Boxed Nails spawn locations on Chernarus+
Boxed Nails (Tools › Base building) spawns on Chernarus+: the economy keeps about 80 on the map at a time. It can lie in 3,448 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Police roadblock, Train wreck, Military convoy and Heli crash.
On other maps: Nasdara, Livonia, Sakhal, Namalsk, Raman, DeerIsle Experimental
It lies on the ground for about 4 h before the game removes it.
Best building types
The chance to find at least one in a single building of that type, on a visit to a full server.
| Building | Loot Type | How many | Chance in one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hangar | Industrial | 4 | 9 % |
| Unfinished building | Industrial | 5 | 9 % |
| Garage office | Industrial | 23 | 8 % |
| Garages | Industrial | 193 | 8 % |
| Shop | Hunting | 35 | 7 % |
| Industrial building | Industrial | 1 | 7 % |
| Building | Residential | 3 | 6 % |
| Factory | Industrial | 9 | 5 % |
| Large house, 2 floors | Residential | 3 | 5 % |
| Medical tent | Medical | 3 | 5 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Police roadblock | 32 | 2 % |
 Train wreck | 17 | 2 % |
 Military convoy | 1 | 2 % |
 Heli crash | 1 | 6 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Berezino | 6 | >99 % |
| Elektrozavodsk | 4.4 | 99 % |
| Chernogorsk | 3.5 | 97 % |
| Novaya Petrovka | 3 | 95 % |
| Air Base Vybor | 3 | 95 % |
| Severograd | 2.7 | 93 % |
| Prigorodki | 2.6 | 93 % |
| Novodmitrovsk | 2.5 | 92 % |
| Vysotovo | 2 | 86 % |
| Topolniki | 1.7 | 83 % |
More Base building
These are estimates for a full server from the game's loot files, as the Map's Item Filter shows them: each item's count on the map spread over every building and event site that can hold it. A looted server has less.