Water Jug

A large jerry can for all kinds of water. Holds up to 5000ml. Careful not to throw it all away!

waterjug

How to get it

  • Found in loot
  • Bought from a vendor for 5 Scrap
  • Caught by fishing
  • Worn by NPCs Summer DLC

Recycling

RecyclerReturnsTime
Recycler50% back50 Metal Fragments5s
Barrel recycler40% back40 Metal Fragments8s
Powered recycler75% back75 Metal Fragments4s

A range means the last unit is a coin flip rather than a guarantee: half the recipe rarely divides evenly, and the recycler rolls for the remainder.

Stats

Category
Food
Stack size
1
Despawns after
20 min
Item id
-119235651
Has skins
No

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, gives you at least one Water Jug. Best chance first.

SourceChance of at least oneAmount
Ration BoxContainer34.9%1 to 2
Shore CrateContainer34.9%1 to 2
Food BoxContainer24.9%1 to 2
Food CrateContainer21.3%1 to 2
Wagon Food CrateContainer21.3%1 to 2
Food CacheContainer14.6%1

Values read from the Rust dedicated server files, build 24613624.