How to Get Honey in Rust The Crafting Update

     Bees have finally made their way into Rust, and they’re not just buzzing around for fun. With the Crafting Update, you can now farm honey, create bee grenades, and even use honey for scrap trading or radiation protection. But before you can enjoy the sweet rewards, you’ll need to set up your own beehives, find a beehive nucleus, and understand how different environments affect your honey production.

 

 

 

Beehives and conditions

 

     Beehives require Workbench Level 1 to unlock and craft. They cost 200 wood and can be placed on a floor or garden. Bees work best outdoors, and their happiness depends on temperature and humidity. Higher happiness means faster honey production. Placing a beehive in an enclosed space will prevent it from producing honey.

 

     Different biomes affect honey production. Beehives in the desert receive a 50% temperature score, producing 75% happiness and slow honey. In the snow biome, freezing temperatures lower happiness to 50%, making honey production even slower. The forest biome is the best location, with 100% temperature and humidity.

 

 

Nucleus and honeycomb

 

     To start honey production, you need a Beehive Nucleus. These can be found inside natural beehives, which spawn on oak trees. They are bright orange and easy to spot from a distance. You can also listen for buzzing sounds to locate them. To collect a honeycomb, hit the beehive with a tool or chop down the tree. Be careful, as bees will attack when disturbed. Wearing a hazmat suit will protect you from their stings. Each hive drops 4 to 6 honeycombs, and extracting them gives either honey or a rare beehive nucleus. The drop rate for nuclei is low, so expect to gather around 50 honeycombs before finding one.

 

 

 

Walls and buildings

 

     Beehives consider themselves outdoors unless walls and a roof enclose them. If placed in an open room or on a roof, they maintain 100% happiness. A doorway without a door still counts as outdoors. However, fully enclosed beehives register as indoors, resulting in 0% happiness and no honey production. The best way to protect your hives from raiders while maintaining high productivity is to place them on a roof or use open walls with embrasures.

 

 

     Beehives have 300 HP and can be moved using a hammer. Destroying a beehive drops its contents, but bees won’t attack. You can fit nine beehives on a square foundation without walls but only four if enclosed.

 

 

Honey production

 

     Honeycombs are produced over time and can be harvested manually. Removing all honeycombs resets production and triggers bee attacks. Wearing a hazmat suit prevents damage. Leaving at least one honeycomb inside ensures continuous production. You can extract honeycombs directly for honey or use a furnace, which guarantees honey but doesn’t yield nuclei.

 

 

 

Using

 

     Honey can be sold for scrap at Bandit Camp’s Produce Exchange. The base rate is one scrap per honey, making beekeeping an easy passive scrap-farming method for AFK players.

 

 

     Honey provides +3 healing, -15 radiation, and +50 calories. It can counter radiation inside monuments, allowing players to explore without a hazmat suit.

 

     Bee grenades require Workbench Level 1 and are crafted using one nucleus and 30 pieces of cloth. Before throwing, players must shake the grenade. A left-click tosses it far, while a right-click drops it at their feet. Upon detonation, bees aggressively chase nearby players, dealing continuous damage.

 

 

Protection

 

     A hazmat suit protects against bee stings. Torches and campfires also keep bees away, as they hate fire and smoke. Smoke grenades instantly remove bees from an area, making them a great counter to bee grenade attacks.

 

     Bees attack animals as well as players. Using bee grenades on chickens, horses, and other creatures can turn them into effective hunting weapons.

 

     If all else fails, set the bees on fire. Flamethrowers incinerate swarming bees, clearing an area instantly.

 

 

     Honey farming in Rust offers a unique way to gather resources, trade for scrap, and craft deadly bee grenades. Choosing the right biome, securing your hives, and managing honeycombs wisely can make beekeeping lucrative.