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Animal Fat

Harvested from animals, combine with cloth to create a low quality fuel source.

In Rust, 3 crafting recipes call for Animal Fat: the Large Candle Set, Small Candle Set and Low Grade Fuel. Butchering 10 kinds of animals gives it, up to 120 per corpse from the Crocodile.

About the Animal Fat

Other animals give less: Panther (100 each), Tiger (100 each), Bull (40 each) and 6 more. Gutting fish gives it too: Small Shark (20), Catfish (18), Orange Roughy (18) and 6 more. It stacks to 1,000 in one inventory slot.

Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.