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Sulfur Ore Node

Ore node

A Sulfur Ore Node holds 200 Sulfur Ore, plus 100 Sulfur Ore when it breaks.

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How much a Sulfur Ore Node gives, by tool, tea and pie

An ore tea adds a share of what every swing gives, finish bonus included: Basic Ore Tea +20% for 30 minutes, Advanced Ore Tea +35% for 30 minutes, Pure Ore Tea +50% for 30 minutes, Creamy Pure Ore Tea +65% for 24 minutes. Only one tea of a kind works at a time, and a Bear Pie multiplies the active tea bonus.

Bear Pie No pie

Bear Pie (x1.5)

Rich Bear Pie (x1.75)

Sulfur ore, 500 health, 3 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +20%	Advanced , +35%	Pure , +50%	Creamy , +65%
Jackhammer	20	2.9s	300	360	405	450	495
Salvaged Icepick	10	11.3s	300	360	405	450	495
Pickaxe Prototype Pickaxe Abyss Metal Pickaxe	17	24s	300	360	405	450	494
Stone Pickaxe Concrete Pickaxe	30	26.1s	257	308	346	385	423
Salvaged Hammer , misses the finish bonus	20	19s	146	175	196	218	240
Bone Club , misses the finish bonus	68	46.9s	134	160	180	200	220
Candy Cane Club , misses the finish bonus	68	67s	134	160	180	200	220
Rock Skull Jungle Rock , misses the finish bonus	50	63.7s	100	120	135	150	164

Sulfur ore, 500 health, 3 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +30%	Advanced , +52%	Pure , +75%	Creamy , +98%
Jackhammer	20	2.9s	300	390	457	525	592
Salvaged Icepick	10	11.3s	300	390	457	525	592
Pickaxe Prototype Pickaxe Abyss Metal Pickaxe	17	24s	300	389	457	525	592
Stone Pickaxe Concrete Pickaxe	30	26.1s	257	333	391	449	506
Salvaged Hammer , misses the finish bonus	20	19s	146	189	222	254	287
Bone Club , misses the finish bonus	68	46.9s	134	173	203	233	263
Candy Cane Club , misses the finish bonus	68	67s	134	173	203	233	263
Rock Skull Jungle Rock , misses the finish bonus	50	63.7s	100	129	152	175	197

Sulfur ore, 500 health, 3 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +35%	Advanced , +61%	Pure , +88%	Creamy , +114%
Jackhammer	20	2.9s	300	405	483	562	641
Salvaged Icepick	10	11.3s	300	405	483	562	641
Pickaxe Prototype Pickaxe Abyss Metal Pickaxe	17	24s	300	405	483	562	641
Stone Pickaxe Concrete Pickaxe	30	26.1s	257	346	413	481	548
Salvaged Hammer , misses the finish bonus	20	19s	146	196	234	272	310
Bone Club , misses the finish bonus	68	46.9s	134	180	215	250	285
Candy Cane Club , misses the finish bonus	68	67s	134	180	215	250	285
Rock Skull Jungle Rock , misses the finish bonus	50	63.7s	100	135	161	187	213

Simulated hit by hit as the game does it, rounding included. Time runs from the first hit to the last. A tea leaves a fraction over after the last hit that carries to the next node, so a player on a run can get one more.

Where to find a Sulfur Ore Node

Seeded by the world, outside any monument
Terrain	Biomes
the foot of cliffs	desert, jungle, temperate, tundra, snow

Monuments, with every spawn point filled
Where	Count
Abandoned Cabins	1.5
Wild Swamp A	1
Wild Swamp B	1

How Sulfur Ore Node works in Rust

Across procedural Rust server maps, Sulfur Ore Node spawns as a harvestable world node with 500 hitpoints across 3 distinct 3D prefab variants, holding up to 300 Sulfur Ore before tea multipliers when gathered with a top-tier tool. The strike-by-strike harvesting table above simulates every swing from first strike to final break so players can compare tool speeds and resource recovery across every tier.

Sulfur Ore Node tool harvesting, tea multipliers and finishing bonus

Each row in the Sulfur Ore Node harvesting matrix applies exact in-game per-strike rounding to benchmark hit counts, swing duration in seconds, unboosted base payout, and Basic, Advanced, and Pure Ore Tea modifiers combined with Bear Pie buffs across electric, metal, stone, and primitive gathering tools.

Node identity summary: Health: 500 | Inside: 200 Sulfur Ore | Finish bonus: 100 Sulfur Ore | Models in the game: 3 across procedural terrain.
Optimal mineral-mining tools: Pneumatic drills and metal pickaxes recover 100% of the mineral pool and finishing bonus in the fewest seconds.
Primitive tool penalty: Crude rocks, bone clubs, and stone tools carry lower gathering efficiency and lose a portion of the node capacity.
Ore Tea and pie buffs: Three tiers of Ore Tea stack with Bear Pie to multiply mineral ore recovered per boulder up to +65%.
Biome and terrain placement: Generates naturally across procedural biome and topology layers, respawning as players clear nodes in the region.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Sulfur Ore Node yield in Rust and what is the best tool?

Clearing Sulfur Ore Node (500 HP) in Rust with a Jackhammer yields 300 Sulfur Ore (counting the 100 Sulfur Ore final-hit bonus), rising to 495 Sulfur Ore under Creamy Pure Ore Tea (Pure Ore Tea plus Bear Pie) across procedural Rust maps.

Does Sulfur Ore Node have a finishing bonus on the last hit in Rust?

Breaking Sulfur Ore Node with a top-tier harvesting tool awards a 100 Sulfur Ore bonus on the final strike, which is already included inside the 300 Sulfur Ore total listed for Jackhammer in the yield table.

How does Ore Tea affect Sulfur Ore Node yields in Rust?

Consuming a Basic, Advanced, or Pure Ore Tea boosts every tool strike and any finishing bonus on Sulfur Ore Node, lifting the top Jackhammer payout from 300 Sulfur Ore unboosted up to 495 Sulfur Ore with Creamy Pure Ore Tea.

Does eating a Bear Pie boost Sulfur Ore Node harvesting in Rust?

Eating a Bear Pie multiplies an active Ore Tea percentage buff when harvesting Sulfur Ore Node, turning a Pure Ore Tea into Creamy Pure Ore Tea (495 Sulfur Ore maximum payout) across all compatible gathering tools.

How fast do different tools break Sulfur Ore Node in Rust?

The Sulfur Ore Node (500 HP) table above benchmarks every tool option side by side, listing total strikes required, time to finish in seconds, and resource recovery from primitive rocks up to top-tier tools.

Why do some tools get less than 300 Sulfur Ore from Sulfur Ore Node in Rust?

Improvised starter tools such as the Rock, Bone Club, or Stone Pickaxe and Hatchet have lower gathering multipliers and forfeit part of the node or its final bonus, leaving Sulfur Ore Node below 300 Sulfur Ore.

Where does Sulfur Ore Node spawn across Rust maps and biomes?

Sulfur Ore Node populates procedural Rust maps according to biome filters (Arid, Temperate, Tundra, Arctic, or Jungle) and terrain topologies such as cliffs, forests, beaches, or monuments, respawning as nodes are cleared.

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