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Red Berry
Food and drink,Uncommon,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,SpoilsSpoils over time and turns into something else.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
Once dropped, the Red Berry lasts 20 minutes on the ground before it despawns.
In Rust, Red Berry is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #1272194103, console shortname red.berry). 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.
A red berry. Can be eaten or used in mixing table recipes to create teas.
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 red.berry in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Red Berry crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Red Berry has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 1 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 Red Berry compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Red Berry 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
Red Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Yellow Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Blue Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Green Berry
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
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To compare Red Berry against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Red Berry in Rust
How much food and water does the Red Berry give in Rust?
The Red Berry gives 5 calories and 2 hydration in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 1272194103 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid 1272194103 20 across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Red Berry take to spoil in Rust?
The Red Berry spoils after 48 hours and turns into Spoiled Produce in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID 1272194103 alongside 197 related food, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1272194103 20 across 198 published Food entries (18 with crafting blueprints).
How do you get the Red Berry in Rust?
The Red Berry 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 1272194103) and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1272194103 20.
Which crates drop the Red Berry in Rust?
The Red Berry drops from 1 container and NPC loot table in Rust, led by Food Cache (14.6% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
What is the item ID for the Red Berry in Rust?
The Red Berry has 32-bit signed item ID 1272194103 and shortname red.berry 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 Red Berry in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Red Berry in the F1 developer console with inventory.give red.berry 20 or inventory.giveid 1272194103 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.