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Apple
Food and drink,Common,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,SpoilsSpoils over time and turns into something else.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
One Apple is worth 30 calories and goes off after 48 hours.
In Rust, Apple is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #1548091822, console shortname apple). In active play, it follows standard server rules for food and drink gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 10 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
An Apple. Eating it provides a small boost to health, hunger, and thirst.
Monument recycling yield: Non-recyclable at green, yellow, or red units (0 downstream recipes)
Maintenance rule: Carries no condition wear bar and needs no bench maintenance
Conveyor & sorting profile: Filter by shortname apple in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Apple crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Apple has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 6 world loot tables read from the Rust game files. Monument recyclers do not break this item down into raw components, while it serves its dedicated role inside the Food catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
How Apple compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Apple against related food 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
Apple
Food
10 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Rotten Apple
Food
1 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Spoiled Fish Meat
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Anti-Rad Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
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Compare Apple with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Apple against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Apple in Rust
How much food and water does the Apple give in Rust?
The Apple gives 30 calories, 15 hydration and 2 health at once in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 1548091822 across 198 food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1548091822 10 spawns 10 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Apple take to spoil in Rust?
The Apple spoils after 48 hours and turns into Spoiled Produce in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID 1548091822 alongside 197 related food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1548091822 10 spawns 10 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Apple take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Apple despawns after 5 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.
What is the stack size of the Apple in Rust?
The Apple stacks to 10 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 5 minutes under the Food category (item ID 1548091822).
What is the item ID for the Apple in Rust?
The Apple has 32-bit signed item ID 1548091822 and shortname apple in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Food category (stack limit 10 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Apple in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Apple in the F1 developer console with inventory.give apple 10 or inventory.giveid 1548091822 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.