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Supply Drop

Loot container

The Supply Drop can hold 44 different items. A cargo plane drops it, during an airdrop or after a Supply Signal.

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What the Supply Drop 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.

44 items, most likely first
Item	Chance	Amount
Basic Blueprint Fragment	99.9%	2
Pistol Bullet	98%	15 to 186
12 Gauge Buckshot	85.9%	6 to 80
5.56 Rifle Ammo	78.1%	12 to 268
High Quality Metal	55.6%	32 to 78
Scrap	55.6%	140 to 318
12 Gauge Incendiary Shell	50%	4 to 42
12 Gauge Slug	50%	4 to 24
F1 Grenade	49%	6 to 18
Satchel Charge	49%	2 to 4
Incendiary Pistol Bullet	46.9%	10 to 60
Snow Jacket	43.6%	1 to 4
Custom SMG	39%	1 to 4
Pump Shotgun	39%	1 to 4
Semi-Automatic Rifle	39%	1 to 4
Thompson	39%	1 to 4
Road Sign Gloves	37.6%	1 to 4
Road Sign Jacket	37.6%	1 to 4
Road Sign Kilt	37.6%	1 to 4
Bucket Helmet	36.3%	1 to 4
Coffee Can Helmet	36.3%	1 to 4
Hoodie	36.3%	1 to 4
Pants	36.3%	1 to 4
Riot Helmet	36.3%	1 to 4
Chainsaw	26.5%	1 to 2
Jackhammer	26.5%	1 to 2
Timed Explosive Charge	26.5%	1 to 2
HV Pistol Ammo	26.5%	10 to 60
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo	23.9%	8 to 48
M39 Rifle	18.3%	1 to 2
M92 Pistol	18.3%	1 to 2
MP5A4	18.3%	1 to 2
Prototype 17	18.3%	1 to 2
Spas-12 Shotgun	18.3%	1 to 2
Gears	16%	5 to 10
Metal Pipe	16%	5 to 10
Sheet Metal	16%	5 to 10
Tech Trash	16%	4 to 8
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	12.6%	8 to 48
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo	12.6%	10 to 60
Ballistic helmet	8.3%	1
Ballistic leg armour	8.3%	1
Ballistic vest	8.3%	1
LR-300 Assault Rifle	3.8%	1 to 2

Where to find the Supply Drop

Events and vehicles that bring it
Event	What happens
Cargo plane	1 per drop, from an airdrop or a Supply Signal

How Supply Drop works in Rust

Across procedural Rust server maps, Supply Drop is a world loot prefab featuring 24 inventory slots (1,000 breakable durability) that draws from 44 possible item entries through dynamic world events, vehicle encounters, missions, or seasonal drops. 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.

Supply Drop drop odds, scrap yields and monument spawners

In addition to per-item drop probabilities, stack size bounds, and spawn durability ranges, the Supply Drop 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: 1,000 | Inventory slots: 24 | Scrap, every time: None | Items it can drop: 44 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 Supply Drop drop in Rust and how many slots does it have?

Opening Supply Drop in Rust reveals 24 inventory slots drawn from 44 possible loot items across its weighted drop table, with per-open odds, stack bounds, and durability ranges listed above.

Where does Supply Drop spawn most often in Rust?

Supply Drop (1,000 HP) appears through world events, vehicle encounters, missions, or biome loot points rather than at static monument spawners, rolling its 44-item drop table whenever players trigger the encounter.

How much guaranteed scrap do you get from Supply Drop in Rust?

Supply Drop does not grant a fixed guaranteed Scrap stack on open, supplying Scrap either as a rolled item among its 44 possible drops or by recycling the components it contains.

How much health does Supply Drop have in Rust and how do you open it?

Supply Drop carries 1,000 breakable hitpoints and must be smashed with melee weapons, tools, or projectiles before its 24 loot slots and any rolled Scrap spill onto the ground.

How is Supply Drop triggered or respawned on a Rust server?

Because Supply Drop 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 Supply Drop calculated?

Each item percentage in the Supply Drop 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 Supply Drop spawn at full durability?

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

Every loot container