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Leather

Resource, Uncommon

Leather goes into 16 recipes and is harvested from 13 animals (Bear, Boar, Bull and 10 more).

Where to findRecycled fromUsed in

Where to find Leather

Leather 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	170	142	122	114	102	85	77
Polar bear	125	106	91	84	76	63	57
Bear	100	84	73	67	60	50	45
Bull	100	85	74	67	61	50	46
Cow	100	85	74	67	61	50	46
Panther	100	84	73	67	60	50	45
Wolf	75	64	55	56	46	38	35
Tiger	70	59	50	47	43	35	31
Horse	50	44	39	38	31	25	23
Stag	50	44	39	38	31	25	23
Shark	40	34	29	30	25	20	18
Boar	20	18	15	15	12	10	9
Sheep	20	17	15	14	13	10	9

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

Leather recycling

17 items give back Leather in a recycler

Item	Red recycler	Green recycler (powered)	Green recycler	Yellow recycler
Metal Chest Plate	37 + 50%	30	25	20
Metal Facemask	37 + 50%	30	25	20
Bear Skin Rug	15	12	10	8
Boots	15	12	10	8
Leather Gloves	15	12	10	8
Road Sign Gloves	15	12	10	8
Road Sign Jacket	15	12	10	8
Saddle bag	15	12	10	8
Tactical Gloves	15	12	10	8
Hide Poncho	11 + 25%	9	7 + 50%	6
Hide Boots	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Hide Halterneck	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Hide Pants	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Hide Skirt	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Hide Vest	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Metal Shield	7 + 50%	6	5	4
Road Sign Kilt	7 + 50%	6	5	4

What one of each item gives back in Leather, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “37 + 50%” means 37 every time and a 50% chance of one more.

Used to craft (16)

Leather stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust

In Rust, Leather is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #1381010055, console shortname leather). 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 20 minutes.

Leather from an animal. Used in many clothing items and more.

Acquisition profile (game files): Uncraftable in vanilla Rust (0 loot tables, 16 downstream recipes)
Monument recycling yield: Non-recyclable at green, yellow, or red units (16 downstream recipes)
Maintenance rule: Carries no condition wear bar and needs no bench maintenance
Conveyor & sorting profile: Filter by shortname leather in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting

Leather crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust

In Rust, Leather 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 16 downstream crafting recipes use it. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.

How Leather compares to related resources in Rust

When comparing Leather 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
Leather	Resources	1,000 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Diesel Fuel	Resources	20 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Human Skull	Resources	1 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable
Metal Ore	Resources	1,000 per slot	World loot / gather	No blueprint	Not recyclable

Frequently asked questions about Leather in Rust

Where do you find Leather in Rust?

On the map, Leather is harvested from 13 animals (Bear, Boar, Bull and 10 more) in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID 1381010055 across 36 resources and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 1381010055 1,000.

What is Leather used for in Rust?

In Rust, Leather belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID 1381010055 (shortname leather) and stacks to 1,000 units per slot across 36 published Resources entries. It goes into 16 recipes, most of them attire (15), such as the Metal Chest Plate, Boots and Leather Gloves.

How long does Leather take to despawn in Rust?

Dropped on the ground in Rust, Leather despawns after 20 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 Leather in Rust?

Leather 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 20 minutes under the Resources category (item ID 1381010055).

What is the item ID for Leather in Rust?

Leather has 32-bit signed item ID 1381010055 and shortname leather 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 Leather in Rust?

Server administrators in Rust spawn Leather in the F1 developer console with inventory.give leather 1,000 or inventory.giveid 1381010055 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.