Containers

If you're looking for clothing items which exist primarily to increase your personal storage by raising your max volume, you should proceed on to wearable containers.

Previously this page listed the max number of items certain vehicle parts or container-type furniture could contain. With the limit of 64 items per tile bumped to the considerably more generous 4096 items per tile, the only currently relevant limit to such storage is the max volume a vehicle part can hold (generally 400).

Container data

These items exist to store comestibles of various kinds. Most comestibles that spawn in buildings spawn within one of these objects, and some containers also rarely spawn by themselves (regular and 3-liter glass jars have a range of spawn rates for different areas).

To calculate how much gasoline can be stored in a container, multiply its capacity by 200. Example: a plastic jerrycan can hold 40 units of liquid, so it can store 8000 gasoline units (40 * 200 = 8000).

Transfering/Dumping Contents

To transfer the contents from one container to another one only needs to Unload it and then select the letter of an empty or partially empty container. Keep in mind how much the containers can hold. To acquire fuel from a vehicle requires a rubber hose and an empty container. Simply activate the rubber hose, select the direction of the vehicle, and then select the letter of your container. One can also use this method to transfer fuel from one vehicle directly to another if they are parked one space apart. To dump the container on the ground Unload the container but then hit ESC followed by the direction you would like to unload the container. Be careful however, liquids that are dumped onto the ground cannot be retrieved ^Verify.

Item Browser

The Item Browser has a container catalog, it is updated using the game's data files, so it's always accurate.

	Name	R	Price	Material	Vol	Weight	Bash	Hit	Capacity	Flags
)	plastic bag	10	1	plastic	1	2	-4	-8	24
)	plastic bottle	10	8	plastic	2	13	-8	1	2	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	glass bottle	10	1	glass	3	200	-8	1	3	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	aluminum can	10	1	steel	1	13	0	0	1	RIGID, WATERTIGHT
)	tin can	10	2	iron	1	400	-1	1	1	RIGID, WATERTIGHT
)	sm. cardboard box	10	0	paper	4	151	-5	1	4	RIGID
)	plastic canteen	10	1000	plastic	6	155	-8	1	6	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	plastic jerrycan	10	2500	plastic	40	1587	-2	-2	40	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	gallon jug	10	2500	plastic	15	190	-8	1	15	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	glass flask	0	2500	glass	1	48	8	1	1	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	small waterskin	0	2000	leather	1	453	1	-1	6	WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	waterskin	0	5000	leather	2	783	2	-1	12	WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	large waterskin	0	12000	leather	3	990	3	-1	20	WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	steel jerrycan	10	5000	steel	100	4815	-3	-3	100	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	aluminum keg	10	6000	steel	200	13500	-4	-4	200	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	glass jar	varies	2500	glass	1	264	8	1	1	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	3l glass jar	varies	3000	glass	12	365	10	1	12	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	plastic bowl	0	1	plastic	1	0	2	1	1	RIGID
)	metal tank	10	6000	steel	225	2834	6	-4	225	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	small metal tank	0	2000	steel	45	1600	5	-3	45	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	hip flask	varies	250000	aluminum	1	120	3	1	1	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	55 gallon drum	0	0	steel	825	20000	8	-5	825	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	30 gallon drum	0	0	steel	450	6800	8	-5	450	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	wooden barrel	0	0	wood / steel	400	42408	8	-5	400	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS
)	2.5L canteen	10	125000	plastic	10	155	1	-1	10	RIGID, WATERTIGHT, SEALS

A quick rundown of container-only flags:
RIGID - Containers with this flag always have the same volume. Containers without it have their volume increased by their contents' volume.
WATERTIGHT - An object without this flag is not suitable for storing liquid in. However...
SEALS - Currently, this flag is also required for an item to be able to store liquid.

Due to the way 'solid' and 'liquid' comestibles are currently handled, containers which do not have WATERTIGHT and SEALS set as flags are essentially useless for the purpose of player storage - there is currently no way to move solid items into containers, and those two flags are required for an item to be able to hold liquid. However, these items are still useful for the purpose of non-comestible crafting.