Can Opener
The Can Opener is a common cooking and survival tool in DayZ used to open canned food without spilling any contents. It takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 150 g, spawns in town and village loot, cannot be repaired, and can also be used as a weak melee weapon in emergencies.
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The Can Opener is a household tool in DayZ used to open canned goods cleanly. Unlike knives and other sharp tools, the Can Opener opens cans without losing any food, making it the best option for preserving the full contents of canned food. It can also be used as a weak melee weapon, but it deals very low damage compared with proper weapons and should only be used in emergencies.
In-game description
“This common household instrument is used to smoothly open metal/tin cans, with no content spilling.”
Main Uses
- Open canned food without spilling any contents
- Preserve more food compared with opening cans using knives or other tools
- Use as a weak emergency melee weapon
- Carry as a compact food utility item for long trips
How to use this item
Open canned food
Use the Can Opener on canned goods to open them without losing any food.
- Find a Can Opener.
- Find canned food such as Canned Baked Beans.
- Combine the Can Opener with the canned food.
- Use the open action.
- Eat the food or store it for later.
Use as an emergency weapon
The Can Opener can be used as a melee weapon, but it should only be a last resort.
- Equip the Can Opener in your hands.
- Use it only if you have no better melee weapon available.
- Replace it with a proper melee weapon as soon as possible.
How to get Can Opener
- Search town loot locations.
- Search village loot locations.
- Check houses, kitchens, sheds, and general civilian buildings.
- Loot players carrying food or survival supplies.
Spawn info
- • The Can Opener is used to open canned goods.
- • It opens canned food without spilling contents.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots and weighs 150 g.
- • It cannot be repaired.
- • It can be used as a weak melee weapon.
- • It spawns in town and village loot locations.
- • It is common.
Important notes
- The Can Opener is the best tool for opening canned food because it does not spill any contents.
- Other tools, such as knives, can open cans but may cause some food loss.
- It can open canned goods such as Canned Baked Beans.
- It can be used as a melee weapon, but it deals very low damage.
- It may be useful for killing infected only if no better weapon is available.
- It cannot be repaired.
- It is common and spawns in town and village loot.