Tarp
Tarp is an uncommon 12-slot shelter material found in farm and industrial loot. It weighs 220 g, is used with 4 Long Sticks to build a Tarp Shelter, and one Tarp can fully replace a ruined repairable wall, entry, door, or window section on compatible tents.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Tarp is a waterproof construction and repair material used for temporary shelters and damaged tent sections. Four Tarps and four Long Sticks can complete a Tarp Shelter. A single Tarp can also restore one ruined dependent section of a compatible tent, although it cannot repair the tent's destroyed main roof or body.
In-game description
“Folded pieces of tarp. A useful resource for repairing textile constructions, or even building waterproof shelters.”
Main Uses
- Build a Tarp Shelter with 4 Tarps and 4 Long Sticks
- Repair or replace a ruined Canopy Tent wall section
- Repair or replace a ruined Car Tent entry section
- Repair or replace a ruined Medium Tent entry section
- Repair or replace a ruined Large Tent door section
- Repair or replace a ruined Large Tent window section
- Carry as an uncommon waterproof shelter material
How to use this item
Build a Tarp Shelter
Deploy a Shelter Kit, attach 4 Long Sticks and 4 Tarps, then build the waterproof shelter.
- Craft and deploy a Shelter Kit.
- Attach 4 Long Sticks.
- Attach 4 Tarps.
- Target the shelter site.
- Use the build action to complete the Tarp Shelter.
Repair a compatible tent section
One Tarp fully replaces one ruined repairable dependent section, regardless of that section's former condition.
- Deploy the compatible tent.
- Find the damaged wall, entry, door, or window section.
- Place a Tarp in your hands.
- Target the damaged dependent section.
- Use the repair or replacement action.
Know which tent damage cannot be repaired
Tarp can restore dependent tent sections, but it cannot restore a tent whose main top or body has been destroyed.
- Inspect the tent's main body and its separate sections.
- Use Tarp only on supported walls, entries, doors, or windows.
- Replace the entire tent if its main top or body is ruined.
How to get Tarp
- Search farm loot locations.
- Search industrial loot locations.
- Check barns, sheds, workshops, warehouses, garages, and construction areas.
- Recover unused Tarps from shelter sites, tents, abandoned camps, or other survivors when safe.
Spawn info
- • Tarp spawns in farm and industrial loot locations.
- • It is listed as uncommon.
- • It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 220 g.
- • Four Tarps are required to complete a Tarp Shelter.
- • One Tarp can fully repair one supported dependent tent section.
- • Tarp cannot repair a destroyed tent main body or roof.
Crafting and item conversions
Used in recipes
Tarp Shelter
Result: Tarp Shelter
Deploy a Shelter Kit, then attach 4 Long Wooden Sticks and 4 Tarps to build a Tarp Shelter.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- Tarp is found in farm and industrial loot locations.
- It is uncommon.
- It takes 12 inventory slots and weighs 220 g.
- Four Tarps and four Long Sticks complete a Tarp Shelter.
- One Tarp can replace one ruined supported dependent tent section.
- Compatible sections include a Canopy Tent wall, Car Tent entry, Medium Tent entry, and Large Tent door or window.
- The tent's main top or body cannot be repaired with Tarp.
- Destroying the main tent body is permanent and requires replacing the tent.
- Tarp itself cannot be repaired.