Hand-picked resource
Red Berry Bush
Pick up Red Berry Bush by hand in Rust for 1 Red Berry, 1 Red Berry Seed. No tool needed.
Where it lives
on a 4,000 m mapEvery 60 seconds the game adds back what is missing from each spawn group, up to 100 per group, at new random spots in its biomes. How respawns work.
Hand-picked yield
no tool needed
A seed lets you farm it. See Farming & Crops.
Methodology
Tested in game on our own server: the number the game aims for in each population on a 4,000 m map. A server can change the settings. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Red Berry Bush: common questions
Where does the Red Berry Bush spawn in Rust?
On a 4,000 m map, Temperate and Tundra: 10 per km² (160 in all); Jungle: 10 per km² (160 in all). Every 60 seconds the game adds back what is missing from each spawn group, up to 100 per group, at new random spots in its biomes.
What does a Red Berry Bush give?
1 Red Berry, 1 Red Berry Seed, picked by hand.