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Once dropped, the Birthday Cake lasts 5 minutes on the ground before it despawns.
In Rust, Birthday Cake is a tool in the Tools category (item ID #1973165031, console shortname cakefiveyear). In active play, it follows standard server rules for tool gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
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In Rust, Birthday Cake 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 Tools catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
When comparing Birthday Cake against related tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birthday Cake | Tools | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Boat Building Plan | Construction | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 120 path | Not recyclable |
| Water Bucket | Tools | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 15 node / 15 path | Not recyclable |
| Building Plan | Construction | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
To compare Birthday Cake against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Tools.
The Birthday Cake cannot be shredded inside a monument green recycler (50% base efficiency) or a safe-zone yellow recycler (40% base efficiency) in Rust. No published item recycles into it across the 36 Tools entries either, and dropped copies despawn after 5 minutes (item ID 1973165031).
The Birthday Cake carries a maximum condition pool of 10 in Rust, but its durability cannot be restored once worn. Once it reaches 0 condition through active use, it must be replaced (item ID 1973165031, shortname cakefiveyear). It belongs to the Tools category in Rust.
The Birthday Cake is limited to 1 unit per slot in Rust, so each copy takes its own slot in a 24-slot player inventory, 6-slot belt, or 48-slot large wood box. Across 36 Tools entries, it carries ID 1973165031 and despawns after 5 minutes.
The Birthday Cake remains on the ground for 5 minutes (300 seconds) before despawning on a default Rust server. Picking it back up into an inventory (up to 1 per slot) or storage box resets that timer under the Tools category (item ID 1973165031).
The Birthday Cake has 32-bit signed item ID 1973165031 and shortname cakefiveyear in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Tools category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Birthday Cake in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give cakefiveyear 1 or inventory.giveid 1973165031 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.