Where does the Small Gas Canister (SmallGasCanister) spawn on Stuart Island?

Small Gas Canister (SmallGasCanister) has 3,513 loot spawn points on Stuart Island, out of 4,056 that its containers offer — the rest are slots it is physically too large for.

Most are around Stuart Island Airfield, which holds 1,313 of them — 37% of every place it can appear on the whole map. After that: Stuart City, Prevost and Stuart Island.

Those points sit in wrecks, residential houses and sheds or workshops.

The central economy aims for 2 on the map at once, with a floor of 1. Each one lasts 1.5 hours on the ground before it despawns, and the economy waits 5 minutes before restocking one that was taken.

Category

tools

Spawn points

3,513

Target on map

2 (min 1)

Lifetime

1.5 hours

Restock

5 minutes

Where it spawns on Stuart Island

Location	Spawn points	Typical distance
Stuart Island Airfield	1,313	327 m
Stuart City	589	115 m
Prevost	464	166 m
Stuart Island	445	308 m
Spieden Island	256	362 m
Reef Bay	197	325 m
Satallite Island	148	511 m
Prevost Airstrip	81	156 m

Which buildings

• wreck — 1,495 points
• residential house — 1,081 points
• shed or workshop — 217 points
• pub or restaurant — 109 points
• office — 105 points
• outhouse — 96 points
• feed shack — 72 points
• hunting stand — 69 points

On the other maps

• Small Gas Canister on Chernarus — 52,899 spawn points
• Small Gas Canister on Livonia — 30,272 spawn points
• Small Gas Canister on Namalsk — 8,778 spawn points
• Small Gas Canister on Sakhal — 33,978 spawn points

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Rebuilt 10 October 2026 from dayzed.stuartisland.