How to Make & Use Fertilizer in Rust

Fertilizer is an essential resource for growing and maintaining crops in Rust. This guide will walk you through the simple process of collecting horse manure, crafting a composter, and converting waste into valuable fertilizer for your garden. Follow these steps to maximize your farming efficiency.

Step 1: Collect Horse Manure

The first step in making fertilizer is obtaining horse manure. To do this, you’ll need to keep horses in your base. Having multiple horses will result in multiple droppings, which accumulate quite often as they naturally produce waste.

Simply wait for your horses to produce manure in your base — this happens regularly without any additional input required on your part.

Step 2: Craft a Composter

Next, you’ll need to craft a composter, which is the device that converts horse manure into usable fertilizer. The composter requires the following materials:

10 Tarp

200 Wood

Where to find materials:

Tarp: Found by exploring barrels, crates, and other containers throughout the world

Wood: Harvest by cutting down trees

Once you have gathered these materials, craft the composter from your inventory.

Step 3: Place the Composter

After crafting your composter, place it down in your base or garden area where you plan to process your manure and fertilizer.

Step 4: Convert Manure to Fertilizer

Now that your composter is placed, follow these steps to convert horse manure into fertilizer:

Approach the composter and open its inventory screen

Right-click on the horse manure in the composter’s inventory

Wait for the manure to decompose and transform into fertilizer

Step 5: Apply Fertilizer to Crops

Once your fertilizer is ready, you can apply it directly to your crops. Use the same inventory interface that appears on the composter to place fertilizer into your planted crops. This will boost their growth and health.

Summary

Making and using fertilizer in Rust is a straightforward process: collect horse manure from your base animals, craft a composter using tarp and wood, place the composter in your desired location, convert manure into fertilizer through the composter’s interface, and finally apply the fertilizer to your crops. With this system in place, you’ll have a sustainable source of fertilizer to keep your farm thriving.

Want to Support?

If you would like to help us continue making these guides – please consider joining our patreon here – https://www.patreon.com/c/JaviHeals

Alternatively – you can join our discord here – https://discord.gg/zD7Gjt6MHF