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Dead log

Tree

A Dead log holds 250 wood. The game has 9 models of it.

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How much a Dead log gives, by tool, tea and pie

A wood tea adds a share of what every swing gives, finish bonus included: Basic Wood Tea +50% for 30 minutes, Advanced Wood Tea +100% for 30 minutes, Pure Wood Tea +200% for 30 minutes, Creamy Pure Wood Tea +260% 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)

Dead log, 250 health, 9 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +50%	Advanced , +100%	Pure , +200%	Creamy , +260%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	9	1.6s	250	375	500	750	900
Salvaged Axe	5	5s	250	375	500	750	900
Sickle	7	5.4s	209	313	417	625	749
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	8	6.3s	209	313	417	625	749
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	11	9s	193	289	385	577	692
Salvaged Hammer	10	9s	179	268	357	535	641
Bone Club	17	11.2s	141	211	281	421	504
Candy Cane Club	17	16s	141	211	281	421	504
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	13	15.6s	125	187	250	375	450

Dead log, 250 health, 9 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +75%	Advanced , +150%	Pure , +300%	Creamy , +390%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	9	1.6s	250	437	625	1,000	1,225
Salvaged Axe	5	5s	250	437	625	1,000	1,225
Sickle	7	5.4s	209	365	521	833	1,020
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	8	6.3s	209	365	521	833	1,020
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	11	9s	193	337	481	769	941
Salvaged Hammer	10	9s	179	312	446	713	873
Bone Club	17	11.2s	141	246	351	561	687
Candy Cane Club	17	16s	141	246	351	561	687
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	13	15.6s	125	218	312	500	612

Dead log, 250 health, 9 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +88%	Advanced , +175%	Pure , +350%	Creamy , +455%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	9	1.6s	250	468	687	1,125	1,387
Salvaged Axe	5	5s	250	468	687	1,125	1,387
Sickle	7	5.4s	209	391	573	937	1,155
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	8	6.3s	209	391	573	937	1,155
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	11	9s	193	361	529	865	1,066
Salvaged Hammer	10	9s	179	334	490	802	988
Bone Club	17	11.2s	141	263	386	631	778
Candy Cane Club	17	16s	141	263	386	631	778
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	13	15.6s	125	234	343	562	693

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 Dead log

Seeded by the world, outside any monument
Terrain	Biomes
forests, forest edges	snow, jungle, Deep Sea, temperate, tundra

How Dead log works in Rust

Across procedural Rust server maps, Dead log spawns as a harvestable world node with 250 hitpoints across 9 distinct 3D prefab variants, holding up to 250 Wood 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.

Dead log tool harvesting, tea multipliers and finishing bonus

Each row in the Dead log 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 Wood Tea modifiers combined with Bear Pie buffs across electric, metal, stone, and primitive gathering tools.

Node identity summary: Health: 250 | Inside: 250 Wood | Finish bonus: None | Models in the game: 9 across procedural terrain.
Optimal wood-felling tools: Fuel-powered chainsaws and metal axes recover 100% of the wood 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.
Wood Tea and pie buffs: Three tiers of Wood Tea stack with Bear Pie to multiply wood recovered per tree up to +275%.
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 Dead log yield in Rust and what is the best tool?

Clearing Dead log (250 HP) in Rust with a Chainsaw yields 250 Wood across individual swings without a separate falling bonus, rising to 900 Wood under Creamy Pure Wood Tea (Pure Wood Tea plus Bear Pie) across procedural Rust maps.

Does Dead log have a finishing bonus on the last hit in Rust?

Harvesting Dead log (250 HP) pays out its entire 250 Wood yield across individual tool strikes from start to finish without displaying a red X marker or holding back a final falling bonus.

How does Wood Tea affect Dead log yields in Rust?

Consuming a Basic, Advanced, or Pure Wood Tea boosts every tool strike and any finishing bonus on Dead log, lifting the top Chainsaw payout from 250 Wood unboosted up to 900 Wood with Creamy Pure Wood Tea.

Does eating a Bear Pie boost Dead log harvesting in Rust?

Eating a Bear Pie multiplies an active Wood Tea percentage buff when harvesting Dead log, turning a Pure Wood Tea into Creamy Pure Wood Tea (900 Wood maximum payout) across all compatible gathering tools.

How fast do different tools break Dead log in Rust?

The Dead log (250 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 250 Wood from Dead log 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 Dead log below 250 Wood.

Where does Dead log spawn across Rust maps and biomes?

Dead log 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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