Save this page
Press Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on a Mac) to bookmark this tool. Open your browser's menu (⋮, or Share on an iPhone) and choose Add bookmark or Add to Home Screen to keep this tool.
Tea Calculator
RustPotato's Rust Tea Calculator plans a Mixing Table or Cooking Workbench batch of tea, pies or ammo: what to bring, passes and time.
Add a tea, a pie or some ammo: what to bring, each pass and the time show here.
- At the table
- Passes
What to bring
Pass by pass
What they brew
| Tea | Pure | Advanced | Basic |
|---|
Every Mixing Table recipe, and its biggest pass
Each Rust recipe of the table has one row, its ingredients in the slot order the table reads. The biggest pass is the most batches five slots take at once: each slot holds one stack of its ingredient, and what is left over goes back to your inventory when you press Mix.
Every Cooking Workbench recipe, and its biggest pass
In Rust, the Cooking Workbench also mixes every Mixing Table recipe above, at the same speed and on the same slots.
Every tea from berries, Basic to Pure
In Rust, four Basic teas make an Advanced one and four Advanced make a Pure one, so each Pure tea goes back to sixteen Basic teas and their berries.
Plain, Creamy or Milky: what the finish changes
Rust's Creamy and Milky teas are not mixed: each is crafted by hand at a workbench from one Pure tea and Cream or Milk, and changes the bonus of the Pure one.
How the Mixing Table counts a pass
A Rust Mixing Table has five slots, and the order is part of the recipe: slot 1 must hold the first ingredient, slot 2 the second, with no gap. Press Mix and the table makes as many batches as the emptiest slot allows, then hands everything above that back to you, so a full stack in each slot is always safe. A berry stacks to 20 and a tea to 10, which is why a pass makes 20 Basic teas but 10 Advanced or Pure ones. Every tea takes 5 seconds a batch and every pie 30 seconds, one after the other, and what comes out lands back in the same slots.
Mixing Table or Cooking Workbench
In Rust, the Cooking Workbench mixes everything the Mixing Table does, at the same speed and on the same five slots, and adds 24 recipes of its own: two breads, 11 pies and their Rich versions. The Tea Calculator plans for either table: pick it under Table, and the breads and pies join the list with the Cooking Workbench.
A worked brew: 10 Pure Ore Tea from berries
In Rust, ten Pure Ore Tea start as 160 Basic Ore Tea, 640 berries in all (320 Yellow Berry and 320 Blue Berry). On one table that is eight passes of Basic, four of Advanced Ore Tea for the 40 needed, and one for the 10 Pure: 17 minutes 30 seconds of mixing. Two tables bring it to 8 minutes 45 seconds. The Tea Calculator lays out each of those passes slot by slot, with the berries to bring in stacks or in boxes.
Tea Calculator questions
How many berries does a Pure tea take in Rust?
A Pure tea in Rust takes 64 berries. It is four Advanced teas, each Advanced is four Basic, and each Basic is four berries in the Mixing Table's slots. A Pure Ore Tea is 32 Yellow and 32 Blue Berries, and 1 minute 45 seconds of mixing on one table. The Tea Calculator gives the berries for any number of them.
How long does the Mixing Table take to make tea?
The Mixing Table takes 5 seconds a tea, at every strength, one after the other. A full pass of 20 Basic teas takes 1 minute 40 seconds, and a pass of 10 Advanced or Pure teas 50 seconds. A pie takes 30 seconds on the Cooking Workbench. One table more in the Tea Calculator splits the passes over several tables.
How many teas can you mix at once?
A Rust Mixing Table mixes 20 Basic teas in one pass, because a slot holds one stack of 20 berries, and 10 Advanced or Pure teas, because teas stack to 10. Pies go 6 at a time (three Wheat each, Wheat stacks to 20), and most Rich pies 2, held back by the Cream. On a server with bigger stacks, set it under Server in the Tea Calculator: fewer passes, the same 5 seconds a tea.
Does the order of the berries matter at the Mixing Table?
Yes, berry order matters at the Mixing Table: it reads slot 1 against the first ingredient, slot 2 against the second, and so on, and stops at the first empty slot. A Basic Ore Tea is Yellow Berry, Blue Berry, Yellow Berry and Blue Berry, in that order: the same four berries sorted another way make nothing. Each pass in the Tea Calculator lists the slots in that order.
How do you make Creamy or Milky tea in Rust?
Creamy and Milky teas are crafted by hand in Rust, at a Workbench Level 1: one Pure tea and 3 Cream (Creamy) or 3 Milk (Milky), 15 seconds each. On the Ore Tea, Creamy pushes the bonus from +40% to +50% for a shorter 24 minutes, and Milky keeps +40% for 45 minutes instead of 30 minutes. Pick Creamy or Milky in the Tea Calculator to add them to the plan.
Can the Cooking Workbench make tea?
Yes, the Cooking Workbench makes every Rust tea the Mixing Table makes, at the same 5 seconds a tea, so a base that has one can skip the other for tea. Pick it under Table in the Tea Calculator and teas, pies and bread go in the same plan, the passes shared over as many tables as you set.
Do you need a blueprint for the Mixing Table recipes?
Teas, pies and bread need no blueprint in Rust. Low Grade Fuel, Gun Powder, Explosives, Pistol Bullet, 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV Pistol Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Incendiary Pistol Bullet and Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo need their blueprint learned: the table will not start them without it, and the Tea Calculator marks them blueprint in its recipe tables.
Why is RustPotato's Tea Calculator the best tea calculator for Rust?
RustPotato's Tea Calculator is the best tea calculator for Rust because it plans both the Mixing Table and the Cooking Workbench for Basic to Pure, Creamy or Milky teas, pies, bread and ammo, and lays out every pass slot by slot. You can also start from the berries you have in stacks or boxes and split the passes over several tables.