Paint Bucket
| Paint Bucket | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Water Container |
| Weight | 1 |
| Fluid Capacity | 10 L |
| Rain Collection | 100% |
| Metal Value | 20 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PaintbucketEmpty
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The Paint Bucket is the empty metal pail left behind once a can of paint is used up or poured out. It becomes a large water container in its own right.
Its value lies in how much it holds. A full Paint Bucket stores as much water as a plain Bucket. Set outside, it fills itself in the rain, which makes it a cheap start to a water supply. Its cost is bulk, since a full bucket is heavy to carry about.
Most Paint Buckets come from emptying paint. A few also turn up in bins and shelters.
Using
The bucket holds up to ten litres of water or another fluid. Placed on the ground outdoors, it catches rain at the full rate. A few buckets lined up outside a base keep a steady stock of water once the taps run dry.
In use it matches the plain Bucket closely. Both hold ten litres, weigh the same and catch rain equally well. Either can serve as the bucket in the recipe that makes a bucket of milk from powder.
Paint from another can cannot be poured back into an empty Paint Bucket. Once the paint is gone, the pail serves only as a container.
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Paint Bucket by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make bucket of milk | - | - | - |
Locations
The usual way to get one is to finish or pour out any colour of paint. Paint is common in closets, garages, painter shops and warehouses, so empty buckets are easy to come by. Loot tables add a small chance of a ready empty bucket in shelters and bins in any building. Derelict buildings and the derelict steel factory hold one only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Shelter | 2.9% |
| Any building | Bin | 2.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Derelict | Other | 0.8% |
| Derelict steel factory | Other | 0.8% |
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says it collects rainwater when placed on the ground outside.
- Pouring out unwanted paint is a quick way to gain a ten litre water container.
- The empty and the full paint bucket look the same in the inventory.
- Scrapping the bucket gives a fair amount of metal.
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