Metal Rudder

If you dont have one of these, you have no control over your heading.

Notes

The Metal Rudder is a heavy component (2000 g each, stacking to 100) used in the construction of the Industrial Barge and Medium Fishing Trawler, both advanced watercraft. Without one, as the in-game description notes, you have no control over your heading. As an ingredient and parts product, ensure your settlement's supply chain accounts for producing enough rudders ahead of any large shipbuilding project.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Plate	4	item
Screws	8	item
Iron Gear	2	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.37

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	120 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Metal Rudder / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 8× Iron Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 30× Iron Ore
• 0.5× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Metal Rudder

Used in

• Industrial Barge
• Medium Fishing Trawler

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine