Cooking Pot
The Cooking Pot is an uncommon equipment item in DayZ used for cooking, storing items, and carrying water. It takes 12 inventory slots, weighs 500 g, holds 2 L of liquid, provides 12 slots of internal storage, can be buried, spawns in kitchen and fishing loot, and can be repaired with a Blowtorch.
Quick item summary
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The Cooking Pot is a cookware and storage item in DayZ. It can be used to prepare food over a fire, fireplace, cooking stand, campfire tripod, or gas stove. It can also hold up to 2 L of liquid and provides 12 internal inventory slots, making it useful as both a cooking tool and a container. When full of drinkable water, it takes up 12 inventory slots while also providing 12 inventory slots of its own, letting you carry water without losing practical storage space. It can also be buried like a stash container.
In-game description
“A metal pot. Used for different cooking techniques involving fire. Result depends on ingredients used.”
Main Uses
- Cook food over a fire, fireplace, cooking stand, campfire tripod, or gas stove
- Carry up to 2 L of water or other liquid
- Store up to 12 slots of items inside the pot
- Use as a buryable stash container
- Use as an emergency melee weapon
- Repair with a Blowtorch when damaged
How to use this item
Cook with a Cooking Pot
Use the Cooking Pot with a proper heat source to cook food for safer and more efficient eating.
- Find a Cooking Pot.
- Add food or ingredients to the pot.
- Place the pot on a valid heat source such as a fireplace, cooking stand, campfire tripod, or gas stove.
- Cook the food and monitor it so it does not burn.
- Remove the cooked food before it becomes ruined.
Use the Cooking Pot as a container
Use the Cooking Pot to carry water and store items, but remember that items inside can become wet when the pot contains liquid.
- Place the Cooking Pot in your inventory.
- Fill it with water if you need a liquid container.
- Use its internal storage slots for extra items.
- Avoid storing items inside while the pot is full of water if you need those items to stay dry.
Repair a Cooking Pot
Repair the Cooking Pot with a Blowtorch that has a Gas Canister attached.
- Find a Blowtorch.
- Attach a Gas Canister to the Blowtorch.
- Use the Blowtorch on the damaged Cooking Pot.
- Repair it before it becomes ruined from cooking use.
How to get Cooking Pot
- Search kitchen loot locations.
- Search fishing loot locations.
- Check houses, kitchens, cabins, camps, fishing areas, and survival loot spots.
- Fish in fresh water for a chance to acquire a Cooking Pot.
- Loot players carrying cooking gear, water containers, or stash supplies.
Spawn info
- • The Cooking Pot is used for cooking food and carrying liquid.
- • It can contain up to 2000 ml of liquid.
- • It provides 12 internal inventory slots.
- • It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 500 g.
- • It can be buried.
- • It can be acquired by fishing in fresh water.
- • It spawns in kitchen and fishing loot locations.
- • It is uncommon.
Important notes
- The Cooking Pot can be used to cook food, carry liquid, and store items.
- It holds up to 2 L of liquid.
- It provides 12 internal storage slots while taking up 12 inventory slots itself.
- Items inside the Cooking Pot can become wet if the pot is filled with water.
- It can be buried like a stash container.
- It can also be used as a melee weapon.
- Cooking Pot durability decreases while used over a flame or gas stove.
- At 200 durability, a Cooking Pot lasts about 53 minutes and 20 seconds over heat before going from pristine to ruined.
- Cooking without water bakes the food and can reduce nutritional value compared with other cooking methods.
- Fruits and vegetables lose about 20% nutritional value when baked, while meats lose about 10%.
- It can be repaired with a Blowtorch that has a Gas Canister attached.