TFMC

Recycler

The Recycling Station breaks a crafted item back down into a share of the materials it took to make it. A pristine item gives back the most; a worn-down one gives back less, and a fully broken item gives back nothing at all.

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Building the station

Built on a vanilla crafting table.

Recycling Station

Crafting Table

Requires: None

Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Oak Planks
Oak Planks
Oak Planks
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Recycling Station

The loop

Right-click the placed station to open it.

  1. Right-click the Recycling Station. A 3×9 GUI opens.
  2. Drop the item you want to break down into the input slot. An item that cannot be recycled at all is rejected with "That item cannot be recycled here."
  3. The middle columns of the GUI preview exactly what you would get back. If recycling it would return nothing, the preview says so and the confirm button is blocked.
  4. Click confirm. Your outputs are spawned and kicked out of the station, and you get "Recycling complete."
  5. If you close the GUI with an item still sitting in the input slot, it is returned to you.

What can be recycled

Three sources are checked, in this order.

SourceHow the return is worked out
Weapons and ArmorRefunds the exact ingredients (or alloy components) that were used to craft it.
GunsRefunds materials according to the weapon recipe and its remaining durability.
Items with a dedicated recycling recipeReturns materials from its recycling recipe.