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Basic Anti-Rad Tea
Food and drink,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.
One Basic Anti-Rad Tea gives 30 hydration and radiation resistance for 30 minutes.
The order is part of the recipe. The table checks slot 1 against the first ingredient, slot 2 against the second, and so on, and stops at the first empty slot: the same ingredients in another order make nothing.
Put more of the same in every slot to mix several batches in one go. Each extra batch adds 5s.
Basic Anti-Rad Tea stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Basic Anti-Rad Tea is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-487356515, console shortname radiationresisttea). 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 20 minutes.
A basic tea that provides hydration and temporarily increases your resistance to radiation a small amount.
Acquisition profile (game files): Mixing Table recipe, 4 slots in a fixed order, 5 seconds per batch (0 downstream workbench recipes)
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 radiationresisttea in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Basic Anti-Rad Tea crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Basic Anti-Rad Tea has no workbench recipe: it is mixed at a Mixing Table or a Cooking Workbench, 5 seconds per batch, with the slot order 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 Basic Anti-Rad Tea compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Basic Anti-Rad Tea against related food in Rust, mix it at a Mixing Table (5 seconds per batch) and keep the slot order exactly as listed, because the same ingredients in another order make nothing.
Item
Category
Stack Limit
Craft / Source
Tech Tree / Research
Green Recycler Yield
Basic Anti-Rad Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Cooling Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Crafting Quality Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Warming Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
To compare Basic Anti-Rad Tea against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Basic Anti-Rad Tea in Rust
How much food and water does the Basic Anti-Rad Tea give in Rust?
The Basic Anti-Rad Tea gives 30 hydration in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -487356515 across 198 food and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid -487356515 10.
How do you get the Basic Anti-Rad Tea in Rust?
The Basic Anti-Rad Tea is mixed in Rust at a Mixing Table or a Cooking Workbench from 1 Red Berry, 1 Red Berry, 1 Green Berry and 1 Green Berry, placed in slots 1 to 4 in that order; one batch takes 5 seconds and makes 1.
How long does the Basic Anti-Rad Tea take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Basic Anti-Rad Tea despawns after 20 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
What is the stack size of the Basic Anti-Rad Tea in Rust?
The Basic Anti-Rad Tea 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 20 minutes under the Food category (item ID -487356515).
What is the item ID for the Basic Anti-Rad Tea in Rust?
The Basic Anti-Rad Tea has 32-bit signed item ID -487356515 and shortname radiationresisttea 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 Basic Anti-Rad Tea in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Basic Anti-Rad Tea in the F1 developer console with inventory.give radiationresisttea 10 or inventory.giveid -487356515 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.