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Worm
Food and drink,ConsumableConsumed when you use it.,CompostableGoes in the composter.
One Worm still gives 1 calories but costs 10 hydration.
In Rust, Worm is a food and drink in the Food category (item ID #1770475779, console shortname worm). In active play, it follows standard server rules for food and drink gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 25 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A small, writhing worm that can be used for bait. Could also be eaten in desperate situations.
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 worm in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Worm crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Worm 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 Worm compares to related food in Rust
When comparing Worm 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
Worm
Food
25 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Cooling Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Crafting Quality Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Advanced Warming Tea
Food
10 per slot
Mixing Table
No blueprint
Not recyclable
To compare Worm against every item in its inventory category, browse All 198 items in Food.
Frequently asked questions about Worm in Rust
How much food and water does the Worm give in Rust?
The Worm gives 1 calories, and costs 10 hydration in Rust. It belongs to the Food category under numeric ID 1770475779 across 198 food, while server administrators can spawn it directly in the F1 console using inventory.giveid 1770475779 25 across 198 published Food entries.
How long does the Worm take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Worm 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.
What is the stack size of the Worm in Rust?
The Worm stacks to 25 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 1770475779).
How much Fertilizer does the Worm give in a Composter in Rust?
The Worm breaks down in a Composter into 0.1 Fertilizer per unit in Rust, or 2.5 Fertilizer per stack of 25. Under the Food category (ID 1770475779, shortname worm), it carries a bait value of 2.5, stacks to 25 per slot and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped.
What is the item ID for the Worm in Rust?
The Worm has 32-bit signed item ID 1770475779 and shortname worm 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 25 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Worm in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Worm in the F1 developer console with inventory.give worm 25 or inventory.giveid 1770475779 25 for 25 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.