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Big Cat Pie
Food and drink,ProjectileLeaves as a projectile when it is fired or thrown.,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.
One Big Cat Pie gives 80 calories, 15 hydration and hunter vision 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 30s.
Big Cat Pie stats
Health
+2
Calories
+80
Hydration
+15
Hunter vision
for 30 minutes
Big Cat Pie stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Big Cat Pie is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #309017792, console shortname pie.bigcat). In active play, it follows standard server rules for food and drink gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 3 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A pie made from jungle cat meat, purrfect temperature. Boosts hunger, health and hydration. Shows nearby animal tracks for a short time.
Acquisition profile (game files): Cooking Workbench recipe, 3 slots in a fixed order, 30 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 pie.bigcat in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Big Cat Pie crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Big Cat Pie has no workbench recipe: it is mixed at a Cooking Workbench, 30 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 Big Cat Pie compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Big Cat Pie against related food in Rust, mix it at a Cooking Workbench (30 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
Big Cat Pie
Food
3 per slot
Cooking Workbench
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Shepherds Pie
Food
3 per slot
Cooking Workbench
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Survivor's Pie
Food
3 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Pumpkin Pie
Food
3 per slot
Cooking Workbench
No blueprint
Not recyclable
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Frequently asked questions about Big Cat Pie in Rust
How much food and water does the Big Cat Pie give in Rust?
The Big Cat Pie gives 80 calories, 15 hydration and 2 health at once in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 309017792 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid 309017792 3.
How do you get the Big Cat Pie in Rust?
The Big Cat Pie is mixed in Rust at a Cooking Workbench from 3 Wheat, 3 Egg and 2 Cooked Big Cat Meat, placed in slots 1 to 3 in that order; one batch takes 30 seconds and makes 1.
How long does the Big Cat Pie take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Big Cat Pie despawns after 5 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 Big Cat Pie in Rust?
The Big Cat Pie stacks to 3 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 309017792).
What is the item ID for the Big Cat Pie in Rust?
The Big Cat Pie has 32-bit signed item ID 309017792 and shortname pie.bigcat 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 3 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Big Cat Pie in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Big Cat Pie in the F1 developer console with inventory.give pie.bigcat 3 or inventory.giveid 309017792 3 for 3 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.