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Painted Egg
Event item and key,UpgradeUpgrades a building block to a better tier.
The Painted Egg combines into a Bronze Egg at ten to one.
Painted Egg stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Painted Egg is a event item and key in the Misc category (item ID #-126305173, console shortname easter.paintedeggs). In active play, it follows standard server rules for event item and key gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 1,000 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Some simple painted eggs. Collect 10 to upgrade to a bronze egg.
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.paintedeggs in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Painted Egg crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Painted 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 Painted Egg stacks to 1,000.
How Painted Egg compares to related misc in Rust
When comparing Painted 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
Painted Egg
Misc
1,000 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Silver Egg
Misc
10 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Gold 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
Compare Painted Egg with closely related event item and key sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Painted Egg against every item in its inventory category, browse All 50 items in Misc.
Frequently asked questions about Painted Egg in Rust
How long does the Painted Egg take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Painted 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 Painted Egg in Rust?
The Painted Egg stacks to 1,000 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 -126305173).
What category and item family does the Painted Egg belong to in Rust?
The Painted Egg belongs to the Misc category (50 published items, 18 with crafting blueprints) and sits in the event item and key display family alongside 49 other misc items in Rust. For server administration and conveyor filters, it uses shortname easter.paintedeggs and item ID -126305173.
Can you craft or research the Painted Egg at a workbench in Rust?
The Painted Egg has no crafting blueprint in Rust and cannot be made at a workbench or Research Table. Within the Misc category (18 craftable of 50), it spawns in the world or via inventory.give easter.paintedeggs 1000, with item ID -126305173 and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped.
What is the item ID for the Painted Egg in Rust?
The Painted Egg has 32-bit signed item ID -126305173 and shortname easter.paintedeggs 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 1,000 units per slot).
What is the give command for the Painted Egg in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Painted Egg in the F1 developer console with inventory.give easter.paintedeggs 1,000 or inventory.giveid -126305173 1,000 for 1,000 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.