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Canteen

A reusable plastic bottle used by military and campers. Can be filled with various liquids.

Canteen

Classname

Canteen
Category
Food & drink
Weight
250 g
Inventory size
2 × 2 (4 slots)
Worn / attached in
Belt_Left
Durability
100

Fits on

Spawns on each map

Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhal
Nominal (target on the map)202013
Min (respawns below this)10108
Lifetime (untouched)4 h4 h4 h
Restock (wait before respawn)000
Quantity when spawned10–90%10–90%10–90%
PlacesMilitary, HuntingMilitaryMilitary
Tiers–––
Spots––floor, shelves
Countedon the groundon the groundon the ground

Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.

Spawn spots on the map:ChernarusLivoniaSakhal

Sell it in your server's trader shop

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Data from the game files: DayZ 1.29, DayZ-Central-Economy 9a21bb9 (2026-08-13). Updated 2026-10-13.

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