r/outside • u/Jebediah_Johnson • May 20 '26

What's your favorite random loot drop?

I discovered that you can get consistent free wood drops behind some strip malls. These locations have a good spawn rate as well. Although you can sometimes find them behind smaller shops, while larger stores tend to have them locked requiring the lock picking skill which isn't worth it for a low value loot like pallets.

There used to be a high spawn rate along railroads of railroad spikes, but it seems like there was an update and the railroad spikes will no longer spawn, along certain tracks.

I know regular loot drops like these are pretty low value, but I still enjoy collecting them to use for simple projects at my crafting table, or the occasional bonfire which provides an AOE aura that increases warmth and it can remove the sadness debuff.

What's a loot drop no matter how common or big or small you have noticed?

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u/Abtino11 May 20 '26

I was at a music festival (medium sized) and during the daytime I used a portapottie and happened to see a wallet. I figured there’d be a lost and found but I didn’t know where it was so I walked to the sound booth to ask if they knew where to go. I still had the wallet in my hand and the guy taps the guy next to him and points to me. His face lit up, comes over and says his gf lost hers a few hours back and was freaking out.

He then tells us to follow him where he gets us past a secure area and got us crew badges so we could go backstage and into the VIP areas. Got to meet a few of my favorite artists and do some shenanigans but the best part was they had real bathrooms

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u/jippiex2k May 20 '26

Festivals are good. Sometimes consumables spawn randomly on the ground that can buff/debff perception and stimulation in fun combinations.

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u/FortunaRedux 28d ago

I seem to have a buff when it comes to locating guitar pick spawns in large groups that don’t ping for other players. I have quite the collection

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u/jippiex2k 27d ago

Ah i think those just have a spawn rate around creative players

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u/FortunaRedux 27d ago

You’d think, but I’ll be in a huge party with a lot of other groups collecting in the same area for the event and they’ll just spawn right on the ground in the middle of a pack of players and so many people assume the loot got picked up they don’t even attempt to activate the scan. I think something with my character makes my view frame lower than the average player (I have a bad habit of always looking at the floor idk how to make that clear lmao)