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Crude Oil stacks 500 to a slot, where most resources stack 1,000.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop Crude Oil, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Oil Barrel | Every time | 15 to 19 |
 Underwater Lab Fuel Crate | Every time | 30 to 38 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
One item gives back Crude Oil in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Coal :( | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
What one of each item gives back in Crude Oil, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “2 + 40%” means 2 every time and a 40% chance of one more.
In Rust, Crude Oil is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-321733511, console shortname crude.oil). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 500 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Raw Oil out of the ground, must be refined in a refinery to be used.
In Rust, Crude Oil has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 2 world loot tables 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 Resources catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
When comparing Crude Oil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | Resources | 500 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 Crude Oil against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
Crude Oil turns into Low Grade Fuel at one unit every 3.33 seconds in the Small Oil Refinery in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -321733511 across 36 resources and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server.
Crude Oil comes back from 1 item in a recycler in Rust. It sits in the Resources catalog with item ID -321733511 alongside 35 related resources and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -321733511 500.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Crude Oil 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.
Crude Oil drops from 2 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Oil Barrel (guaranteed every time) and Underwater Lab Fuel Crate (guaranteed every time). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
Crude Oil has 32-bit signed item ID -321733511 and shortname crude.oil 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 500 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Crude Oil in the F1 developer console with inventory.give crude.oil 500 or inventory.giveid -321733511 500 for 500 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.