Metal Weapon Rack · Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
ICARUS Metal Weapon Rack: Bench, Tier, and Use
Quick Answer
The ICARUS Metal Weapon Rack is a Tier 3 display deployable added in Week 246. Craft it at the Machining Bench, then place it in your base and use it to display supported weapons and tools. The official update describes aluminium-pipe and screw construction, but it does not give material quantities, so the live bench recipe is the correct place to check costs. Compared with the Tier 2 Wooden Weapon Rack, the Metal Weapon Rack has greater durability and is not flammable. That makes it the safer documented choice for a battle-ready base where fire exposure matters. Week 246 also says the update corrected the display positioning of some items, but it does not publish a complete compatibility list, slot count, placement footprint, hit points, or repair values. Treat the tier, bench, durability direction, and nonflammability as verified; confirm all numerical and item-specific behavior in the current build.
- Reading time
- 8 minutes
- Difficulty
- Tier, bench, and display check
- Checked
- 2026-09-28
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Guide details
Before you begin
Find the Tier 3 Metal Weapon Rack at the correct bench, understand its verified safety upgrade over the Wooden Weapon Rack, and avoid inventing a recipe the official Week 246 notes never publish.
Week 246 tier, station, resilience comparison and display-positioning boundary; no invented recipe, capacity, placement rule, or numerical durability.
- Status
- Official weekly-update answer plus current Bing gap review
- Edition
- Week 250–251 current-player evidence boundary
- Platform
- PC · Steam
- Checked
- 2026-09-28
- Check note
- Only facts stated in the cited official update are treated as verified. Unlisted recipes, exact stats, controls, later changes, search volume, and keyword difficulty remain Unknown.
Before you set out
Prerequisites#
- Use Week 246 or a later build. Week 246 and changelog 3.0.23.156115 are the verified release boundary for the Tier 3 rack.
- Unlock the current Tier 3 Metal Weapon Rack entry before expecting it at the bench. The official article does not state the blueprint-point cost or full prerequisite chain.
- Use a Machining Bench. The rack is not documented as a Workshop item, a hand-crafting recipe, or an output of the Tier 2 Crafting Bench.
- Read the live recipe before gathering materials. Aluminium pipe and screws describe the construction, but the source does not supply quantities or every ingredient.
What the Metal Weapon Rack changes#
Week 246 frames the Metal Weapon Rack as a Tier 3 storage-and-display upgrade for a base rather than a damage, inventory, or character-stat upgrade. Its direct comparison is the Tier 2 Wooden Weapon Rack introduced with Homestead. The official distinction is narrow and useful: the metal version has increased durability and lacks the Wooden Rack’s flammability. Those properties matter when the display area is exposed to combat, fire, or accidental damage. They do not prove that the metal version holds more items, accepts every weapon, provides faster access, changes weapon durability, or has a specific hit-point value. The article calls out rugged aluminium-pipe and screw construction, but descriptive components are not a complete recipe. Week 246 also notes that several displayed items were repositioned as part of the update. That confirms ongoing presentation support, not universal compatibility. Choose the rack for its verified tier and resilience, then use the current placement preview and interaction prompts for live behavior.
Route 02
Craft and set up the Metal Weapon Rack#
Separate the unlock, correct station, live recipe, placement, and display checks. This keeps a missing recipe from being confused with a placement or item-compatibility problem.
Confirm the Week 246 release boundary#
Check that the game is on Week 246 or a later build. The changelog calls the entry the T3 Weapon Rack, while the update narrative uses Metal Weapon Rack. Those labels describe the same new tier in this source. A server running a mismatched version may not expose the same unlock or recipe.
Find the Tier 3 unlock#
Open the current Tech Tree and locate the Metal Weapon Rack by name and tier. Spend only the blueprint points shown in the live interface. The saved official notes verify Tier 3 but do not state the required character level, blueprint cost, or which earlier rack must be unlocked first.
Open the Machining Bench#
Use the Machining Bench named in Week 246. If the recipe is absent, confirm the bench type and the unlock state before gathering more resources. Another station with a similar metalworking purpose is not supported by this evidence.
Follow the live material list#
Craft exactly what the current recipe requests. The article mentions aluminium pipe and screw construction but never publishes counts or guarantees that those are the only components. Do not turn descriptive prose into an exact recipe or copy quantities from an unverified older database.
Place the rack in a usable display area#
Use the current placement preview to choose a stable surface with enough room to interact with the display points. Week 246 does not state a foundation requirement, shelter rule, rotation clearance, footprint, or maximum slope. Let the live placement indicator decide those conditions.
Test the intended weapons and tools#
Add one supported item at a time and inspect its visual position. The update says some item positioning was corrected and asks players to report remaining problems. If an item clips or sits incorrectly, record its exact name and build rather than claiming the entire rack is broken or universally compatible.
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Verified facts and Unknown fields#
- Verified — the Metal Weapon Rack is a Tier 3 item introduced in Week 246.
- Verified — it is crafted at the Machining Bench.
- Verified — it has greater durability than the Tier 2 Wooden Weapon Rack.
- Verified — unlike the Wooden Weapon Rack, the metal version is not flammable.
- Verified — Week 246 corrected the display positioning of some items on weapon racks.
- Unknown here — exact recipe quantities, blueprint cost, hit points, repair cost, slot count, footprint, full compatibility list, and later balance changes.
Fault ledger
If the rack is missing or an item displays badly#
- The recipe is not visible
- Confirm Week 246 or later, unlock the Tier 3 entry, and use the Machining Bench. The source does not say that reaching Tier 3 alone grants the recipe automatically.
- The listed material cost differs from another guide
- Use the current Machining Bench values. Week 246 mentions aluminium pipe and screws but supplies no counts, so an exact third-party recipe needs its own current verification.
- The rack will not place
- Read the live placement feedback and try a stable, clear surface. No shelter, foundation, wall, or clearance rule is established by the saved official update.
- A weapon clips or faces the wrong way
- Remove it, replace it once, and record the exact item and build. Week 246 fixed several positions but explicitly acknowledges that other poorly positioned items may remain.
- A newer tooltip shows different durability behavior
- Treat Week 246 as the introduction baseline. Preserve the current build and tooltip rather than forcing a later version to match an older relative comparison.
Field questions
Metal Weapon Rack questions#
- Where is the Metal Weapon Rack crafted?
- At the Machining Bench. It is a Tier 3 planetary craft, not a Workshop replication.
- Is it fireproof?
- Week 246 says it lacks the flammability of the Tier 2 Wooden Weapon Rack. This guide does not extend that statement to nearby structures, displayed items, or every damage type.
- Is it stronger than the Wooden Weapon Rack?
- The official update states increased durability. It does not publish either rack’s numerical hit points or repair costs.
- What is the recipe?
- The official narrative describes aluminium-pipe and screw construction but gives no quantities or full list. Read the current Machining Bench recipe.
- Does it hold more weapons?
- No capacity increase is stated in Week 246. Do not infer more slots from the higher tier without a current in-game check.