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.
What you can craft with Wood
By workbench, 132 need none, 61 need a Level 1, 24 need a Level 2 and 1 needs a Level 3. By the number of recipes that take it, it ranks 2nd of the 58 crafting ingredients in the game.
Above Ground Pool Level 1×500
Abyss Horizontal Storage Tank None×300
Abyss Vertical Storage Tank None×300
Acoustic Guitar None×100
Anchor Level 1×250
Animal Fence None×250
Animal Fence Gate None×500
Artist Canvas Large None×175
Artist Canvas Small None×175
Artist Canvas Standing None×175
Artist Canvas XL None×175
Artist Canvas XXL None×175
Assault Rifle Level 3×200
Bamboo Barrel None×300
Bamboo Wall Shelves None×100
Barbed Wooden Barricade Level 1×300
Barbeque None×100
Battering Ram Level 2×500
Beach Chair Level 1×50
Beach Table None×100
Bee Catapult Bomb Level 2×200
Beehive Level 1×300
Biofuel Generator Level 1×150
Blow Pipe Level 1×200 Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What to recycle for Wood
A green recycler gives back the most from the High External Legacy Gate (1,500), High External Wooden Gate (1,500), High External Legacy Wall (666) and 342 more.
Above Ground Pool ×200×250×300×375
Abyss Assault Rifle ×80×100×120×150
Abyss Horizontal Storage Tank ×120×150×180×225
Abyss Metal Hatchet ×40×50×60×75
Abyss Metal Pickaxe ×40×50×60×75
Abyss Torch ×12×15×18×22 +50%
Abyss Vertical Storage Tank ×120×150×180×225
Acoustic Guitar ×40×50×60×75
Advent Calendar ×40×50×60×75
Ammo Storage Box ×100×125×150×187 +50%
Anchor ×100×125×150×187 +50%
Animal Fence ×100×125×150×187 +50%
Animal Fence Gate ×200×250×300×375
Armor Storage Box ×100×125×150×187 +50%
Artist Canvas Large ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Artist Canvas Medium ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Artist Canvas Small ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Artist Canvas Standing ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Artist Canvas XL ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Artist Canvas XXL ×70×87 +50%×105×131 +25%
Assault Rifle ×80×100×120×150
Bamboo Barrel ×120×150×180×225
Bamboo Wall Shelves ×40×50×60×75
Bar Games Shotgun Trap ×200×250×300×375 What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Small Present 13%×200–400
Bronze Egg 12.5%×200–400
Small Loot Bag 11.1%×200–400 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the Wood
Loot Trash has the best chance at 75%, followed by SUPER Stocking at 28% and Small Stocking at 22%.
Gathered from
Douglas FirResource · 5 variants×250–500
Palm TreeResource · 9 variants×275–450
PineResource · 4 variants×250–375
OakResource · 5 variants×250–375
DriftwoodResource · 5 variants×250–300
WoodPickup×50
Douglas FirResource · 5 variants×250–500for the finishing hit
Pine DeadResource · 6 variants×500for the finishing hit
American BeechResource · 5 variants×250–500for the finishing hit
American Beech DeadResource · 2 variants×250–500for the finishing hit
Hura CrepitansResource · 5 variants×500for the finishing hit
Hura Crepitans SaplingResource · 4 variants×500for the finishing hit
Mauritia FlexuosaResource · 4 variants×500for the finishing hit
Mauritia Flexuosa SaplingResource×500for the finishing hit
SchizolobiumResource · 3 variants×500for the finishing hit
Schizolobium Sapling AResource×500for the finishing hit
Swamp TreeResource · 6 variants×500for the finishing hit
Trumpet TreeResource · 4 variants×500for the finishing hit
Trumpet Tree SaplingResource · 5 variants×500for the finishing hit
Palm TreeResource · 9 variants×275–450for the finishing hit
Palm Tree TropicalResource · 12 variants×275–450for the finishing hit
PineResource · 4 variants×250–375for the finishing hit
Vine Swinging TreeResource · 3 variants×375for the finishing hit
Birch BigResource · 2 variants×375for the finishing hit
Birch LargeResource · 2 variants×375for the finishing hit
Birch MediumResource · 2 variants×375for the finishing hit
Birch SmallResource · 2 variants×375for the finishing hit
Birch TinyResource · 2 variants×375for the finishing hit
OakResource · 5 variants×250–375for the finishing hit
Wood PileResource×200for the finishing hit
Pine SaplingResource · 5 variants×50–100for the finishing hitAmounts are for clearing the whole thing. A range means the variants or the offers differ.
Shops that hand it out
Resource ExchangeShop×1,000for20 (10–40)
Scrap
Travelling VendorShop×1,000for20
Scrap
Resource ExchangeShop×500for150
StonesStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.


