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One Potato gives 125 calories and 5 hydration, plus 6 health over time.
Potato lying on the ground, ready to pick up
| Name | You get |
|---|---|
| Potato | 1 |
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Potato, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Food Cache | 34.3% | 1 to 6 |
 Underwater Lab Food Crate | 27.1% | 1 to 3 |
 Trash Pile | 23.6% | 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, Potato is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-2086926071, console shortname potato). 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.
In Rust, Potato has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 5 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 Potato 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potato | Food | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Bread Loaf | Food | 10 per slot | Cooking Workbench | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Advanced Healing Tea | Food | 10 per slot | Mixing Table | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Creamy Pure Cooling Tea | Food | 10 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Potato with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Potato against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
The Potato gives 125 calories, 5 hydration and 6 health over time in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -2086926071 across 198 food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -2086926071 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
The Potato spoils after 48 hours and turns into Spoiled Produce in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID -2086926071 alongside 197 related food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -2086926071 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
The Potato 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 -2086926071), while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid -2086926071 20.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Potato despawns after 20 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 Potato 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 -2086926071).
The Potato has 32-bit signed item ID -2086926071 and shortname potato 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 Potato in the F1 developer console with inventory.give potato 20 or inventory.giveid -2086926071 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.
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