Cowboy Canteen at a glance
Water Food & water
Holds 1.8 L since 42.18.
No published stats for this item yet.
Also known as Cowboy Canteen.
Holds 1.8 L since 42.18. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
Water Food & water
Holds 1.8 L since 42.18.
No published stats for this item yet.
Rural homes, western stores.
More water for the same slot.
The Cowboy Canteen turns up in rural homes, western stores. These named places from our town guides fit that description; loot is random, so none is guaranteed.
| Place | Town | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Spiffo’s | Muldraugh | 10612,9644 |
| GigaMart | West Point | 12023,6858 |
| GigaMart Edge of the suburbs | Riverside | 6136,5368 |
| GigaMart North end | Rosewood | 8003,11255 |
| Grand Ohio Mall | Louisville | 13577,1332 |
| Crossroads Mall | Valley Station | 13936,5832 |
| Nourish Food Mart Supermarket | March Ridge | 10142,12786 |
| GigaMart Shopping plaza | Brandenburg | 1869,6362 |
Every town and store type: loot locations and the map.
Western Canteen is on 5 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisherman Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 14% | 3 |
| Hunting Lockers | Change room (locker); Hunter storage (locker); Locker (locker); and 2 more places | 1.1% | 4 |
| Fishing Lockers | Fishing (locker); Fishing storage (locker) | 0.78% | 4 |
| Trapper | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 0.22% | 4 |
| Wardrobe Child | Bedroom (locker, cabinet); Daycare (cabinet); Kids bedroom (locker, cabinet) | under 0.1% | 4 |
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any hasmetal, any ismemento.
Rural homes, western stores.
Holds 1.8 L since 42.18. More water for the same slot.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.