Crates

Crates are an essential feature in surviv.io. Most loot is found from smashing crates. There are over thirty different types of crates.

Wooden Crate
The standard Wooden Crate is a simple wooden box, and the most common type. They are found scattered around the map and in large warehouses. It takes 4 hits to destroy. It is seen as a brown square on the map. A regular crate usually drops common loot, but can drop almost anything.

Wooden Barrel
The Wooden Barrel is another crate found exclusively in the mansion as of now. Eight spawn in the mansion basement and one spawns outside the entrance to the basement. They contain the same loot that a normal crate does. These take three punches to destroy. It is a brown circle on the map. The wall barrels take one punch to break. Rarely, a golden wall barrel will spawn in place of a normal barrel, dropping more items.

Soviet Crate
The Soviet Crate is another crate similar to the regular crate. However, it has a communist hammer and sickle on the top of the box on a red background to differentiate it. It takes 6 punches to destroy. It contains much better loot than the regular crate, and in higher quantity. In it, you can find the following items. It was originally called Military Crate when it was added in v0.0.9. You cannot see it on the mini-map.

Locker
The Locker is a small metal container used to protect and hold items. It is found in the Police Station, the Hydra Bunker and the Hatchet Bunker. It can contain any item from an M9 to an M249. There are two types: the normal locker and the gold locker. The gold locker will always drop either a level 3 vest, backpack (Military Pack), level 3 helmet, or a SCAR-H. In the Police Station, there are 10 locker spots, but only 7 are filled. In the Hydra Bunker, gold lockers do not spawn. In the Hatchet Bunker, there are four lockers, but they cannot be gold. Despite the name, the lockers are not locked and are the easiest to take from as they only take one hit or 2 shots with most guns to open. There's also a variant found in the Crossing Bunker that always drops an AK-47, 90 x 7.62mm, 1 normal backpack, and 1 suit of The Initiative.

Chest
A Chest can be found in Mansion and Storm Bunker. Has the appearance of a treasure chest or skull box, but without skull and yellow details. Always drops two uncommon guns with ammo or a rare or uncommon item. Spawns either in the Mansion or the Storm Bunker. They take 7 hits to destroy. It has the same loot as the Treasure Chest, minus the Royal Fortune that always spawns with the Treasure Chest, and it is unconfirmed if a Hook can spawn from it.

Treasure Chest
The Treasure Chest is a crate that is found only along the beach. It has a rectangular shape to it. It contains very rare loot and is exceptionally rare, being the second rarest crate in the whole game with the rarest being the Dual Desert Eagle crate. Despite how rare it is, one will always spawn per game. A strategy for hunting these down is to simply walk around the map on the beach and keep an eye out for the skull and crossbones. You can tell if the crate is destroyed by a much bigger wreck than regular crate. This crate will always drop a Royal Fortune and a very high chance for a Hook. You can't see the Treasure Chest on the map. This chest probably has the highest chance of dropping a M249.

Deposit Box
The Deposit Box, sometimes known as a Vault, is a small item container found in the main vault of the Bank. There are six deposit boxes in each main bank vault. Deposit Boxes drop a single loot item, while Gold Deposit Boxes drop two loot items with a higher chance of containing a weapon. They break with one punch or 2 shots with most guns.

Grenade Crate
The Grenade Crate is a tough uncommon crate that only contains grenades. They are found anywhere on the map. It appears as a small, gray square on the map. In this crate, you will find only Frag and/or Smoke grenades. They are often still unbroken throughout the game as many players dismiss them since they only contain grenades and many players don't use grenades.

Bookshelves, Drawers and Stands
Bookshelves, Drawers, and Stands are crates that are found in many different buildings, including Houses, Barns, the Bank, the Mansion, and the Police Station. There are 3 drawers in the house, 5 drawers in the barn, 1 stand in the police station, 1 cabinet in the bank, and 5 bookshelves, 2 drawers, and 2 stands in the mansion. They drop all non-exclusive loot, including skins. The Stands look like smaller variants of drawers. The bookshelves have a blue book on it and may have a potted plant. The rarer variants of drawers and bookshelves have potted plants, and drop 2 loot items instead of 1 like their normal variants. They all take 4 hits to destroy.

Toilet
The Toilet is a tough, common crate-like object. It is found in outhouses and houses all over the map. It looks like a standard white toilet that can be found in a house, barn, outhouse, or the Police Station. When it is destroyed, it drops most types of items. Toilets commonly drop healing items. If you see a brown line inside the toilet (probably poop), it will have increased loot and a higher chance to drop 0-3 guns. The gray variants are presumably metal, so they reflect bullets. It is not recommended to shoot the metal ones to break them open because of this. They all take 5 hits to destroy.



Vending Machine
The vending machine is a container that holds sodas and sometimes ammo. It contains 1-3 sodas and sometimes ammo. Found in the Bank and the Police Station. Takes 7 hits to destroy and reflects bullets.

DEagle Case
This Crate is exclusive to the Mansion and can be found in the secret room. It will sometimes be replaced with a Chest, or rarely it will have a Dual Desert Eagle case. When broken, it drops the DEagle 50 and .50AE ammo only. It requires 4 punches to destroy.

Bunker Crate
Can be found in the Hydra Bunker, Storm Bunker, and in the warehouses on the Docks. It will never drop weapons. Drops a variety of items, including medical supplies, basic armor, and a high chance of The Initiative skin.

Golden Bunker Crate
Always found in the Egg Bunker. Always drops AK-47 with ammo, 4 Initiative skins, and some other loot.

Hatchet Case
The Hatchet Case is always found in Hydra Bunker and sometimes in the Storm Bunker. Usually drops either an HK416, an MP220, or a Vector. If you're really unlucky an M9 will sometimes spawn. There can also be an M249, but it's extremely rare. Takes 7 punches to destroy.

Fall Hatchet Case
During the Woods event, the Hydra Bunker was removed. Instead, the Hatchet Case found its home inside the Hatchet Bunker. It could drop a USAS-12 or an M249. During the event, it was the highest chance to get an M249.

Flare Crate
The Flare Crate is an orange event exclusive crate that was added in the "Into the Woods" update. It can sometimes be found inside the Lumber Camp.

The Flare Crate has a 100% chance to drop a Flare Gun and a single Flare.

Conch Crate
The Conch Crate is either located on the docks or in the Conch Bunker. It drops either the Aquatic Avenger or the Coral Guise, along with 1 uncommon item. It appears like the bunker crate but with blue instead of gray and with a conch symbol instead of a nuclear symbol. It is guaranteed in the Conch Bunker.

Pot
Pots are a type of clay container, much like a crate, that can be broken open to reveal a variety of items. Pots are found inside either a hut or a cabin. There are between one and five pots for each hut and two per stone bridge. Pots can be green or gold. Green pots contain a single loot item, while gold pots always contain the Island Time skin and SPAS-12 along with the 12 gauge ammo. Gold pots are only found in the center of huts with a golden rooftop. All other pots are green.

Rock Cache
The Rock Cache, otherwise known as the Loot Rock, is a randomly placed stone that happens to spawn loot when broken. It's hard to differentiate from a regular rock, however, it has a small decal underneath that may be slightly visible around the rim of the rock. It is also slightly darker than normal rocks and formerly could face other directions. It will drop an AK-47 and blue ammo, as well as The Initiative. It will also drop 2-3 other loot items like the Golden Bunker Crate does.

Tree Cache
The Tree Cache, or Loot Tree, is the same as the rock cache, but with a tree instead. There's one placed randomly on the map with a decal beneath, but when broken, it drops a Mosin-Nagant and a Woodland Combat instead. It's hard to find but is much easier to recognize than the Rock Cache. You can find the spikes of the decal poking out beneath the tree stump.

Oak Cache
The Oak Cache is found in the Into The Woods update. It is large and stood in the middle of the Clearing. It dropped 2 LMGs and 2 shotguns. It takes 20 punches to destroy.

Meteor Crate
The Meteor Crate is only obtained by the Airdrop mechanism. Can be found as regular or golden crates (golden crates tend to contain rarer loot). It is also the hardest crate to break in the game, due to the fact that you have to break off the metal shell first before actually destroying the crate. It's currently the only way to find the M1 Garand, the M4A1-S and the AWM-S (gold crate only), the Falling Star or the Celestial Garb; however, it is not guaranteed that any one of these will drop. If you're really unlucky, it can even drop an M9. It is, however, guaranteed to contain exactly one random piece of Level 3 equipment. If you stand directly under the airdrop, you will be crushed, and the killfeed will read: "The airdrop crushed {playername}".

Knife Crate
The knife crate is the only way to obtain certain knives in the game such as the huntsman. The amount of knives you obtain when destroying this crate depends on which mode you are in. If you are in solo, you will only obtain 1 knife. If you are in duo, you will obtain 2 knives. If you are in squads, you will obtain 4 knives.

Ammo Crates
The Green Ammo Crate is in a way both a crate and an obstacle at the same time. Since they can only be destroyed by a wood axe, they are commonly still unbroken for most of the game and can be used as cover otherwise. You can shoot long weapons such as snipers through the single ammo crates. Only the Double Ammo Crate drops any type of ammo when destroyed, including flare, .50 AE and .308 Subsonic. The single Ammo Crate only spawns basic ammo.

Tree Stump
The tree stump drops a wood axe when destroyed. It can be found around outside and it somewhat uncommon. The crate does not appear on the minimap. An unknown amount greater than or equal to 2 spawn per map.

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OT-38 Crate
The OT Crate is a crate that looks like a knife crate but has an OT-38 symbol in replace of the knife. It drops 4 OT-38s no matter what mode you are in.

River Chest
The River Chest is a crate that looks like a chest with a bridge on the top. It is found in a river and is submerged halfway into the water. It drops the Water Elemental skin, a chance for the Drowned Karambit, and a gun + ammo. It can spawn in any river size but only one can spawn per game, if at all. You can move on top of the submerged half of the crate.

Wall Mount
The Wall Mount is found against the wall in the Cabin. The most common one drops an M870 + ammo, however, there are other ones. There's a 10/121 chance of getting the Bloody Axe and MP220, and a 1/121 chance of getting the QBB-97 variant.

Cattle Crate
The Cattle Crate was found randomly on the map, replacing all Soviet Crates on Desert Maps. When Broken, it dropped 2-3 items in any combination of Peacemakers (Common), Model 94s (Common), Bowie knives (Uncommon), Poncho Verde (Rare), as well as 1-2 items dropped by Soviet Crates. It is now impossible to find as there is no Desert Map currently, but it was hinted that the Desert Map will return.

Hatchet Crate
A hefty sized crate with a green stripe and an axe icon on it. The Woods crate can be found randomly on the new "Into The Woods" map or replace a normal crate in the Lumber Camp. It's fairly common and drops a shotgun/LMG/backpack etc... The Woods Crate is commonly considered the new Soviet Crate, but it is a lot more common. It replaced Soviet Crates, Bunker Crates, and possibly more things.