M249 Recycling Output and Uses

Item details

Category: Weapons
Rarity: Very Rare
Stack size: 1
Durability: 500
Skins: 31
Fire mode: Automatic
Rounds per minute: 500
Magazine: 100
Reload: 7.5 s
Aim cone: 0.2°
Hip fire aim cone: 4°
Workbench: Not craftable
Craftable: No
Short name: lmg.m249

Recycling

Green Recycler

Efficiency: 50%
Time per cycle: 5 s

1 M249

Green Recycler (power grid stage 2 or higher)

Efficiency: 60%
Time per cycle: 5 s, 4.5 s from stage 4

1 M249

Yellow Recycler

Efficiency: 40%
Time per cycle: 8 s

1 M249

Red Recycler

Efficiency: 75%
Time per cycle: 4 s
power grid stage 4

1 M249

Repair

Repair Bench

Max condition lost: 20%
Cost from zero condition. A partly damaged item costs its damaged share of this, rounded up per resource, and loses that share of the 20%.

M249

Ammo and damage

Ammunition	Damage	Conditions
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	72.8 per shot	—
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	65 per shot	—
5.56 Rifle Ammo	65 per shot	—
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	65 per shot	—

Found in

Loot container	Drop chance
Patrol Helicopter Crate	10%
Bradley APC Crate	8.1%

Skin market snapshot

Displayed prices from 10 November 2026.

Skin	Market price
Bombshell M249	$11.39
Black Gold M249	$6.61
Tempered M249	$5.64
Rainbow Pony M249	$5.53
Factory New M249	$4.48
Popstar M249	$4.14
Redemption M249	$4.04
The Beast M249	$3.58
Love Machine	$2.90
Cold Hunter M249	$2.80
Evil Snowman M249	$1.86
Glister M249	$1.84
Playmaker M249	$1.77
Guerilla M249	$1.75
Toy Machine Gun	$1.75
Royal M249	$1.73
Toxic Wolf M249	$1.70
Poseidon LMG	$1.58
No Mercy LMG	$1.49
Copper M249	$1.44
Celestial Courser M249	$1.31
Carrot Cruncher M249	$1.11
CHROMA FLAIR	$1.05
Ophidia	$1.01