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Cannon Crate

Loot container

The Cannon Crate can hold 14 different items and always gives 5 Scrap.

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What the Cannon Crate drops

Chance is for one container opened or one body looted: the chance the item is inside. Amount is how many when it is there.

14 items, most likely first
Item	Chance	Amount
Cannonball	Every time	8 to 11
Scrap	Every time	5
5.56 Rifle Ammo	76%	12 to 36
Pistol Bullet	76%	15 to 45
Bandage	53.6%	1 to 2
Large Medkit	23.1%	1 to 2
Medical Honey Bandage	23.1%	1 to 2
Medical Syringe	23.1%	1 to 2
12 Gauge Buckshot	12.1%	6 to 18
Hatchet	11%	1
Metal Detector	11%	1
Pickaxe	11%	1
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	7.4%	4 to 21
12 Gauge Slug	7.4%	4 to 12

Where to find the Cannon Crate

Places the map lays out several times, per place
Where	Each one holds	Layouts with it
Deep Sea islands	about 7 to 9	all 4
Huts and docks on Deep Sea islands	about 1	2 of 17

How Cannon Crate works in Rust

Across procedural Rust server maps, Cannon Crate is a world loot prefab featuring 12 inventory slots (250 breakable durability) that draws from 14 possible item entries alongside 5 guaranteed Scrap across 2 monument and world spawner groups. Every drop row in the reference table above is compiled directly from the game's internal loot trees at build time to reflect vanilla survival rates.

Cannon Crate drop odds, scrap yields and monument spawners

In addition to per-item drop probabilities, stack size bounds, and spawn durability ranges, the Cannon Crate sheet tracks expected container populations across every monument layout on the island. Solo players and clans can compare guaranteed Scrap and component returns per container open and plan monument routes around yellow, green, or red recyclers across the wipe.

Prefab identity summary: Health: 250 | Inventory slots: 12 | Scrap, every time: 5 | Items it can drop: 14 | Places: 2 across procedural server maps.
Cumulative sub-table odds: Published drop percentages combine all nested loot sub-tables into a single per-container probability for each item.
Condition and stack bounds: Equipment that can spawn damaged displays its minimum and maximum condition bar alongside item stack ranges.
Monument spawner capacity: Expected container counts represent a fully populated monument layout before players clear the compound.
Dynamic respawn scaling: Compound replenishment clocks shorten automatically on high-population realms as player count rises.

Frequently asked questions

What does Cannon Crate drop in Rust and how many slots does it have?

Opening Cannon Crate in Rust reveals 12 inventory slots drawn from 14 possible loot items plus 5 guaranteed Scrap on every open, with per-open odds, stack bounds, and durability ranges listed above.

Where does Cannon Crate spawn most often in Rust?

Cannon Crate (250 HP) appears through world events, vehicle encounters, missions, or biome loot points rather than at static monument spawners, rolling its 14-item drop table whenever players trigger the encounter.

How much guaranteed scrap do you get from Cannon Crate in Rust?

Every Cannon Crate opened in Rust grants 5 guaranteed Scrap alongside its 14 rolled loot entries, and any dropped components can be shredded at a monument recycler for additional Scrap.

How much health does Cannon Crate have in Rust and how do you open it?

Cannon Crate carries 250 breakable hitpoints and must be smashed with melee weapons, tools, or projectiles before its 12 loot slots and any rolled Scrap spill onto the ground.

How is Cannon Crate triggered or respawned on a Rust server?

Because Cannon Crate is tied to dynamic world events, destroyed vehicles, missions, or biome spawns rather than a static monument spawner, fresh containers appear whenever that event or world cycle triggers.

How are the item drop percentages for Cannon Crate calculated?

Each item percentage in the Cannon Crate loot table shows the exact chance of receiving at least one stack of that item from a single open, calculated across all weighted sub-tables in the game files.

Do tools or weapons looted from Cannon Crate spawn at full durability?

Firearms, tools, or armor pieces in the Cannon Crate table that roll with partial condition show their exact durability percentage span next to their drop odds, whereas resources, Scrap, and components spawn intact.

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