Where do you find Flare?

Craft it at workbench level 1. It drops from Military Tunnel Scientist (36%), Road Scientist (24%) and Bandit Guard (17%), plus 7 more. The most from one full clear: Airfield (1.4), Oxum's Gas Station (0.4) and Giant Excavator Pit (0.4).

What does Flare cost to craft?

Flare crafts for 10 Gun Powder, 10 Metal Fragments.

What does Flare recycle for?

Recycling Flare at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 6 Gun Powder, 6 Metal Fragments. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.

Flare: What It Does & Craft Cost

Repair

Wearing it

Survival

Farming & fishing

Electrical & stations

Vehicles & mounts

Details

Craft

Craft
Workbench	Craft time	Blueprint
Level 1	1s	15 scrap to research

Ingredients and the blueprint steps are on the Craft tab.

Looted from

Looted from
Container	Chance	Amount
Military Tunnel Scientist	36%	4-15
Road Scientist	24%	4-10
Bandit GuardSame loot in: Outpost Peacekeeper	17%	4-5
Mine CartSame loot in: Mining Crate, Mine Crate, Minecart	7.7%	4-5
Underwater Crate (Advanced)Same loot in: Sunken Chest	1.1%	4-5
CrateSame loot in: Underwater Lab Blue Crate	0.4%	4-5
Wagon Crate	0.4%	4-5
Deep Sea ScientistSame loot in: Oil Rig Scientist	0.2%	4-5
Gingerbread Man	0.2%	4-5
Scarecrow	0.2%	4-5
ScientistSame loot in: Bradley Scientist	0.2%	4-5
Tunnel DwellerSame loot in: Underwater Dweller	0.2%	4-5

Best places to find it

Best places to find it
Monument	Per full clear	Crates
Airfield	1.4	3 Mining Crate17 Crate
Oxum's Gas Station	0.4	1 Mining Crate2 Crate
Giant Excavator Pit	0.4	1 Mining Crate1 Crate
Launch Site	0.3	16 Crate
Missile Silo	0.3	16 Crate

What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.

Cut from

Cut from
Item	Amount
CatfishRandom bonus	1
Orange RoughyRandom bonus	1
SalmonRandom bonus	1
Small SharkRandom bonus	1

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.

Crafting

Makes	Ingredients	Time	Workbench
Flare	×10 ×10	1s	Level 1
Gun Powder10 needed, recipe for one	×30 ×20
All raw materialsfor one craft	×30 ×20 ×10

Blueprint	What it takes	Scrap
Research Table	×15	15
Tech treeWorkbench Level 1	Unlock one of these first, then this one.
Unlocks nexton the tech tree

Recycling

Recycler	Always	Chance of one more
Power Plant75%	×7 ×7	50%50%
Monument (powered)60%	×6 ×6	None
Monument50%	×5 ×5	None
Safe zone40%	×4 ×4	None

One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.

Green recycler Safe zone recycler Power Plant recycler Recycle calculator

Flare: common questions

Where do you find Flare?: Craft it at workbench level 1. It drops from Military Tunnel Scientist (36%), Road Scientist (24%) and Bandit Guard (17%), plus 7 more. The most from one full clear: Airfield (1.4), Oxum's Gas Station (0.4) and Giant Excavator Pit (0.4).
What does Flare cost to craft?: Flare crafts for 10 Gun Powder, 10 Metal Fragments.
What does Flare recycle for?: Recycling Flare at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 6 Gun Powder, 6 Metal Fragments. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.