SMG Body
The firing mechanism of a submachinegun. Used in construction of a weapon that can fire pistol ammo fully automatic.
In Rust, 3 crafting recipes call for SMG Body: the Custom SMG, MP5A4 and Thompson. Recycling one in a green recycler is worth 15 scrap, which ranks joint 8th of the 24 items that recycle into scrap. It cannot be crafted, and Treasure Box drops it most often, at 49%.
About the SMG Body
Stablehand pays it out: 1 to 5 for an animal and 1 to 3 for a lot of wool. It stacks to 10 in one inventory slot.
Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 90 to 120 scrap. In all, 32 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
At a glance
What you can craft with SMG Body
Each of them takes 1 per craft. By workbench, 2 need a Level 2 and 1 needs a Level 3.
Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What the SMG Body recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 15 × Scrap and 1 × High Quality Metal for one.
×15 
×1 50% ×18 ×1 80% 
×22 ×2 50% 25% 
×12 ×1 20% 
Custom SMG +40%+50%+60%+75% 
MP5A4 +40%+50%+60%+75% 
Thompson +40%+50%+60%+75% What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Where to find the SMG Body
Treasure Box has the best chance at 49%, followed by Tech Crate at 36% and Elite Crate at 33%.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×5for90–120Scrap
StablehandShop×1–5paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×1–3paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
