Cracked vessel

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Cracked vessels are found in most ruins. These containers provide resources when broken using an empty hand or any tool. Malefactors have a 12% chance to drop the whole vessel instead. Treasure Hunter traders sell cracked vessels, and Commodities traders purchase them for a much higher price.

A cracked vessel in a surface ruin.

Summary

Each type of cracked vessel has its own loot tries, which determine how many attempts it will make. If the number is not an integer, it means the number of tries will be rounded down, with a chance for one additional try. During each try, it selects one item with a quantity between the minimum and maximum, and it cannot select a different item from the same item list, even in a different try.

Cracked vessel types

The currently defined cracked vessel types contain items classified within their respective groups:

• Seeds for planting crops;
• Food items, specifically grains;
• Foraged items used in crafting, such as Clay , reeds , sticks , poultices , Flax fibers , and honeycomb ;
• Ores or fuel ;
• Tools , weapons or components, with a small chance to find rusty gears;
• Farming tools and items, with a small chance to find cabbage seeds;
• Arctic supplies.

Seed

Cracked vessel (Seed) will drop only one kind of seed each, with a quantity of 5-7 seeds in total - meaning, they could drop up to 7 pumpkin or onion seeds, but not both at the same time.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
1	Carrot seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Onion seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Spelt seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Turnip seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Rice seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Rye seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Soybean seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Pumpkin seeds	5 - 7	11.11%
	Cabbage seeds	5 - 7	11.11%

Food

Cracked vessel (Food) will drop only one kind of grain each, with a quantity of 8-15 grain in total - meaning, they could drop up to 15 rye or spelt grains, but not both at the same time. Additionally, there is a small chance for one of the 9 possible tuning cylinders to drop instead of the grain.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
1	Spelt grain	8 - 15	24.19%
	Rice grain	8 - 15	24.19%
	Flax grain	8 - 15	24.19%
	Rye grain	8 - 15	24.19%
	Tuning cylinder (The Seraphs)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Through the Grass at Night)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Sunny Village)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (The Invention)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Cultured Tavern)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Peaceful Village)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Vintage Story)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Quirky Tavern)	1	0.36%
	Tuning cylinder (Hallowcroft)	1	0.36%

Forage

Cracked vessel (Forage) has a varied loot table, with up to 3 (2.5) different items dropping together from one vessel. Some items have higher chances of dropping than others, however, and each item type has its own possible quantity. For loose stones and clay, the either-or rule applies, meaning only one kind of stone or clay may drop. Blue clay and fire clay will never drop from the same vessel.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
2.5	Flint	2 - 6	11.9%
	Stick	3 - 9	11.9%
	Dry grass	3 - 16	11.9%
	Andesite stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Chalk stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Claystone stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Granite stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Sandstone stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Shale stone	3 - 24	1.98%
	Blue clay	3 - 24	5.95%
	Fire clay	3 - 24	5.95%
	Cattails	3 - 24	11.9%
	Horsetail Poultice (from linen)	1 - 4	11.9%
	Flax fibers	1 - 12	6.0%
	Honeycomb	1 - 3	3.6%
	Bundle of bamboo stakes	2 - 6	3.6%
	Filled beenade	2 - 6	3.6%

Ore

Cracked vessel (Ore) will drop up to 2 (1.35) different types of ores or coal. With the way the loot table is set up, some of the ores have several chances to drop; therefore, it is possible to either get a larger amount of one ore or get a mix of different ores out of one single vessel. For each of the lines, the either-or rule applies again, meaning only one kind of nugget or coal may drop out of the options.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
1.35	Brown Coal	2 - 12	21.74%
	Black coal	2 - 12	21.74%
	Native copper	2 - 8	14.49%
	Quartz chunk	2 - 8	14.49%
	Galena	2 - 8	14.49%
	Galena	4 - 12	2.17%
	Cassiterite	4 - 12	2.17%
	Sphalerite	4 - 12	2.17%
	Bismuthinite	4 - 12	2.17%
	Limonite	4 - 12	0.72%
	Native gold	4 - 12	0.72%
	Chromite	4 - 12	0.72%
	Ilmenite	4 - 12	0.72%
	Native silver	4 - 12	0.72%
	Magnetite	4 - 12	0.72%

Tool

Cracked vessel (Tool) will drop up to 3 (2.2) different kinds and qualities of tools, with tin bronze tools being the highest quality tools possible. Additionally, there's a chance for 2-4 rusty gears to drop as one of the possible results. For lines with multiple different tools, the either-or rule applies, meaning only one of these tools can drop.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
2.2	Flint axe	1	27.0%
	Flint shovel	1	27.0%
	Flint knife	1	27.0%
	Copper axe	1	1.8%
	Tin bronze axe	1	0.9%
	Copper shovel	1	1.8%
	Tin bronze shovel	1	0.9%
	Copper pickaxe	1	2.7%
	Copper scythe	1	2.7%
	Copper knife	1	1.8%
	Tin bronze knife	1	0.9%
	Copper falx	1	0.9%
	Tin bronze falx	1	1.8%
	Rusty gear	2 - 4	2.7%

Farming

Cracked vessel (Farming) will drop up to 3 (2.5) different types of items commonly associated with farming and animal husbandry. Each of these could drop in different quantities, meaning one single vessel could drop 1 basket as well as 10 feathers. Additionally, one of these slots could be taken up by either a copper or tin bronze scythe.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
2.5	Feather	3 - 10	18.5%
	Flax Fibers	2 - 10	18.5%
	Cabbage seeds	2 - 4	18.5%
	Cattails	5 - 10	18.5%
	Hand basket	1	12.3%
	Flax twine	2 - 10	8.6%
	Linen sack	1	2.5%
	Copper scythe	1	12.35%
	Tin bronze scythe	1	12.35%

Arctic supplies

Cracked vessel (Arctic supplies) contains various early-game survival items typically useful in colder biomes. Each vessel can drop up to 3 (2.5) different kinds of items. Some of them have higher drop chances than others, and each item type has its own quantity range. Additionally, there's a chance for 2-4 rusty gears to drop as one of the possible results.

Tries	Loot Item	Quantity	Chance
2.5	Cattails	6 - 24	16.0%
	Dry grass	6 - 16	16.0%
	Flint	4 - 7	10.6%
	Stick	6 - 12	10.6%
	Andesite stone	10-24	2.6%
	Chalk stone	10-24	2.6%
	Granite stone	10-24	2.6%
	Basalt stone	10-24	2.6%
	Medium fertility soil	4 - 24	10.6%
	Blue clay	4 - 24	5.3%
	Fire clay	4 - 24	5.3%
	Horsetail Poultice (from linen)	1-4	5.3%
	Flax fibers	1 - 12	5.3%
	Honeycomb	1 - 3	3.2%
	Rusty gear	2 - 4	1.1%