Barrel Loot Table
Every item that can be in a Barrel, with the chance it's there and how many. Measured by having the game fill it 50,000 times on a vanilla server and counting what came out.
- Items per container
- about 2.0
- Common drops (1%+)
- 44
- Health
- 50
- Times filled
- 50,000
Worth Looting?
- Scrap
- about 3.8
- High quality metal
- about 0.1
- Components
- about 1.0
- Weapons
- 1 in 88
One container is worth about 3.8 scrap on average (2.0 found, the rest from recycling the components) at a monument recycler. That's about 265 containers for 1,000 scrap, and #26 of 43 containers in the value ranking.
Other recyclers: Safe Zone 40% about 3 · Powered 60% about 4 · Red 75% about 5. Components and weapons show how often one turns up: "1 in 5" means one in every five containers, on average.
Always Inside
Every Drop
Showing 44 of 44. Click a column to sort.
 Scrap | 100% | 2 |
 Rope | 15% | 1-2 |
 Metal Blade | 15% | 1 |
 Tarp | 8.1% | 1 |
 Sewing Kit | 8.0% | 3-4 |
 Empty Propane Tank | 7.7% | 1 |
 Metal Pipe | 1.5% | 1-4 |
 Gears | 1.5% | 2 |
 Road Signs | 1.4% | 2-3 |
 Electric Fuse | 1.4% | 1 |
 Metal Spring | 1.4% | 1 |
 Semi Automatic Body | 1.4% | 1 |
 Sheet Metal | 1.4% | 1 |
 Shorts | 1.2% | 1 |
 Triangle Planter Box | 1.2% | 1 |
 Wooden Floor Spikes | 1.2% | 1 |
 Spinning Wheel | 1.2% | 1 |
 Water Barrel | 1.2% | 1 |
 Binoculars | 1.2% | 1 |
 Igniter | 1.2% | 1 |
 Large Wooden Sign | 1.2% | 1 |
 Rug | 1.2% | 1 |
 Tank Top | 1.2% | 1 |
 Acoustic Guitar | 1.2% | 1 |
 Bandana Mask | 1.2% | 1 |
 Large Planter Box | 1.2% | 1 |
 Tuna Can Lamp | 1.2% | 1 |
 Baseball Cap | 1.1% | 1 |
 Huge Wooden Sign | 1.1% | 1 |
 Mail Box | 1.1% | 1 |
 Boonie Hat | 1.1% | 1 |
 Paddle | 1.1% | 1 |
 Table | 1.1% | 1 |
 Wood Shutters | 1.1% | 1 |
 Wooden Barricade Cover | 1.1% | 1 |
 Improvised Balaclava | 1.1% | 1 |
 Water Bucket | 1.1% | 1 |
 Bear Skin Rug | 1.1% | 1 |
 Wooden Barricade | 1.1% | 1 |
 Stone Barricade | 1.1% | 1 |
 Stone Fireplace | 1.1% | 1 |
 Beenie Hat | 1.1% | 1 |
 Salvaged Shelves | 1.1% | 1 |
 Leather Gloves | 1.0% | 1 |
44 different items turned up across all 50,000 fills. Most are rare: one container holds about 2.0 of them.
Found at These Monuments
- Arctic Research Baseabout 11
- Launch Siteabout 7
- Ferry Terminalabout 6
- Harborabout 5
- Power Plantabout 4
- Airfieldabout 3
- Jungle Zigguratabout 3
- Junkyardabout 2
- Train Yardabout 2
- Large Oil Rigabout 2
- Oil Rigabout 2
- Radtownabout 2
- Satellite Dishabout 2
- Sewer Branchabout 2
- Water Treatment Plantabout 2
- Abandoned Supermarketabout 1
- Fishing Villageabout 1
- Large Barnabout 1
- Missile Siloabout 1
- Jungle Ruinabout 1
- Giant Excavator Pitabout 1
- Military Tunnelabout 1
- The Domeabout 1
- Train Tunnelabout 1
How many were standing in one copy of the monument at scan time; respawns vary.
Other Barrels and Roadside
Questions
What can you get from a Barrel in Rust?
The most likely drops are Scrap (100%), Rope (15%), Metal Blade (15%), Tarp (8.1%) and Sewing Kit (8.0%). One container holds about 2.0 different items, and 44 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.
How much scrap is a Barrel worth?
About 3.8 scrap on average at a monument recycler (50%), counting the scrap inside and what its components recycle into. That's about 265 containers for 1,000 scrap.
Can a Barrel drop guns?
Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 88 containers. The most likely are Paddle (1.1%).
Where can you find a Barrel?
Most at Arctic Research Base (about 11), Launch Site (about 7), Ferry Terminal (about 6), Harbor (about 5) and Power Plant (about 4), counted in one copy of each monument.
Chance is per container: how often the item is in it at all. Amount is the range seen when it is. Server owners can change loot, so modded servers may differ.