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Egg
Food and drink,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,SpoilsSpoils over time and turns into something else.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
One Egg gives 40 calories and 15 hydration, plus 2 health over time.
In Rust, Egg is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #1858828593, console shortname egg). 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 5 minutes.
An egg laid by a chicken, will hatch in a coop. Can be eaten raw but best saved for a recipe.
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 egg in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Egg crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Egg 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 Egg compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Egg 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
Egg
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 Egg against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Egg in Rust
How much food and water does the Egg give in Rust?
The Egg gives 40 calories, 15 hydration and 2 health over time in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 1858828593 across 198 food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1858828593 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Egg take to spoil in Rust?
The Egg spoils after 48 hours and turns into Spoiled Produce in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID 1858828593 alongside 197 related food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid 1858828593 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Egg take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Egg despawns after 5 minutes by default. Moving it 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 the Egg in Rust?
The Egg 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 5 minutes under the Food category (item ID 1858828593).
What is the item ID for the Egg in Rust?
The Egg has 32-bit signed item ID 1858828593 and shortname egg 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 Egg in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Egg in the F1 developer console with inventory.give egg 20 or inventory.giveid 1858828593 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.