Protective Case
The Protective Case is a rare 12-slot container in DayZ used to protect sensitive gear, ammo, and valuable items. It takes 12 inventory slots, weighs 980 g, spawns in medic, work, and camping loot, can be repaired with Epoxy Putty, can be buried with a Shovel, and can be combined with an Electrical Repair Kit to create an Improvised Explosive.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Protective Case is a rugged plastic airtight container in DayZ. It can store 12 slots worth of items and helps protect the gear inside from damage that would otherwise be applied to those items. This makes it especially useful for protecting valuable items, ammunition, medical gear, and other sensitive supplies during travel or firefights. The Protective Case can also be buried with a Shovel and used as a compact hidden stash.
In-game description
“A rugged, plastic, airtight container. Very durable, used to protect sensitive gear.”
Main Uses
- Store up to 12 slots of items
- Protect valuable gear from damage
- Protect ammunition or rare items during firefights
- Bury as a hidden stash with a Shovel
- Repair with Epoxy Putty when damaged
- Combine with an Electrical Repair Kit to create an Improvised Explosive
How to use this item
Use the Protective Case as storage
Store valuable or sensitive items inside the Protective Case to help protect them from damage.
- Find a Protective Case.
- Open its internal storage.
- Place ammo, medical items, tools, or valuable gear inside.
- Keep it in your inventory, backpack, crate, or stash.
- Use it to protect gear that you do not want damaged during travel or firefights.
Bury a Protective Case
Use the Protective Case as a compact hidden stash by burying it with a Shovel.
- Place the items you want to hide inside the Protective Case.
- Find a Shovel.
- Choose a hidden location.
- Bury the Protective Case.
- Remember the location so you can recover it later.
Repair a Protective Case
Repair a damaged Protective Case with Epoxy Putty.
- Find Epoxy Putty.
- Select the damaged Protective Case.
- Use the Epoxy Putty on the Protective Case.
- Repair it before it becomes ruined.
How to get Protective Case
- Search medic loot locations.
- Search work loot locations.
- Search camping loot locations.
- Check clinics, medical areas, workshops, sheds, camps, cabins, and outdoor survival areas.
- Loot players carrying protected storage, ammo, medical gear, or rare supplies.
Spawn info
- • The Protective Case is a 12-slot storage container.
- • It protects stored items from damage.
- • It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 980 g.
- • It can be repaired with Epoxy Putty.
- • It can be buried with a Shovel.
- • It has a 45 day lifespan.
- • It spawns in medic, work, and camping loot locations.
- • It is rare.
Crafting and item conversions
Used in recipes
Craft Improvised Explosive
Result: Improvised Explosive
Combine a Protective Case with an Electrical Repair Kit to create an Improvised Explosive.
Important notes
- The Protective Case stores 12 slots of items.
- Items stored inside are protected from damage that would otherwise be applied to them.
- It is useful for protecting ammo, rare items, medical supplies, or sensitive gear.
- It can be buried with a Shovel.
- It can be combined with an Electrical Repair Kit to create an Improvised Explosive.
- It does not disappear when dropped and acts like a barrel or tent would.
- It has a 45 day lifespan.
- It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 980 g.
- It can be repaired with Epoxy Putty.
- It spawns in medic, work, and camping loot.
- It is rare.
- The case appears to be modeled after real-life Pelican-style hard cases.