Pickaxe spawn locations on Nasdara (Badlands)
Pickaxe (Tools › Base building) spawns on Nasdara (Badlands): the economy keeps about 60 on the map at a time. It can lie in 2,445 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Water truck and Military convoy.
On other maps: Chernarus+, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinished building | Industrial | 3 | 19 % |
| Factory | Industrial | 3 | 12 % |
| Garage office | Industrial | 14 | 11 % |
| Garages | Industrial | 45 | 11 % |
| Gas station | Residential | 10 | 11 % |
| Kiln | Industrial | 4 | 10 % |
| Damaged villa | Military | 2 | 8 % |
| Factory hall | Industrial | 8 | 7 % |
| Warehouse | Industrial | 40 | 7 % |
| Quarry | Industrial | 1 | 6 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Water truck | 28 | 1 % |
 Military convoy | 3 | 2 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Nasdar-Beton factory | 3.4 | 97 % |
| Registan District | 3.3 | 96 % |
| Ziarat District | 3.2 | 96 % |
| Dar-e Ardis | 2.8 | 94 % |
| Shah Yailaq | 2.4 | 91 % |
| Nasdar-Beton factory | 2.3 | 90 % |
| Bustanshahr | 2.3 | 90 % |
| Gard Abad | 2.2 | 88 % |
| Sarman-Naft refinery | 2 | 86 % |
| M12 No Abad | 1.8 | 84 % |
Underground
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Underground · −1 · 30 m down | 0.2 | 21 % |
| Underground · −1 · 26 m down | 0.2 | 15 % |
| Tunnelshelter dam outter | 0.1 | 14 % |
| T 12a 1194 merged 12 Dark: bring a light | 0.1 | 8 % |
| Hwtunnel eastsection utilitytunnels inner 2 Dark: bring a light | 0.1 | 6 % |
| Hwtunnel southwestentrance outter | 0.1 | 6 % |
| Hwtunnel westentrance tunnel outter | 0.1 | 5 % |
| Hwtunnel westsection inner Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 4 % |
| Hwtunnel eastsection utilitytunnels inner Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel westentrance tunnel outter 2 | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel westsection outter 2 | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Bunker basement inner 0005 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Bunker basement inner 0025 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 1 % |
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.