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The Red Roman Candle is part of the Small Fireworks Pack in the item store, with 100 health once placed.
What one batch takes.
The same recipe expanded until every line is something you gather, smelt or loot.
Metal Fragments
Animal Fat
Cloth
Metal Fragments
Low Grade Fuel
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
[
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 25,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 10,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "lowgradefuel"
}
]
No workbench, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 1, 3.75s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.
What the Red Roman Candle gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 7 + 50% Low Grade Fuel, 18 + 75% Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 6 Low Grade Fuel, 15 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 5 Low Grade Fuel, 12 + 50% Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 4 Low Grade Fuel, 10 Metal Fragments |
The Red Roman Candle breaks down into Low Grade Fuel and Metal Fragments.
A recycler takes 2 per cycle, so a full stack of 20 goes through in 10 cycles.
Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “7 + 50%” means 7 every time and a 50% chance of one more.
In Rust, Red Roman Candle is a fun and decoration in the Fun category (item ID #-1486461488, console shortname firework.romancandle.red). In active play, it follows standard server rules for fun and decoration gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 20 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
A small repeating firework, shoots a series of red balls into the air.
Crafting Red Roman Candle in Rust takes 15 seconds by hand without a workbench, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
Most fun and decoration items stack to 1; the Red Roman Candle stacks to 20.
When comparing Red Roman Candle against related fun in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (15 seconds per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Roman Candle | Fun | 20 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Blue Roman Candle | Fun | 20 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Violet Roman Candle | Fun | 20 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Green Roman Candle | Fun | 20 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Red Roman Candle with closely related fun and decoration sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Red Roman Candle against every item in its inventory category, browse All 63 items in Fun.
The Red Roman Candle has 100 health once placed in Rust. It belongs to the Fun category under numeric ID -1486461488 across 63 fun and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server across 63 published Fun entries (57 with crafting blueprints).
The Red Roman Candle is crafted by hand from 25 Metal Fragments and 10 Low Grade Fuel in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.
The Red Roman Candle recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 5 Low Grade Fuel and 12 Metal Fragments plus a 50% chance of one more. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.
The Red Roman Candle takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Fun category under numeric ID -1486461488 across 63 fun, stacking up to 20 units per inventory or container slot.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Red Roman Candle despawns after 5 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
The Red Roman Candle 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 5 minutes under the Fun category (item ID -1486461488).
The Red Roman Candle has 32-bit signed item ID -1486461488 and shortname firework.romancandle.red in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Fun category (stack limit 20 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Red Roman Candle in the F1 developer console with inventory.give firework.romancandle.red 20 or inventory.giveid -1486461488 20 for 20 units. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.