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Animal Fat

Resource

Animal Fat goes into 3 recipes and is harvested from 14 animals (Bear, Boar, Bull and 11 more).

Where to findRecycled fromUsed in

Where to find Animal Fat

GatheredGutting

Animal Fat from one animal, tool by tool

Animal	Hatchet +12, keeps 100%	Mace +5, keeps 83%	Jackhammer +3, keeps 71%	Chainsaw +1, keeps 67%	Stone Hatchet +1, keeps 60%	Rock +4, keeps 50%	Pickaxe +3, keeps 45%
Crocodile	120	101	86	80	72	60	54
Polar bear	120	102	87	80	73	60	55
Bear	100	84	73	67	60	50	45
Panther	100	84	73	67	60	50	45
Tiger	100	84	72	67	61	50	45
Boar	40	35	30	30	25	20	18
Bull	40	34	30	27	24	20	18
Cow	40	34	30	27	24	20	18
Shark	40	34	29	30	25	20	18
Sheep	20	17	15	14	13	10	9
Horse	10	9	8	8	6	5	4
Snake	10	10	10	0	10	5	5
Stag	10	9	8	8	6	5	4
Wolf	10	9	8	8	6	5	4

What a full node, tree or animal leaves in your inventory, finish bonus included when the tool earns it.

Hatchet column: also Salvaged Axe, Sickle, Bone Knife, Combat Knife, Butcher Knife, Vampire Stake, Skinning Knife, Frontier Hatchet, Prototype Hatchet, Abyss Metal Hatchet, Obsidian Bone Knife and Sunken Combat Knife.

Mace column: also Machete, Longsword, Baseball Bat, Salvaged Sword and Salvaged Cleaver.

Jackhammer column: also Stone Pickaxe, Salvaged Icepick and Concrete Pickaxe.

Chainsaw column: also Kreig Chainsword.

Stone Hatchet column: also Concrete Hatchet.

Rock column: also Skull, Bone Club, Jungle Rock and Candy Cane Club.

Pickaxe column: also Salvaged Hammer, Prototype Pickaxe and Abyss Metal Pickaxe.

Every animal, with its health and what it drops

Animal Fat from gutting fish

From	You get	Chance
Small Shark	20	Every time
Catfish	18	Every time
Orange Roughy	18	Every time
Salmon	16	Every time
Yellow Perch	9	Every time
Small Trout	8	Every time
Sardine	5	Every time
Anchovy	1	Every time
Herring	1	Every time

Animal Fat recycling

12 items give back Animal Fat in a recycler

Item	Red recycler	Green recycler (powered)	Green recycler	Yellow recycler
Large Candle Set	15	12	10	8
Heavy Frankenstein Head	11 + 25%	9	7 + 50%	6
Heavy Frankenstein Legs	11 + 25%	9	7 + 50%	6
Heavy Frankenstein Torso	11 + 25%	9	7 + 50%	6
Light Frankenstein Head	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Light Frankenstein Legs	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Light Frankenstein Torso	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Medium Frankenstein Head	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Medium Frankenstein Legs	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Medium Frankenstein Torso	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Small Candle Set	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Low Grade Fuel	56%	45%	38%	30%

What one of each item gives back in Animal Fat, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “11 + 25%” means 11 every time and a 25% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.

Used to craft (4)

Mixed at the Mixing Table and Cooking Workbench

Low Grade Fuel 3

Animal Fat stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust

In Rust, Animal Fat is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-1018587433, console shortname fat.animal). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 1,000 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.

Harvested from animals, combine with cloth to create a low quality fuel source.

Acquisition profile (game files): Uncraftable in vanilla Rust (0 loot tables, 3 downstream recipes)
Monument recycling yield: Non-recyclable at green, yellow, or red units (3 downstream recipes)
Maintenance rule: Carries no condition wear bar and needs no bench maintenance
Conveyor & sorting profile: Filter by shortname fat.animal in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting

Animal Fat crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust

In Rust, Animal Fat 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 3 downstream crafting recipes use it. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.

What it is used for

Animal Fat goes into the Large Candle Set, Low Grade Fuel and the Small Candle Set.

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Resources 1

How Animal Fat compares to related resources in Rust

When comparing Animal Fat against related resources 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
Animal Fat	Resources	1,000 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Battery - Small	Resources	1 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Bone Fragments	Resources	1,000 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Empty Can Of Beans	Resources	10 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable

To compare Animal Fat against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.

Frequently asked questions about Animal Fat in Rust

Where do you find Animal Fat in Rust?

On the map, Animal Fat is harvested from 14 animals (Bear, Boar, Bull and 11 more) in Rust. It comes from gutting 9 kinds of fish. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -1018587433 across 36 resources across 36 published Resources entries.

What is Animal Fat used for in Rust?

In Rust, Animal Fat belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -1018587433 (shortname fat.animal) and stacks to 1,000 units per slot across 36 published Resources entries. It goes into 3 recipes: Low Grade Fuel, the Small Candle Set, and the Large Candle Set.

How long does Animal Fat take to despawn in Rust?

Dropped on the ground in Rust, Animal Fat 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 Animal Fat in Rust?

Animal Fat 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 Resources category (item ID -1018587433).

What is the item ID for Animal Fat in Rust?

Animal Fat has 32-bit signed item ID -1018587433 and shortname fat.animal in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Resources category (stack limit 1,000 units per slot).

What is the give command for Animal Fat in Rust?

Server administrators in Rust spawn Animal Fat in the F1 developer console with inventory.give fat.animal 1,000 or inventory.giveid -1018587433 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.