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Vampire Stake

Melee weapon,

The Vampire Stake swings every 1.5 seconds and harvests 100% of what a carcass holds.

Vampire Stake stats

Swing every
1.5s
Harvesting animals
30 gather damage a swing, keeps 100%

Keeps is the share of what the tool breaks off that reaches your inventory. The rest is destroyed with the swing.

What the Vampire Stake brings back from each animal

AnimalYou getSwingsTime
Crocodile19 Raw Crocodile Meat, 170 Bone Fragments, 120 Animal Fat, 170 Leather, 30 Cloth79s
Polar bear22 Raw Bear Meat, 170 Bone Fragments, 120 Animal Fat, 125 Leather, 50 Cloth67.5s
Bear20 Raw Bear Meat, 150 Bone Fragments, 100 Animal Fat, 100 Leather, 50 Cloth67.5s
Panther19 Raw Big Cat Meat, 150 Bone Fragments, 100 Animal Fat, 100 Leather, 50 Cloth67.5s
Tiger19 Raw Big Cat Meat, 150 Bone Fragments, 100 Animal Fat, 70 Leather, 70 Cloth67.5s
Bull20 Raw Beef, 100 Bone Fragments, 40 Animal Fat, 100 Leather, 30 Cloth79s
Cow20 Raw Beef, 100 Bone Fragments, 40 Animal Fat, 100 Leather, 30 Cloth79s
Shark40 Leather, 50 Bone Fragments, 40 Animal Fat, 20 Cloth, 18 Raw Fish56s
Wolf5 Raw Wolf Meat, 40 Bone Fragments, 10 Animal Fat, 75 Leather, 35 Cloth, 1 Wolf Skull79s
Horse5 Raw Horse Meat, 50 Bone Fragments, 10 Animal Fat, 50 Leather, 25 Cloth79s
Stag4 Raw Deer Meat, 50 Bone Fragments, 10 Animal Fat, 50 Leather, 25 Cloth79s
Boar8 Raw Pork, 50 Bone Fragments, 40 Animal Fat, 20 Leather, 10 Cloth79s
Sheep12 Raw Mutton, 50 Bone Fragments, 20 Animal Fat, 20 Leather, 10 Cloth67.5s
Chicken2 Raw Chicken Breast, 12 Bone Fragments, 6 Cloth44.5s
Snake4 Snake Venom, 10 Animal Fat44.5s

Swings are counted once the animal is down.

Every animal, with its health and what it drops

Vampire Stake recycling

What the Vampire Stake gives back in each recycler

Recycler Efficiency You get
Red recycler75%75 Wood
Green recycler (powered)60%60 Wood
Green recycler50%50 Wood
Yellow recycler40%40 Wood

The Vampire Stake breaks down into Wood.

A recycler takes one at a time.

Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item.

Vampire Stake stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust

In Rust, Vampire Stake is a melee weapon in the Weapons category (item ID #-885833256, console shortname vampire.stake). When harvesting, it clears a crocodile node in 7 swings while keeping 100% of the yield. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.

A stake adorned with special properties making it able to release the soul of undead creatures with a single strike, as well as yield extra loot from their remains.

  • Acquisition profile (game files): Uncraftable in vanilla Rust (0 loot tables, 0 downstream recipes)
  • Monument recycling yield: Radtown green units return 50% of ingredients (5s cycle), beating 40% yellow safe-zone units by +25%
  • Maintenance rule: Carries no condition wear bar and needs no bench maintenance
  • Conveyor & sorting profile: Filter by shortname vampire.stake in Industrial Conveyors for automated box sorting

Vampire Stake crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust

In Rust, Vampire Stake has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on map collection, smelting, or vendor trades read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.

How Vampire Stake compares to related weapons in Rust

When comparing Vampire Stake against related weapons 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.

ItemCategoryStack LimitCraft / SourceTech Tree / ResearchGreen Recycler Yield
Vampire Stake Weapons1 per slotWorld loot / gatherNo blueprintNot recyclable
Bone Club Weapons1 per slotCrafted by hand10 scrap (Table)Not recyclable
Boomerang Weapons1 per slotCrafted by hand10 scrap (Table)Not recyclable
Candy Cane Club Weapons1 per slotWorld loot / gatherNo blueprintNot recyclable

To compare Vampire Stake against every item in its inventory category, browse All 85 items in Weapons.

Frequently asked questions about Vampire Stake in Rust

How many hits does the Vampire Stake take on a crocodile carcass in Rust?

The Vampire Stake clears a crocodile carcass in 7 swings, about 9 seconds, and keeps 100% of the yield in Rust. It belongs to the Weapons category under numeric ID -885833256 across 85 weapons, stacking up to 1 unit per inventory or container slot.

What does the Vampire Stake recycle into in Rust?

The Vampire Stake recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 50 Wood. It sits in the Weapons catalog with item ID -885833256 alongside 84 related weapons, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -885833256 1 across 85 published Weapons entries (65 with crafting blueprints).

How long does the Vampire Stake take to despawn in Rust?

Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Vampire Stake despawns after 5 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.

Does the Vampire Stake lose condition or require repairs in Rust?

The Vampire Stake carries a maximum condition pool of 0.1 in Rust, but its durability cannot be restored once worn. Once it reaches 0 condition through active use, it must be replaced (item ID -885833256, shortname vampire.stake). It belongs to the Weapons category in Rust.

How many inventory slots does the Vampire Stake take in Rust?

The Vampire Stake 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 85 Weapons entries, it carries ID -885833256 and despawns after 5 minutes.

What is the item ID for the Vampire Stake in Rust?

The Vampire Stake has 32-bit signed item ID -885833256 and shortname vampire.stake in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Weapons category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).

What is the give command for the Vampire Stake in Rust?

Server administrators in Rust spawn the Vampire Stake in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give vampire.stake 1 or inventory.giveid -885833256 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.