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The Tarp goes into 17 recipes, and deployables call for it more than any other kind of item.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Tarp, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Sunken Chest | 37.7% | 1 to 3 |
 Sunken Crate | 20.8% | 1 to 2 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 15.4% | 1 to 2 |
 Barrel | 8% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
What the Tarp gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75  Cloth |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60 Cloth |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50 Cloth |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40 Cloth |
The Tarp breaks down into Cloth.
A recycler takes 2 per cycle, so a full stack of 20 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item.
25 items give back Tarp in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arctic Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Bandit Guard Gear | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Heavy Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Naval Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 NVGM Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Outbreak Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Scientist Suit | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Scientist Suit (Peacekeeper) | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Hazmat Suit | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Above Ground Pool | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Composter | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Large Planter Box | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Large Water Catcher | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Parachute | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Battering Ram | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Boat Building Station | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Boogie Board | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Frog Boots | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Inner Tube | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Paddling Pool | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Sail | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Small Planter Box | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Small Water Catcher | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Triangle Planter Box | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
 Water Barrel | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
What one of each item gives back in Tarp, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “3 + 75%” means 3 every time and a 75% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Tarp is a crafting part in the Components category (item ID #2019042823, console shortname tarp). In active play, it follows standard server rules for crafting part gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 20 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A waterproof tarp.
In Rust, Tarp has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 4 world loot tables read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
The Tarp is one of the 25 crafting parts; Rust classifies it under the Components inventory category.
When comparing Tarp against related components in Rust, prioritize farming its highest-probability monument containers or recycling surplus components at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base yield, versus forty percent at safe-zone yellow units) because this item cannot be crafted at a player workbench.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarp | Components | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Advanced Blueprint Fragment | Components | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Aiming Module | Components | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Basic Blueprint Fragment | Components | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Tarp against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Components.
In Rust, the Tarp belongs to the Components category under numeric ID 2019042823 (shortname tarp) and stacks to 20 units per slot. It goes into 17 recipes, 7 of them deployables, such as the Composter, the Large Planter Box and the Boat Building Station.
The Tarp drops from 4 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Sunken Chest (37.7% chance), Sunken Crate (20.8% chance), and Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller (15.4% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Tarp recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 50 Cloth. It is indexed under the Components category alongside 62 other components in Rust (item ID 2019042823), while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid 2019042823 20.
The Tarp comes back from 25 items in a recycler in Rust. It can come up on a fishing line as junk. It belongs to the Components category under numeric ID 2019042823 across 63 components across 63 published Components entries (35 with crafting blueprints).
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Tarp despawns after 20 minutes by default. Moving it into a storage box, locker, or player inventory immediately cancels the ground despawn countdown, which the server assigns by item rarity tier to prevent dropped loot from lagging active worlds.
The Tarp stacks to 20 per slot in Rust. Players can split a pile in half with middle-click drag or move a custom quantity with Shift-click drag across inventory slots, storage boxes, and the Tool Cupboard, while dropped copies despawn after 20 minutes under the Components category (item ID 2019042823).
The Tarp has 32-bit signed item ID 2019042823 and shortname tarp in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Components category (stack limit 20 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Tarp in the F1 developer console with inventory.give tarp 20 or inventory.giveid 2019042823 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.