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Black Berry
Food and drink,Uncommon,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,SpoilsSpoils over time and turns into something else.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
Black Berry stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Black Berry is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #1771755747, console shortname black.berry). In active play, it follows standard server rules for food and drink gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 20 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
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 black.berry in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Black Berry crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Black Berry has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on map collection, smelting, or vendor trades 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 Black Berry compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Black Berry 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
Black Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Green Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
White Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Blue Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Related items
Compare Black Berry with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Black Berry against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Black Berry in Rust
How much food and water does the Black Berry give in Rust?
The Black Berry gives 5 calories and 2 hydration in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 1771755747 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid 1771755747 20 across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Black Berry take to spoil in Rust?
The Black Berry spoils after 48 hours and turns into Spoiled Produce in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID 1771755747 alongside 197 related food, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1771755747 20 across 198 published Food entries (18 with crafting blueprints).
How do you get the Black Berry in Rust?
The Black Berry is picked up off the ground on the map in Rust. It is indexed under the Food category alongside 197 other food in Rust (item ID 1771755747) and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1771755747 20.
How long does the Black Berry take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Black Berry 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 Black Berry in Rust?
The Black Berry 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 Food category (item ID 1771755747).
What is the item ID for the Black Berry in Rust?
The Black Berry has 32-bit signed item ID 1771755747 and shortname black.berry 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 20 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Black Berry in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Black Berry in the F1 developer console with inventory.give black.berry 20 or inventory.giveid 1771755747 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.