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One Can of Tuna gives 50 calories and 15 hydration, plus 2 health over time.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Can of Tuna, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Underwater Lab Food Crate | 27.1% | 1 to 3 |
 Trash Pile | 23.6% | 1 to 3 |
 Food Cache | 22.5% | 1 to 6 |
 Food Crate | 21.3% | 1 to 3 |
 Shore Crate | 18.7% | 1 to 3 |
 Ration Box | 12.9% | 1 to 2 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
In Rust, Can of Tuna is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-1941646328, console shortname can.tuna). 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.
Chunked tuna found as loot. Eating it provides a small boost to health, hunger, and thirst.
In Rust, Can of Tuna 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.
When comparing Can of Tuna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can of Tuna | Food | 10 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Can of Beans | Food | 10 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Wheat | Food | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Raw Mutton | Food | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Can of Tuna with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Can of Tuna against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
The Can of Tuna gives 50 calories, 15 hydration and 2 health over time in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -1941646328 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid -1941646328 10.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Can of Tuna 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.
The Can of Tuna 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 -1941646328).
The Can of Tuna drops from 6 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Underwater Lab Food Crate (27.1% chance), Trash Pile (23.6% chance), and Food Cache (22.5% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Can of Tuna leaves behind 1 Empty Tuna Can in your inventory each time it is consumed in Rust. Indexed under the Food category with item ID -1941646328 (shortname can.tuna), it stacks up to 10 per slot and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped.
The Can of Tuna has 32-bit signed item ID -1941646328 and shortname can.tuna 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).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Can of Tuna in the F1 developer console with inventory.give can.tuna 10 or inventory.giveid -1941646328 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.