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Sunflower
Seed and plant,Uncommon,CompostableGoes in the composter.
One inventory slot holds 20 of the Sunflower, against 50 for most seeds and plants.
In Rust, Sunflower is a seed and plant in the Food category (item ID #-611118083, console shortname sunflower). In active play, it follows standard server rules for seed and plant gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 20 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
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 sunflower in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Sunflower crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Sunflower 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 Sunflower compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Sunflower 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
Sunflower
Food
20 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Sunflower Clone
Food
50 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Sunflower Seed
Food
50 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Black Berry Clone
Food
50 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Related items
Compare Sunflower with closely related seed and plant sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Sunflower against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Sunflower in Rust
How do you get the Sunflower in Rust?
The Sunflower is picked up off the ground on the map in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID -611118083 across 198 food and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -611118083 20.
Where do you find the Sunflower in Rust?
On the map, the Sunflower is picked up off the ground in Rust. It sits in the Food catalog with item ID -611118083 alongside 197 related food, while F1 console command inventory.giveid -611118083 20 spawns 20 units for testing across 198 published Food entries.
How much Fertilizer does the Sunflower give in a Composter in Rust?
The Sunflower breaks down in a Composter into 0.1 Fertilizer per unit in Rust, or 2 Fertilizer per stack of 20. Under the Food category (ID -611118083, shortname sunflower), it stacks to 20 per slot and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped.
How many units of the Sunflower fit in a container or inventory in Rust?
The Sunflower stacks up to 20 units per slot in Rust, allowing a 24-slot main player inventory to carry 480 units and a 48-slot large wood box to hold 960 units. Within the Food category (198 items), it uses item ID -611118083 and despawns after 20 minutes.
What is the item ID for the Sunflower in Rust?
The Sunflower has 32-bit signed item ID -611118083 and shortname sunflower 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 Sunflower in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Sunflower in the F1 developer console with inventory.give sunflower 20 or inventory.giveid -611118083 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.