Potato spawn locations on Chernarus+

Potato (Food) spawns on Chernarus+: the economy keeps about 30 on the map at a time. It can lie in 3,628 buildings. Most of them are Residential buildings. It also spawns at events: Police roadblock, Train wreck and Military convoy.

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On other maps: Nasdara, Livonia, Sakhal, 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
Garage office	Industrial	21	3 %
Boat wreck	Military	5	3 %
Shop	Hunting	28	3 %
House, 2 floors	Residential	373	1 %
Large house	Residential	201	1 %
Large house, 2 floors	Residential	218	1 %
Bus wreck	Residential	65	0.9 %
Car wreck	Industrial	824	0.9 %
Church	Residential	19	0.8 %
Large house, 3 floors	Residential	38	0.8 %

Event spawns

Event	Sites	Chance at one
Police roadblock	31	0.8 %
Train wreck	16	0.7 %
Military convoy	1	0.7 %

Best areas

Area	Copies expected	Chance to find one
Berezino	2.1	87 %
Elektrozavodsk	1.4	75 %
Severograd	1	64 %
Novoselki	1	62 %
Chernogorsk	0.9	60 %
Novodmitrovsk	0.7	50 %
Chernaya Polyana	0.7	49 %
Svetloyarsk	0.6	46 %
Krasnostav	0.6	46 %
Dolina	0.5	41 %

Infected that carry it

Biker 1 %
Clerk 1 %
Farmer 1 %
Jogger 1 %
Journalist 1 %
Milkmaid 1 %
Pilot 1 %
Skater 1 %
Survivor 1 %
Townsperson 1 %
Villager 1 %

More Food

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.