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Rubber Tire

Item

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The Rubber Tire is a classic, rugged loop of flexible material once central to ground-based travel. Now, it’s a multi-purpose item used in transport chassis, obstacle courses, and sometimes just burned for warmth or smoke cover.

It creaks when rolled. Thuds when thrown. Smells faintly like apocalypse mixed with asphalt and a hint of ozone depletion.

Recovered from junkyards, burnt-out cars, and forgotten racing arenas.

Rubber Tire

Rubber Tire

Cracked vulcanized rubber flexes stiffly under a boot, tread worn uneven on the inside shoulder the way tires go when the alignment was off for longer than anyone admitted. Smells of cold garage and the last summer that car actually ran.

  • Type: Tool, Food, Drink, Resource, Skilling
  • Effects: Used in crafting vehicles, playgrounds, traps, or bonfires.
  • Cooldown: 2 seconds.
  • Rarity: common
  • Weight: 7.2
  • Stackable: Yes
Bonuses:
  • Traction Material: true
  • Bounce Factor: 0.2
  • Burnable: true
💰 Price: 90 $KHash
Not on Steam Market Not on Exchange

Usage

Section titled “Usage”
  • Crafting uses: vehicles, carts, makeshift armor, smog signals
  • Can be burned in furnaces or fire traps
  • Has bounce factor useful in physics interactions or trap designs
  • Stackable, durable, and easy to roll in all meanings

Salvage Yields

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When broken down:

  • Rubber scraps
  • Steel cords
  • Possible char residue

Lore

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“Tires are the cockroaches of civilization, ugly, everywhere, and they just… don’t… rot.”

  • Scrap Queen Holla, Wheel Cultist

In some wastelands, they worship tires. In others, they use them to fuel the fire that burns those cultists out.

Credit

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Concept by h0lybyte and Artwork by KBVE Pixel Workshop.
Character
Rolling Discovery
You trip over something round in the dust.

DevLog

Section titled “DevLog”
  • 05/28/2025 - Rubber Tire added as base material with salvage and bounce physics support