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The Honeycomb turns into a Jar of Honey in 0.13 seconds in the Large Furnace, the quickest of three places to cook it.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Honeycomb, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Natural Beehive | Every time | 4 to 6 |
 Underwater Lab Food Crate | 27.1% | 1 to 3 |
 Trash Pile | 23.6% | 1 to 3 |
 Food Cache | 22.5% | 1 to 6 |
 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, Honeycomb is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-1513203236, console shortname honeycomb). 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.
Building blocks of a hive, taken from a natural beehive. Can be cooked in a furnace to guarantee honey, or extracted for honey and a small chance of a nucleus.
In Rust, Honeycomb 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 Honeycomb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb | Food | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Creamy Pure Healing Tea | Food | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Creamy Pure Max Health Tea | Food | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
| Pumpkin Pie | Food | 3 per slot | Cooking Workbench | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Honeycomb with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Honeycomb against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
The Honeycomb gives 5 calories in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -1513203236 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid -1513203236 20 across 198 published Food entries (18 with crafting blueprints).
The Honeycomb turns into a Jar of Honey at one unit every 0.13 seconds in the Large Furnace, or every 0.4 seconds in the Electric Furnace, or every 0.67 seconds in the Furnace in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -1513203236 across 198 food.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Honeycomb 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.
The Honeycomb 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 -1513203236).
The Honeycomb has 32-bit signed item ID -1513203236 and shortname honeycomb 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).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Honeycomb in the F1 developer console with inventory.give honeycomb 20 or inventory.giveid -1513203236 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.