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Blueberries
Food and drink,Uncommon,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,SpoilsSpoils over time and turns into something else.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
Blueberries are worth 30 calories and go off after 48 hours.
Blueberries stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Blueberries is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-586342290, console shortname blueberries). In active play, they follow 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.
Blueberries picked from berry bushes. 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 blueberries in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Blueberries crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Blueberries have no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 3 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 Blueberries compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Blueberries 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
Blueberries
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
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 Blueberries against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Blueberries in Rust
How much food and water do Blueberries give in Rust?
Blueberries give 30 calories, 20 hydration and 10 health at once, and take away 5 poison in Rust. They belong to the Food category under numeric ID -586342290 across 198 food, stacking to 20 units per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -586342290 20.
How long do Blueberries take to spoil in Rust?
Blueberries spoil after 48 hours and turn into Spoiled Produce in Rust. They sit in the Food catalog with item ID -586342290 alongside 197 related food and despawn after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -586342290 20.
How long do Blueberries take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Blueberries despawn after 20 minutes by default. Moving them 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 Blueberries in Rust?
Blueberries stack 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 -586342290).
What is the item ID for Blueberries in Rust?
Blueberries have 32-bit signed item ID -586342290 and shortname blueberries 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 Blueberries in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn Blueberries in the F1 developer console with inventory.give blueberries 20 or inventory.giveid -586342290 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.