Roadside Barrel Loot Table

Every item that can be in a Roadside 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
35
Times filled
50,000

Worth Looting?

Scrap
about 3.8
High quality metal
about 0.1
Components
about 1.0
Weapons
1 in 96

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 261 containers for 1,000 scrap, and #25 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

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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

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 Roadside Barrel in Rust?

The most likely drops are Scrap (100%), Metal Blade (15%), Rope (15%), Tarp (8.2%) and Sewing Kit (8.2%). One container holds about 2.0 different items, and 44 different items showed up over 50,000 fills.

How much scrap is a Roadside 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 261 containers for 1,000 scrap.

Can a Roadside Barrel drop guns?

Yes, a weapon turns up in about 1 of every 96 containers. The most likely are Paddle (1.0%).

Where can you find a Roadside Barrel?

Most at Giant Excavator Pit (about 9), Launch Site (about 9), Airfield (about 8), Military Tunnel (about 7) and Junkyard (about 5), 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.