Rust Tech Tree

94 blueprints in the Workbench Level 1 tree. Lines show prerequisites - unlock a node's parents first.

Workbench Level 1 Workbench Level 2 Workbench Level 3 Engineering Workbench
High External Wooden Gate 60 scrap Clan Table 30 scrap High External Wooden Wall 60 scrap Chainlink Fence 15 scrap Chainlink Fence Gate 15 scrap Metal Window Bars 30 scrap Bee Grenade 15 scrap Combat Knife 30 scrap Double Barrel Shotgun 60 scrap Hatchet 30 scrap Large Planter Box 15 scrap Mace 30 scrap Medical Honey Bandage 15 scrap Pickaxe 30 scrap Salvaged Shelves 30 scrap Triangle Planter Box 15 scrap Pistol Bullet 30 scrap Anchor 15 scrap Fire Arrow 15 scrap Sandbag Barricade 15 scrap Stone Barricade 15 scrap Wooden Barricade 15 scrap Wooden Barricade Cover 15 scrap Barbed Wooden Barricade 30 scrap Bed 30 scrap Beehive 15 scrap Boat Building Station 30 scrap Boat Building Plan 30 scrap Compound Bow 30 scrap Bucket Helmet 30 scrap Water Bucket 15 scrap Cannon 15 scrap Cannonball 30 scrap Chair 15 scrap Chicken Coop 15 scrap Wooden Armor Insert 60 scrap Drop Box 30 scrap Satchel Charge 60 scrap Stone Fireplace 15 scrap Flame Turret 30 scrap Flare 15 scrap Floor grill 30 scrap Floor triangle grill 30 scrap Beancan Grenade 30 scrap Shotgun Trap 60 scrap Hot Air Balloon Armor 30 scrap Salvaged Hammer 30 scrap Beenie Hat 15 scrap Miners Hat 15 scrap Jacket 15 scrap Engineering Workbench 60 scrap Snow Jacket 15 scrap Kayak 15 scrap Wooden Ladder 60 scrap Mail Box 15 scrap Improvised Balaclava 15 scrap Mini Crossbow 30 scrap Mixing Table 30 scrap Paddle 15 scrap Pants 30 scrap Shorts 15 scrap Revolver 30 scrap Plank 15 scrap Reinforced Wooden Shield 60 scrap Riot Helmet 30 scrap Rug 15 scrap Bear Skin Rug 15 scrap Sail 15 scrap Salvaged Cleaver 30 scrap Salvaged Sword 15 scrap Shirt 30 scrap Tank Top 15 scrap Waterpipe Shotgun 30 scrap Wood Shutters 15 scrap Siege Tower 15 scrap Huge Wooden Sign 30 scrap Large Wooden Sign 30 scrap Small Ramp 15 scrap Speargun 15 scrap Speargun Spear 15 scrap Wooden Floor Spikes 15 scrap Spinning Wheel 15 scrap Steering Wheel 15 scrap Handmade SMG 60 scrap Table 15 scrap Tin Can Alarm 30 scrap Binoculars 30 scrap Snap Trap 30 scrap T-Shirt 15 scrap Longsleeve T-Shirt 15 scrap Tuna Can Lamp 15 scrap Watch Tower 30 scrap Weapon flashlight 30 scrap Soda Can Silencer 15 scrap

Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom. Cost shown is scrap to unlock at a Research Table, taken from this same tech tree screen in-game.

The full Workbench Level 1/2/3 and Engineering Workbench research trees, laid out exactly as they appear in-game, with every blueprint's real prerequisites.

Frequently Asked Questions

Each workbench tier (and the Engineering Workbench) unlocks its own independent set of blueprints in-game - they aren't stages of one combined tree.

Scrap cost to research that blueprint at a Research Table, taken from the same in-game tech tree screen - not to be confused with the item's own crafting cost, which is on its item page.