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Sulfur Ore
Resource,Rare,Cookable
Sulfur Ore smelts into Sulfur one unit every 1.67 seconds in a Furnace and every 0.33 seconds in a Large Furnace.
What a full node, tree or animal leaves in your inventory, finish bonus included when the tool earns it. Rougher tools destroy part of what they hit, which is why the numbers fall from left to right.
Pickaxe column: also Jackhammer, Salvaged Icepick, Prototype Pickaxe and Abyss Metal Pickaxe.
In Rust, Sulfur Ore is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-1157596551, console shortname sulfur.ore). 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 40 minutes.
A rock containing sulfur. The sulfur can be extracted using a furnace.
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 sulfur.ore in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting
Sulfur Ore crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
In Rust, Sulfur Ore 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 Resources catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
How Sulfur Ore compares to related resources in Rust
When comparing Sulfur Ore 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
Sulfur Ore
Resources
1,000 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
High Quality Metal Ore
Resources
100 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Metal Ore
Resources
1,000 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Animal Fat
Resources
1,000 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
Related items
Compare Sulfur Ore with closely related resource sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Sulfur Ore against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
Frequently asked questions about Sulfur Ore in Rust
Where do you find Sulfur Ore in Rust?
On the map, Sulfur Ore is mined from the Sulfur ore node and picked up off the ground in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -1157596551 across 36 resources and despawns after 40 minutes when dropped on a default server.
How long does Sulfur Ore take to smelt in Rust?
Sulfur Ore turns into Sulfur at one unit every 0.33 seconds in the Large Furnace, or every 1 second in the Electric Furnace, or every 1.67 seconds in the Furnace in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -1157596551 across 36 resources.
How long does Sulfur Ore take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Sulfur Ore despawns after 40 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 Sulfur Ore in Rust?
Sulfur Ore 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 40 minutes under the Resources category (item ID -1157596551).
What is the item ID for Sulfur Ore in Rust?
Sulfur Ore has 32-bit signed item ID -1157596551 and shortname sulfur.ore 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 Sulfur Ore in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn Sulfur Ore in the F1 developer console with inventory.give sulfur.ore 1,000 or inventory.giveid -1157596551 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.