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Wood

Wood. Collected from trees and used in many crafting recipes. It's also needed to cook in camp-fires.

In Rust, 218 crafting recipes call for Wood, and the High External Wooden Wall (4,000), High External Wooden Gate (3,000) and Tool Cupboard (1,000) take the most per craft. When recycled, 345 other items give it back. Chopping 28 kinds of trees and logs gives it, 50 to 800 each, and Wood Pile gives the most at 800.

About the Wood

Picking it up off the ground gives it from Halloween Wood (75 each) and Wood (50 each). SUPER Stocking gives the biggest single find, 200 to 400 at a time. Opening Bronze Egg (200 to 400), Small Loot Bag (200 to 400) and Small Present (200 to 400) can give it as well. It stacks to 1,000 in one inventory slot.

It is for sale at 3 vendors: Resource Exchange for 20 scrap, Travelling Vendor for 20 scrap and Resource Exchange for 150 Stones.

Wood as fuel

Each one burned has a 75% chance to leave 1 × Charcoal behind.

10sBURN TIME
1× CharcoalLEAVES

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