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The Tuna Can Lamp has 50 health once placed, and a Research Table turns it into a blueprint for 15 scrap.
What one batch takes.
Empty Tuna Can
Wood
Low Grade Fuel
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Wood
Animal Fat
Cloth
Empty Tuna Can
Empty Tuna Can
Wood
Low Grade Fuel
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 1,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "can.tuna.empty"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "wood"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 10,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "lowgradefuel"
}
]
No workbench, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 1, 3.75s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 15 scrap at a Research Table.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Tuna Can Lamp, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Primitive Crate | 4.8% | 1 to 2 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 2.2% | 1 to 2 |
 Barrel | 1.1% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
Empty Tuna Can,
Wood,
Low Grade FuelEach swing charges the share of the cost for 50 health, rounded up to whole resources, and restores as much health as it paid for, which can be more than 50. Nothing can be repaired for 30 seconds after it takes damage.
What the Tuna Can Lamp gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 75% Empty Tuna Can, 7 + 50% Low Grade Fuel, 15 Wood |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 60% Empty Tuna Can, 6 Low Grade Fuel, 12 Wood |
| Green recycler | 50% | 50% Empty Tuna Can, 5 Low Grade Fuel, 10 Wood |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 40% Empty Tuna Can, 4 Low Grade Fuel, 8 Wood |
The Tuna Can Lamp breaks down into Empty Tuna Can, Low Grade Fuel and Wood.
A recycler takes one at a time.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “7 + 50%” means 7 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
On sale in the Rust item store this week, at the store price.
In Rust, Tuna Can Lamp is a deployable in the Deployables category (item ID #-1478445584, console shortname tunalight). In active play, it follows standard server rules for deployable gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A makeshift wall light. Still smells faintly of fish.
Crafting Tuna Can Lamp in Rust takes 15 seconds by hand without a workbench once the 15 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values 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). Placed structures heal with a Hammer using raw materials from your inventory.
When choosing between Tuna Can Lamp and related deployables in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (15 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 75-scrap tech tree path and save 60 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuna Can Lamp | Deployables | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 15 node / 75 path | Not recyclable |
| Anchor | Deployables | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 165 path | Not recyclable |
| Chippy Arcade Game | Deployables | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Bath Tub Planter | Deployables | 10 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
To compare Tuna Can Lamp against every item in its inventory category, browse All 168 items in Deployables, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Tuna Can Lamp has 50 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Deployables category under numeric ID -1478445584 across 168 deployables and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 168 published Deployables entries (158 with crafting blueprints).
The Tuna Can Lamp is crafted by hand from 1 Empty Tuna Can, 20 Wood and 10 Low Grade Fuel, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Smelting raw ores and looting required components from monument crates lets players queue the craft at their workbench.
The Tuna Can Lamp drops from 3 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Primitive Crate (4.8% chance), Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller (2.2% chance), and Barrel (1.1% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Tuna Can Lamp recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into a 50% chance of an Empty Tuna Can, 5 Low Grade Fuel and 10 Wood. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
The Tuna Can Lamp takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It sits in the Deployables catalog with item ID -1478445584 alongside 167 related deployables across 168 published Deployables entries (158 with crafting blueprints).
The Tuna Can Lamp repairs in Rust once placed with a Hammer for up to 1 Empty Tuna Can, 10 Wood and 5 Low Grade Fuel at full wear (1 swings). Hammering a placed structure restores health with no maximum-durability loss after a 30-second combat cooldown.
Blueprint progression for Tuna Can Lamp at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 15 scrap on the target node and 75 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 15 scrap.
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Tuna Can Lamp despawns after 5 minutes by default. Picking it back up into an inventory or placing it inside a storage container resets the ground despawn timer, which the server determines by item rarity tier.
The Tuna Can Lamp has 32-bit signed item ID -1478445584 and shortname tunalight in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Deployables category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Tuna Can Lamp in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give tunalight 1 or inventory.giveid -1478445584 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.
