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Gold Egg
Event item and key
The Gold Egg is made by combining ten Silver Eggs.
In Rust, Gold Egg is a event item and key in the Misc category (item ID #-1002156085, console shortname easter.goldegg). In active play, it follows standard server rules for event item and key gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 10 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 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 easter.goldegg in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Gold Egg crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Gold Egg 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 Misc catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
Where it sits
Most event items and keys stack to 1; the Gold Egg stacks to 10.
How Gold Egg compares to related misc in Rust
When comparing Gold Egg against related misc 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
Gold Egg
Misc
10 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Painted Egg
Misc
1,000 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Bronze Egg
Misc
10 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Apartment Key
Misc
1 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Related items
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Frequently asked questions about Gold Egg in Rust
How do you get the Gold Egg in Rust?
The Gold Egg is made by combining 10 Silver Eggs in Rust. It belongs to the Misc category under numeric ID -1002156085 across 50 misc and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1002156085 10 across 50 published Misc entries.
How long does the Gold Egg take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Gold Egg 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.
What is the stack size of the Gold Egg in Rust?
The Gold Egg 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 Misc category (item ID -1002156085).
Can you recycle the Gold Egg at a monument recycler in Rust?
The Gold Egg cannot be shredded inside a monument green recycler (50% base efficiency) or a safe-zone yellow recycler (40% base efficiency) in Rust. No published item recycles into it across the 50 Misc entries either, and dropped copies despawn after 5 minutes (item ID -1002156085).
What is the item ID for the Gold Egg in Rust?
The Gold Egg has 32-bit signed item ID -1002156085 and shortname easter.goldegg in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Misc category (stack limit 10 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Gold Egg in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Gold Egg in the F1 developer console with inventory.give easter.goldegg 10 or inventory.giveid -1002156085 10 for 10 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.