Rare Chest

General#

Rare chests are where a round starts to arm itself. Up to forty exist on a map, and each rolls seven categories rather than five, so they are both better and fuller than an ordinary chest.

The weapon category flips here: melee drops to under 40 percent of the roll and real firearms take over. Gun bases become common enough that crafting a specific gun becomes a plan rather than a hope.

At a Glance#

Container Trapped Chest
Maximum per map 40
Categories rolled 7

Each chest rolls 7 categories from the list below, then rolls items within each.

Percentages below are the chance of each item within its category, not the chance of seeing it in any given chest.

Weapons#

Rolls up to 2 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Nail Bat 17.6%
Blade 11.8%
Kitchen Knife 8.8%
Katana 5.9%
UMP-9 4.1%
MP5 4.1%
S1897 4.1%
FAMAS 4.1%
Scar-L 4.1%
UZI 3.5%
Mac-9 3.5%
Galil 3.5%
Dragunov 3.5%
Remington 700 3.5%
Remington 1900 2.9%
SW .44 Magnum 2.9%
Glock-19 2.4%
Beretta 2.4%
Grenade 2.1%
Molotov 2.1%
Stevens 94 1.8%
Scanner 1.2%

Gun Bases#

Rolls up to 1 item when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Glock-19 Base 26.2%
UMP-9 Base 23.8%
Scar-L Base 21.4%
Remington 700 Base 16.7%
S1897 Base 11.9%

Ammunition#

Rolls up to 3 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
9mm Rounds 33.3%
12 Gauge Shells 29.2%
5.56mm Rounds 22.9%
7.62mm Rounds 8.3%
.44 Mag Rounds 6.2%

Armor#

Rolls up to 2 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Chainmail Chestplate 18.5%
Chainmail Leggings 18.5%
Iron Helmet 15.9%
Iron Boots 13.2%
Leather Helmet 7.9%
Leather Chestplate 7.9%
Leather Leggings 7.9%
Leather Boots 7.9%
Gas Mask 2.1%

Medical#

Rolls up to 4 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Bandage 33.8%
Radiation Tablet 24.3%
Cloth 20.3%
Thread 13.5%
Syringe 8.1%

Parts and Materials#

Rolls up to 4 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Metal Components 23.5%
Gunpowder 22.0%
Rubber Parts 15.7%
Plastic Components 15.7%
Adhesive 10.4%
Scrap Metal 7.3%
Weapon Mods 5.3%

Materials#

Rolls up to 11 items when this category comes up.

Item Chance
Scrap Metal 16.0%
Gunpowder 16.0%
Cobweb 16.0%
Thread 12.8%
Bread 10.6%
Alcohol 8.5%
Stick 8.5%
Cloth 8.5%
Rotten Flesh 3.2%

Gold#

Rolls up to 7 items when this category comes up.

Always Gold.

Worth Knowing#

A chest rolls its contents the first time somebody opens it, and rolls once. Guns inside are built for whoever opens it, using that player's upgrades and skin.

There is no refill. An emptied chest deletes itself moments later; a chest with items still in it stays put. Zombies cannot open any container.