Sewing Kit
A Sewing kit. Used to make advanced clothing.
In Rust, 21 crafting recipes call for Sewing Kit, and the Metal Chest Plate (8), Metal Facemask (6) and Small Backpack (5) take the most per craft. When recycled, 53 other items give it back. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Sewing Kit
Sunken Chest gives the biggest single find, 3 to 5 at a time. It stacks to 20 in one inventory slot.
In all, 14 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How to craft the Sewing Kit
Crafting one takes 1 second at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 20 × Cloth and 3 × Rope.
20 
3 
Level 3 How to get the Sewing Kit blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 1 Blueprint Book in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 1 What you can craft with Sewing Kit
By workbench, 4 need none, 6 need a Level 1, 9 need a Level 2 and 2 need a Level 3. By the number of recipes that take it, it ranks 9th of the 58 crafting ingredients in the game.
Bed Level 1×2 
Boots Level 2×1 
Coffee Can Helmet Level 2×1 
Dracula Cape Level 1×2 
Egg Suit None×2 
Hazmat Suit Level 2×2 
Hoodie Level 2×1 
Jacket Level 1×2 
Metal Chest Plate Level 3×8 
Metal Facemask Level 3×6 
Ninja Suit None×2 
Paintball Overalls None×2 
Pants Level 1×1 
Parachute Level 2×2 
Road Sign Gloves Level 2×2 
Road Sign Jacket Level 2×2 
Road Sign Kilt Level 2×2 
Roadsign Horse Armor Level 2×2 
Small Backpack Level 1×5 
Snow Jacket Level 1×1 
Surgeon Scrubs None×2 Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the Sewing Kit recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 10 × Cloth and 1 × Rope for one.
×10 ×1 50% ×12 ×1 80% 
×15 ×2 25% 
×8 ×1 20% What to recycle for Sewing Kit
A green recycler gives back the most from the Tactical Gloves (5), Ice Metal Chest Plate (4), Metal Chest Plate (4) and 43 more. It comes back from 7 more items only by chance.
Abyss Hazmat +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Arctic Scientist Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Arctic Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Ballistic vest ×2×2 +50%×3×3 +75% 
Bandit Guard Gear +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% Bed +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% Boots +40%+50%+60%+75% Coffee Can Helmet +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Double Horse Saddle ×1 +20%×1 +50%×1 +80%×2 +25% Dracula Cape +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% Egg Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Frontier Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Ghost Costume +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% Hazmat Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Heavy Scientist Suit +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Hockey Mask ×2 +40%×3×3 +60%×4 +50% Hoodie +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Ice Metal Chest Plate ×3 +20%×4×4 +80%×6 
Ice Metal Facemask ×2 +40%×3×3 +60%×4 +50% Jacket +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
KICK Hazmat +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Knights armour cuirass +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% 
Knights armour helmet +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Knights armour skirt plates +80%×1×1 +20%×1 +50% What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Where to find the Sewing Kit
Sunken Chest has the best chance at 38%, followed by Gingerbread Man at 22% and Scarecrow at 22%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
