blueprint 100 
Node 
1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 1 What you can craft with Metal Spring
By workbench, 2 need a Level 1, 6 need a Level 2 and 5 need a Level 3.
Assault Rifle Level 3×4 
Bolt Action Rifle Level 3×1 
Custom SMG Level 2×1 
HMLMG Level 3×3 
Handmade SMG Level 1×1 
High Caliber Revolver Level 2×1 
MP5A4 Level 3×2 
Pressure Pad Level 1×1 
Pump Shotgun Level 2×1 
Python Revolver Level 2×1 
SKS Level 3×2 
Semi-Automatic Rifle Level 2×1 
Thompson Level 2×1 Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the Metal Spring recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 10 × Scrap and 1 × High Quality Metal for one.
×10 ×1 ×12 ×1 20% 
×15 ×1 50% 
×8 80% What to recycle for Metal Spring
A green recycler gives back the most from the M249 (3), Minigun (3), Abyss Assault Rifle (2) and 24 more. It comes back from 13 more items only by chance.
Abyss Assault Rifle ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 Assault Rifle ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 Bolt Action Rifle +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Crystal Assault Rifle Diamond ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Crystal Assault Rifle Emerald ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Crystal Assault Rifle Pink Diamond ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Crystal Assault Rifle Ruby ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Crystal Assault Rifle Sapphire ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 Custom SMG +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Door Closer +40%+50%+60%+75% Generic vehicle chassis +40%+50%+60%+75% HMLMG ×1 +20%×1 +50%×1 +80%×2 +25% Handmade SMG +40%+50%+60%+75% High Caliber Revolver +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Ice Assault Rifle ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Jungle Relic Assault Rifle ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
Krieg Shotgun +40%+50%+60%+75% 
L96 Rifle ×2×2 +50%×3×3 +75% 
LR-300 Assault Rifle +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Large Chassis ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
M16A2 +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
M249 ×2 +40%×3×3 +60%×4 +50% 
M39 Rifle ×1 +60%×2×2 +40%×3 
M4 Shotgun ×1 +20%×1 +50%×1 +80%×2 +25% What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Where to find the Metal Spring
Component Crate has the best chance at 27%, followed by Scarecrow at 17% and Gingerbread Dungeon Crate at 14%.
Metal Detector — 2.7% ×2–3 
Shops that hand it out
ComponentsShop×1for60 (30–120)ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
