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Gutting the Sardine gives 1 Bone Fragments, 1 Raw Fish and 5 Animal Fat.
In Rust, Sardine is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #-1654233406, console shortname fish.sardine). 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.
A small oily fish, commonly found in large schools.
In Rust, Sardine 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.
When comparing Sardine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardine | Food | 10 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Catfish | Food | 5 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Spoiled Fish Meat | Food | 20 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Herring | Food | 10 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Sardine with closely related food and drink sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Sardine against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
The Sardine is caught fishing in any water in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -1654233406 across 198 food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -1654233406 10 spawns 10 units for testing across 198 published Food entries (18 with crafting blueprints).
The Sardine 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 -1654233406).
The Sardine breaks down in a Composter into 0.8 Fertilizer per unit in Rust, or 8 Fertilizer per stack of 10. Under the Food category (ID -1654233406, shortname fish.sardine), it carries a bait value of 2, stacks to 10 per slot and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped.
The Sardine yields 1 Bone Fragments and 1 Raw Fish and 5 Animal Fat when gutted from the inventory screen in Rust. Filed under the Food category with numeric item ID -1654233406 (shortname fish.sardine), it stacks up to 10 per slot and despawns after 5 minutes on the ground.
The Sardine has no durability bar in Rust and never loses condition in storage or on the belt, so condition never degrades during use. Grouped with 198 food entries under Food, it stacks to 10 per slot and despawns in 5 minutes.
The Sardine has 32-bit signed item ID -1654233406 and shortname fish.sardine 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 Sardine in the F1 developer console with inventory.give fish.sardine 10 or inventory.giveid -1654233406 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.