Rust Loot Tables: Every Crate, Barrel & Scrap Amount (2026)

Rust loot tables decide what drops from every barrel, crate and hackable box on the map. Each container has a fixed amount of scrap plus a list of possible items with a set drop chance, so knowing them tells you which crates are worth the walk. A road barrel gives 2 scrap and components, a military crate gives 8 scrap and gun parts, an elite crate gives 25 scrap and full guns, and a locked crate can roll 140 to 160 scrap on top of an Assault Rifle.

This guide lists every loot container in Rust: barrels, basic, brown and tool crates, military and elite crates, locked crates, airdrops, Bradley crates, oil barrels, medical and food crates and underwater crates. You get the guaranteed scrap, the best drops with their chances, where each one spawns and the fastest loot routes for a wipe.

• Crate Tiers
• Scrap per Crate
• Barrels
• Basic, Brown & Tool
• Military Crate
• Elite Crate
• Locked & Airdrop
• Other Containers
• Where They Spawn
• Respawn
• Loot Routes
• FAQ

How Loot Tables Work in Rust

Every container in Rust has a shortname (like crate_normal or crate_elite) and its own loot table. When a container spawns, the game fills it in two steps:

1. Guaranteed items. Most crates always contain a fixed stack of scrap. A few, like the locked crate and the Bradley crate, have other guaranteed items instead.
2. Random rolls. The remaining slots roll from a weighted list. The chances in this guide are the chance an item shows up in one container, taken from the Facepunch wiki loot tables.

The containers fall into clear tiers. Barrels and basic crates line the roads and small monuments. Brown crates and tool crates sit in every building. Military crates (green wood) guard the bigger monuments, elite crates (olive metal) sit behind red card doors and on the oil rigs, and locked crates need a 15 minute hack. The higher the tier, the more scrap and the better the guns, but the more scientists and players you have to fight for it.

How Much Scrap Is in Each Crate?

The scrap in a crate is guaranteed, so it is the easiest number to plan around. These are the fixed amounts from the game’s loot tables:

The raw scrap is only half the value. Barrels and brown crates are full of components that you turn into far more scrap at a recycler: a Rifle Body recycles into 30 scrap and an SMG Body into 18 at a powered green recycler, which is why a military crate is worth much more than its 8 scrap. The full yield of every part is in our Rust components guide, and a Scrap Tea boosts the scrap you get from barrels.

Rust Barrel Loot Table

Barrels are the bread and butter of the early wipe. The yellow barrel (loot_barrel_1) and the blue barrel (loot_barrel_2) use the same loot table, sit in clusters along every road and around small monuments, and break in a few hits from any melee tool. Each one always drops 2 scrap and one random item:

Barrels are the main source of road signs, sewing kits and tarp, which is why every early armor craft starts with a barrel run. Red oil barrels are a separate container and are covered further down.

Basic, Brown and Tool Crate Loot

Three wooden containers make up most of what you open on the way to a monument. They look alike, but their loot is very different.

Brown Crate (crate_normal_2)

The brown crate is the wooden crate you find beside roads, at gas stations, supermarkets and inside every monument. It always gives 5 scrap and rolls up to 6 slots, mostly components:

Basic Crate (crate_basic)

The basic crate is the small 2 slot wooden box found in houses, caves and small monuments. It always gives 3 scrap plus one of about 31 early items at 4.8% each: hats, a bandana, a balaclava, leather gloves, binoculars, signs, planter boxes, rugs, barricades, a table, a water barrel and similar furniture. It is the weakest crate in the game, so grab the scrap and move on.

Tool Crate (crate_tools)

The tool crate (toolbox) shows up in junkpiles and monuments and always gives 5 scrap. Its loot is early tools and weapons: binoculars, hatchets and pickaxes (7.8% each), wooden arrows (7.2%), longsleeve shirts, pants and wood armor (6.5%), bone and fire arrows, the hunting bow, mace, salvaged cleaver and salvaged sword (4.9% each), plus a 3.1% Targeting Computer and a 2.5% crossbow or CCTV Camera. On wipe day a tool crate can hand you a hatchet and a pickaxe in one stop.

Military Crate Loot Table

The military crate (crate_normal) is the green wooden crate at medium and large monuments. It always gives 8 scrap, rolls up to 6 slots and is the main source of weapon bodies. The full breakdown is in our military crate guide; these are the drops that matter:

Military crates on train wagons in the underground tunnels are a richer version with 11 scrap. Blueprint Pages from military crates are what pay for the Workbench 2 tier of the tech tree.

Elite Crate Loot Table

The elite crate (crate_elite) is the olive green metal box with the chevron on the lid. It always gives 25 scrap and rolls up to 5 slots from a table of 137 items, including finished guns, raid tools and armor:

Blueprint Books are the big prize, since they pay for the Workbench 3 tech tree. The same elite loot table is used for the elite crates inside Underwater Labs.

Locked Crate, Airdrop and Bradley Crate Loot

Locked Crate

The locked crate (hackable crate) needs a 15 minute hack before it opens, and it rolls up to 19 slots. It always contains 2 Blueprint Books and a Metal Armor Insert, and the top rolls are a Targeting Computer (55.3%), Metal Chest Plate and Metal Facemask (52.8% each), MLRS Aiming Module (50%), CCTV Camera (45.7%), 15 to 40 HQM (41.1%), 140 to 160 scrap (33.3%) and an Assault Rifle (31.6%). You find them on both oil rigs, on the Cargo Ship and wherever the Chinook drops one at a monument.

Airdrop

An airdrop (supply_drop) has no guaranteed item but rolls up to 14 slots of combat loot: pistol ammo (94.2%), buckshot (81.1%), 5.56 ammo (70.1%), HQM and 140 to 160 scrap (55.6% each), F1 grenades and satchel charges (49% each), a Snow Jacket (43.6%), road sign armor (37.6% per piece), riot, bucket and coffee can helmets (36.3% each) and Timed Explosive Charges (26.5%). Drops come randomly or from a thrown supply signal, and every player on the server can see the smoke.

Bradley Crate

Destroying the Bradley APC at the Launch Site leaves burning crates with up to 7 slots. Each one always holds 1 to 4 MLRS rockets, then rolls a Targeting Computer (52.4%), attachments like the 8x scope, burst module, extended magazine and lasersight (50% each), a CCTV Camera (42.9%) and Timed Explosive Charges (27.3%). Our Bradley guide covers how to take it down. Patrol helicopter crates work the same way, see the patrol heli guide.

Oil Barrels, Medical, Food and Underwater Crates

• Oil barrel (oil_barrel): the red barrel with the oil logo. It always gives 15 to 20 crude oil and 5 to 10 low grade fuel, no scrap. Great early fuel for your furnace and a quick source of crude for a small oil refinery.
• Medical crate (crate_medical): a bandage (50%), a large medkit (25%) or a medical syringe (25%). Open every one you pass before a monument fight.
• Food crate: canned food and snacks, no scrap. Useful on wipe day when you have nothing to eat, see our Rust food guide.
• Underwater crates: the basic underwater crate gives 5 scrap, and the advanced one gives 10 scrap with metal blades and rope (62.8% each), sewing kits and tarp (37.7%), 15 to 25 HQM (25%) and a 10% Blueprint Page. You need a diving tank or a submarine to reach them.
• Tech Parts and Vehicle Parts crates: 8 scrap each, with tech trash, electrical parts or car modules.

Where Each Crate Spawns

Most elite crates sit behind keycard puzzles, so check our monument puzzle solutions and the red keycard guide before you go. Every monument and its loot is listed in our Rust monuments guide.

How Fast Does Loot Respawn?

Rust has no fixed timer you can see in game. Barrels and roadside crates are part of a spawn population that tops itself back up across the whole map, so roads refill steadily and a road you cleared is worth a second pass after a while. Monument crates respawn on their own timers, roughly 30 to 60 minutes after they are emptied on vanilla servers, and a crate that still has items in it does not reset. Modded servers often change these timers, so watch for a “loot respawn” tag in the server name.

Everything resets on a map wipe, so the first hour after a force wipe is the best time to farm. Every crate on the map is full and most players are still running barrels.

Best Loot Routes by Stage of the Wipe

1. Wipe day, no gear: run a road from barrel cluster to barrel cluster with a rock or hatchet, open every brown and tool crate on the way and finish at a recycler. You can easily make a few hundred scrap in your first half hour.
2. First kit: hit small and medium monuments for brown and military crates. Military crates give the rifle and SMG bodies that turn into guns, see the best weapons tier list.
3. Geared up: run the red card monuments and the oil rigs for elite crates and Blueprint Books. Bring meds, armor and a team.
4. Late wipe: contest locked crates, airdrops and the Bradley. They are loud, so expect other players.

New to the game? Our Rust beginner’s guide walks through your first wipe, including the first barrel run.

Rust Loot Tables FAQ

Sources and Further Reading

• Loot tables and scrap amounts: Facepunch Wiki, Scrap sources, Elite Crate, Military Crate and Brown Crate
• Barrels, locked crate, airdrop and Bradley crate: Facepunch Wiki, Yellow Barrel, Locked Crate, Airdrop
• Container overview cross-check: Corrosion Hour, Rust scrap guide