- “Allows disassembling items you don't need to get their components.”
- – Blueprint description
Description[]
"Allows disassembling items you don't need to get their components."
The Recycler is a Workstation built at the Home base.
The Recycler added to the game for the reason: It will disassemble items when you want to get their components back. When the Recycler was added, the Gunsmith Bench was temporary disabled.
"Let’s start with the house. We’ve added a recycler that processes accumulated waste on your bases. We understand the temptation to loot everything that caught the eyes of experienced survivors and how hard it is not to turn your base into a dump. The very thought of throwing even completely worthless stuff, obtained in battles with zombies makes the heart ache. The recycler will prevent you from making terrible sacrifices and allow you to take unnecessary things apart to get useful resources and even rare items. The function of stripping weapons for parts is now also transferred to the recycler, since the Gunsmith workbench is temporarily unavailable due to changing its functions." (from DevBlog 04/26: Update 1.8.2.)
"The magic of a texture atlas comes into effect!"
"This workbench will help you to to craft something useful. As you know, to craft something needful you need to disassemble something needless first."
"If you guessed we posted a recycler texture, you were completely right." (from https://twitter.com/LastDaySurvival)
Crafting Requirements[]
Unlock:
Materials:
Furniture:
- Placement: Plank Floor (lvl.2)
- Max: 1
- Grid Size: 1x1
- Orientation: 2 positions
Usage[]
The Recycler is used to disassemble things you don't want to get their components. But, not everything can be recycled.
When you try to recycle an item, it will take some time. The time varies, ranging from 10 m 01 s to 1 h & 30 m.
The Recycler can now be used to get components used for Weapon Modifications at the Gunsmith Bench.
Skills[]
"Item disassembling raises your recycling skill. The higher the skill, the more chances to get rare resources"
Recycling Skills has 6 skills, and they are:
- Clothes
- Melee Weapons
- Other
- Mechanics
- Electronics
- Firearms
Recycling Skills levels cannot reach 51 (Stop in level 50)
(Remember: Tools <like Hatchet, Pickaxe, Iron Hatchet, Iron Pickaxe> are categorized as a melee weapon.)
Note: In addition to the variable types and quantities of outputs, recycled objects add different amounts toward their respective levels. Below is a list.
Outputs & Percentages[]
There are currently one to three outputs available from each item recycled. The percentage rate of likelihood for each output's drop increases as the relevant level increases, as described below:
- Output 1 items gain 1% every three levels.
- Output 2 items gain 1% every five levels.
- Output 3 items gain 1% every ten levels.
- Output 4
The outputs increased until you reach level 50. At level 50 You have an 89% chance of receiving of output 1, 15% chance of receiving output 2, and a 5% chance or receiving output 3.
Some Output 1 items on certain recycled item such as Beer has the percentage of Output 2, and in that case, Output 2 and 3 will have the percentage of the higher Output level.
- Some of them has double Output 1, 2, or 3's therefore their percentage gain will be the same as it levels up.
Items with Durability such as Melee Weapons, Firearms, and Clothes affect its output percentages.
- The durability (in %) is multiplied against the % value displayed in the recycler
- Example: a 50% durability AK will only have a 5% chance for a blueprint even though the recycler says it has a 10% chance for a blueprint.
For Firearms, these are most of the Percentage for the 4 Outputs (percentage for blank areas are the same for the ones before them).
Lvl | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 80 | 50 | 10 | 10 |
2 | 81 | 51 | 11 | 11 |
3 | 81 | 51 | 11 | 11 |
4 | 82 | 52 | 11 | 11 |
5 | 82 | 52 | 11 | 11 |
6 | 82 | 53 | 11 | 11 |
7 | 83 | 12 | 12 | |
8 | 54 | 12 | 12 | |
9 | 84 | 12 | 12 | |
10 | 55 | 12 | 12 | |
11 | 12 | 12 | ||
12 | 85 | 56 | 13 | 13 |
13 | ||||
14 | 86 | 57 | ||
15 | ||||
16 | 58 | |||
17 | 87 | 14 | 14 | |
18 | 59 | |||
19 | 88 | |||
20 | 60 | |||
21 | ||||
22 | 89 | 61 | 15 | 15 |
23 | ||||
24 | 90 | 62 | ||
25 | ||||
26 | 63 | |||
27 | 91 | 16 | 16 | |
28 | 64 | |||
29 | ||||
30 | 65 | |||
31 | ||||
32 | 93 | 66 | 17 | 17 |
33 | ||||
34 | 94 | 67 | ||
35 | ||||
36 | 68 | |||
37 | 95 | 18 | 18 | |
38 | 69 | |||
39 | 96 | |||
40 | 70 | |||
41 | ||||
42 | 97 | 71 | 19 | 19 |
43 | ||||
44 | 98 | 72 | ||
45 | ||||
46 | 73 | |||
47 | 99 | 20 | 20 | |
48 | 74 | |||
49 | 100 | |||
50 Max | 100 | 75 | 20 | 20 |
Recycling Table[]
Clothes[]
Melee Weapons[]
Other[]
Mechanics[]
Item | Time | Possible Output 1 | Possible Output 2 | Possible Output 3 | Possible Output 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATV Gas Tank | 1h | Scrap Metal | Aluminium Bar | ||
ATV Transmission | 1h | Steel Bar | Titanium Bar | Cog | |
ATV Wheel | 1h | Scrap Metal | Steel Bar | ||
Chopper Gas Tank | 1h | Scrap Metal | Aluminium Bar | ||
Chopper Fork | 1h | Scrap Metal | Aluminium Bar | ||
Chopper Wheel | 1h | Scrap Metal | Rubber Parts | Aluminium Bar | |
Fragments of titanium armor suit | 1h | Wiring | Aluminium Bar | Titanium Bar | |
Engine Part | 1h | Scrap Metal | Aluminium Bar | Steel Bar | |
Electric Generator assembled | 1h 30m | Aluminium Plate | Engine Part | Bottle with Gasoline | |
Intact Engine (blue) | 1h 30m | Aluminium Bar | Engine Part | Steel Plate | |
Propeller | 1h | Scrap Metal | Steel Plate | Titanium Bar | |
Rusty Engine (brown) | 1h 30m | Aluminium Wire | Aluminium Bar | Engine Part | |
Truck Saw Blade | 1h | Scrap Metal | Steel Bar | ||
Truck Wheel | 1h | Scrap Metal | Steel Bar | ||
Pump | 1hr | Plastic | Copper Bar | Air Filter |
Electronics[]
Item | Time | Possible Output 1 | Possible Output 2 | Possible Output 3 | Possible Output 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batteries | 30m 1s | Scrap Metal | Copper Bar | ||
Camera | 30m 1s | Plastic | Copper Bar | Lens | |
Car Battery | 10m
1s |
Plastic | Acid | Lead Plate | |
Dish Antenna | 30m 1s | Scrap Metal | Wiring | Aluminium Bar | |
Expensive Watches | 30m 1s | Scrap Metal | Bolts | Copper Bar | |
Flashlight | 30m 1s | Scrap Metal | Bolts | Aluminium Bar | |
Floppy with coordinates | 30m 1s | Plastic | |||
Heat sensor | 30m 1s | Aluminium Bar | Steel Bar | Hi-Tech Components | |
Light Bulb | 30m 1s | Scrap Metal | |||
Mobile Phone | 30m 1s | Plastic | Hi-Tech Components | Electronic Circuit | |
Signal Amplifier | 30m 1s | Bolts | Hi-Tech Components | Electronic Circuit | |
USB Drive | 30m 1s | Plastic | Transistor | Electronic Circuit |
Firearms[]
Item | Time | Possible Output 1 | Possible Output 2 | Possible Output 3 | Possible Output 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK-47 | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for AK-47 |
Colt Python | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | |
Glock 17 | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for Glock |
FN SCAR | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for FN SCAR |
M16 | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for M16 |
Milkor MGL | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | |
Minigun | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | |
Neutralizer | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | |
Shotgun | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for Shotgun |
The Equalizer | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | |
VSS Vintorez | 1h | Spring | Factory Parts | Carbon Composite | Blueprint for Vintorez |
Winchester | 1h | Spring | Steel Bar | Factory Parts | |
Zip Gun | 1h | Scrap Metal | Spring | Steel Bar | Blueprint for Zip Gun |
* The "Fastest Levelers" is to highlight those items in the various categories that add the most to recycling skills xp.
Recyclable Additions[]
With Beta v.1.8.5, the following items were added to the list of recyclables:
- Air Filter
- Ball Bearing
- Bolts
- Bottle of Water
- Bottle with Gasoline
- Empty Bottle
- Gas Mask
- Nails
- Snorkel Mask
- Transistor
- Wiring
Not Recyclable[]
- Alcohol
- Aluminium Bar
- Aluminium Plate
- Aluminium Wire
- Animal Rawhide
- Bauxite
- Berries
- Berry Tea
- C-4 Explosive
- Carrot Stew
- Carrot
- CBRN Combat Helmet, CBRN Combat Armor, CBRN Combat Pants, CBRN Combat Boots
- Charcoal
- Cigarettes
- Connecting Rod
- Copper Ore
- Copper Bar
- Coupons, Ration Coupon, Survival Kit Coupon, Combat Gear Coupon
- Dry Food
- Duct Tape
- Edible Mushroom
- Electronic Circuit
- Flare Gun
- Fur
- Gasoline
- Gold Bar
- Gun Oil
- Iron Bar
- Iron Ore
- Iron Plate
- Jerky
- Juicy Steak
- Kevlar Helmet, Kevlar Body Armor, Kevlar Trousers, Kevlar Boots
- Leather
- Limestone
- Military Box
- Oak Log
- Oak Plank
- Patterns
- Piece of Cloth
- Common Log
- Plant Fiber
- Rack
- Raider's Battle Helmet, Raider's Battle Armor, Raider's Battle Pants, Raider's Battle Boots
- Raw Meat
- Raw Turkey
- Roasted Turkey
- Rope
- Rubber Parts
- Safe
- Scrap Metal
- Seeds
- Steel Plate
- Stone Brick
- Strong alcohol
- Tank Top
- The Blind One's Head
- Thick Fabric
- Trash
- Turret parts
- Ultimatum
- Warrior helmet
- Warrior armor
- Warrior greaves
- Warrior boots
- Weapon Parts
Recycling[]
On the Recycler, a Recycler can be recycled into a Bolts, Oak Plank, and Aluminium Bar in 10 minutes and 1 second at an appropriate level of Other recycling skill.
Tips and Trivia[]
- Introduced in Beta v.1.8.2
- Changed design in Beta v.1.11.4
- Note that when the output stack is at maximum for that item type, recycling stops--for example, when scrap metal produced reaches 50 in the slot.
- The most efficient way to maximize high-quality, rare outputs is to first increase the relevant Recycling Skill level with items in that category with the least needed output(s). For example, Light Bulbs level up Electronics (outputting only Scrap Metal at the early, lower drop percentages) without wasting the possibility of Electronic Circuits from items like Mobile Phones or USB Drives that will have better odds at higher levels.
- You should recycle the melee weapons at low durability. Recycle guns when they are in low durability for raising recycler level only. Recycle guns at high durability for better output chance. Gun output percentages are multiplied against remaining durability. 10% chance of a blueprint on a 50% durability gun = 5% chance of blueprint.
- Electronics: Recycle Expensive Watches, Dish Antenna, Light Bulb, and Batteries to level up at least 20-30 to have a 2-3% chance at the last items. At this point you will want to put in Signal Amplifier, Mobile Phone, and USB Drive in for a chance to get an Electronic Circuit.
- Mechanics: Recycle Turret parts to level up, after reaching 20-30 level to have higher chances obtaining Titanium Bar from recycling Fragments of titanium armor suit.
- You won't loose the recycle levels if you delete the current recycler then place a new one.