Sea Chest
A Sea Chest is a very rare 100-slot storage container in DayZ. It can be buried as an underground stash, repaired with a Wooden Plank, and used as durable hidden storage for bases or camps.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Sea Chest is a large storage container used for storing loot at bases, camps, or hidden stash locations. It is heavier than a Wooden Crate but offers 100 slots of capacity and can be buried underground to make it harder for other players to find.
In-game description
“A spacious storage box. Quite heavy, but seems to be durable.”
Main Uses
- Store up to 100 slots of items
- Create a hidden underground stash
- Use as large base storage
- Hide valuable loot away from obvious base locations
- Repair with a Wooden Plank
- Use as a heavier, larger alternative to Wooden Crates
- Store long-term survival, building, or backup gear
How to use this item
Use as large storage
Place items inside the Sea Chest to store gear at a base, camp, or stash location.
- Place the Sea Chest in a safe or hidden location.
- Open the container inventory.
- Move items into the Sea Chest.
- Keep the location hidden if you are using it as a stash.
Bury as an underground stash
The Sea Chest can be buried underground, making it much harder for other players to find than exposed storage.
- Fill the Sea Chest with items you want to hide.
- Move it to a hidden location.
- Use the proper digging tool to bury it.
- Return before the stash lifetime expires.
Repair the Sea Chest
The Sea Chest can be repaired with a Wooden Plank, making it useful for longer-term storage setups.
View related guideHow to get Sea Chest
- Search coast, farm, hunting, and industrial loot areas.
- Check storage-heavy locations, sheds, cabins, farms, and industrial buildings.
- Look for it while looting for base-building and stash supplies.
- Take it from abandoned camps, bases, or other players when safe.
Spawn info
- • Sea Chests are very rare large storage containers.
- • They can be buried as underground stashes.
- • They are heavy at 10 kg but provide 100 slots of storage.
Important notes
- The Sea Chest holds 100 slots of items.
- It can be buried as an underground stash.
- It is very rare.
- It weighs 10 kg.
- It is considered heavy.
- It can be repaired with a Wooden Plank.
- Its listed lifespan is 45 days.
- Compared with a Wooden Crate, it is larger and rarer but harder to move around.
- Compared with Oil Barrels or tents, it has less total storage but can be buried.