Pickaxe spawn locations on Chernarus+
Pickaxe (Tools › Base building) spawns on Chernarus+: the economy keeps about 17 on the map at a time. It can lie in 3,932 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Police roadblock, Airplane crate, Train wreck 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 | 2 | 5 % |
| Unfinished building | Industrial | 2 | 4 % |
| Factory | Industrial | 8 | 2 % |
| Garages | Industrial | 99 | 2 % |
| Garage office | Industrial | 13 | 2 % |
| Industrial building | Industrial | 1 | 2 % |
| Shop | Hunting | 24 | 2 % |
| Kiln | Industrial | 2 | 2 % |
| Large house, 2 floors | Residential | 1 | 1 % |
| Factory hall | Industrial | 16 | 1 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Police roadblock | 24 | 0.4 % |
 Airplane crate | 5 | 0.5 % |
 Train wreck | 6 | 0.5 % |
 Heli crash | 1 | 1 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Severograd | 0.9 | 59 % |
| Air Base Vybor | 0.9 | 59 % |
| Novaya Petrovka | 0.9 | 58 % |
| Novodmitrovsk | 0.8 | 55 % |
| Chernaya Polyana | 0.6 | 47 % |
| Topolniki | 0.5 | 41 % |
| Zelenogorsk | 0.5 | 41 % |
| Vybor | 0.5 | 37 % |
| Zeleno Military Base | 0.4 | 33 % |
| Sokol | 0.4 | 32 % |
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.