Gun Powder
Made from Sulfur and Charcoal, a key ingredient of anything that goes bang!
Craft
| Workbench | Craft time | Blueprint |
|---|---|---|
 Level 1 | 2s | Known by default |
Ingredients and the blueprint steps are on the Craft tab.
Mix at the Mixing Table: makes 10 in 1s.
Looted from
| Container | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7% | 15-24 |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 3 Mining Crate | |
| 1.3 | 1 Mining Crate | |
| 1.3 | 1 Mining Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Recycle from
| Item | Yield |
|---|---|
| 270 | |
| 120 | |
| 120 | |
| 90 | |
| 90 | |
| 90 |
Best items to recycle to get Gun Powder (highest yield first).
Methodology
Best places to find it. Worked out from loot tables tested in game. A crate that has not been tested yet is left out, so a monument can give more than shown.
Recycling
| Recycler | Always | Chance of one more |
|---|---|---|
 Power Plant75% | ||
 Monument (powered)60% | ||
| Monument50% | ||
 Safe zone40% |
One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.
Crafting
| Blueprint | What it takes | Scrap |
|---|---|---|
| Known by default: every player can craft it from the start. | ||
Mixing recipe
| Makes | Ingredients | Time | Made at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1s |  Mixing Table |
Mixed into (7)
Used In Crafting
41 recipes
| Item | Needs | Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Weapons 3 | ||
| 60 | Level 1 | |
| 30 | Level 2 | |
| 25 | Level 2 | |
| Tools 3 | ||
| 10 | Level 1 | |
| 35 | Level 2 | |
| 30 | Level 2 | |
| Ammo 22 | ||
| 10 | Level 2 | |
| 10 | Level 2 | |
| 10 | Level 2 | |
| 5 | Level 2 | |
| 15 | Level 1 | |
| 20 | Level 3 | |
| 150 | Level 2 | |
| 150 | Level 2 | |
| 5 | None | |
| 100 | Level 2 | |
| 100 | Level 2 | |
| 10 | Level 3 | |
| 10 | Level 2 | |
| 10 | Level 3 | |
| 10 | Level 2 | |
| 150 | Level 2 | |
| 300 | Level 2 | |
| 5 | Level 1 | |
How many Gun Powder one craft takes, and the workbench level it needs.
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Details
Gun Powder: common questions
- Where do you find Gun Powder?
- Craft it at workbench level 1. Mix it at the Mixing Table from 20 Sulfur and 20 Charcoal. It drops from Mine Cart (7.7%). The most from one full clear: Airfield (3.9), Giant Excavator Pit (1.3) and Oxum's Gas Station (1.3).
- What does Gun Powder recycle for?
- Recycling Gun Powder at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns Charcoal, Sulfur, Charcoal (80%), Sulfur (20%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.