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Vending Machine

Trade your goods with other players safely by creating sell and buy orders. If a raider gains access to the rear panel, they will have free reign over all of your goodies. Keep it safe.

The Vending Machine is an electrical device in Rust that draws 5 rW of power while it runs. It has 1 input and no outputs to connect, and 1,250 health once placed. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.

About the Vending Machine

Its inventory has 30 slots. Destroyed, it drops 50% of what it holds.

Of everything on its raid list, the Timed Explosive Charge costs the least sulfur: 5 of them destroy it for 11,000 sulfur in all.

How much power the Vending Machine uses

At full output, one generator runs this many of them at once: 4 on a Large Solar Panel, 6 on a Water Wheel, 8 on a Small Generator and 30 on a Wind Turbine. A fully charged battery keeps one running for 1.3 hours on a Small Rechargeable Battery, 30 hours on a Medium Rechargeable Battery and 3.3 days on a Large Rechargeable Battery.

1250HEALTH
5 rWPOWER USE
1POWER INPUTS
YesSTORAGE MONITOR
50%DROPS LOOT

How to craft the Vending Machine

Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 20 × High Quality Metal and 3 × Gears.

High Quality Metal 20
Gears 3
Vending Machine
Output ×1
Workbench Level 1
Craft time
WB1 15s
WB2 −50% 7.5s
WB3 −75% 3.8s

Chilling

Kept in a fridge long enough, these items gain a menu option that turns them into something else.

Kept chilled OptionWhenMakes
Milk Skimafter 4h chilled Skimmed Milk ×1 Cream ×1

How to get the Vending Machine blueprint

Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.

Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
Item 1 Item
+
Scrap 10 Scrap
→
Blueprint Blueprint
Research cost 10

Repair when placed

A damaged Vending Machine can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:

Hammer Placed repair
×10 ×25

How to repair the Vending Machine

A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 5 × High Quality Metal and 16 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.

Repair bench Blueprint required
×5 ×16
Condition lost —

Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.