Breakable Pots in PUBG: What They Hold and Which Maps Have Them

Breakable pots have appeared on Taego, Erangel, Vikendi, Deston, Miramar and Rondo in PUBG: Battlegrounds update notes. On Taego, PC Update 14.1 listed medical items, boost items and throwables as pot loot, including First Aid Kits, Energy Drinks and Frag Grenades.

For Secret Room Key hunters, Update 35.2 stated under its destructible-pots heading that keys spawn only in Normal Match. The notes did not explicitly confirm keys as pot drops, so do not rely on a pot to provide one.

Finding, breaking and looting pots

1. Check the map and match mode

The update notes record pots on six maps. The relevant update and the modes it named are:

• Taego: PC Update 14.1 described breakable pots across the map.
• Erangel: Update 35.2 added destructible pots.
• Vikendi: Update 36.1 added pots in Normal Match and Ranked.
• Deston: Update 37.1 added pots in Normal Match and Ranked.
• Miramar: Update 37.2 added pots in Normal Match and Ranked.
• Rondo: Update 38.2 added pots as part of world changes described for Normal Match, Ranked and Custom Match.

The named modes matter when you are choosing where to look. Vikendi, Deston and Miramar each had pots added in Normal Match and Ranked, while the Rondo world changes also covered Custom Match. The update numbers identify when these additions were recorded; check the latest in-game information before planning around an older update.

2. Decide whether to break one

For Taego, PC Update 14.1 said players could punch or shoot a pot. Either way, the sound of it breaking could reveal their position to enemies.

That makes the decision straightforward: the pot offers a chance to inspect some supplies, but breaking it comes with a sound to consider. If keeping your position quiet is more important at that moment, you can leave it alone. If you choose to break it, be ready for the possibility that another player hears it.

3. Look through the contents

PC Update 14.1 listed three kinds of pot loot for Taego: medical items, boost items and throwables. The examples included a First Aid Kit, an Energy Drink and a Frag Grenade.

Think of those as examples from the Taego update rather than a promise about any one pot. A medical item may be useful when you need healing; a boost item or throwable serves a different purpose. What matters in play is checking the contents after the pot breaks and deciding whether the items are useful to you.

Update 35.2 did not provide a complete pot-drop table or drop probabilities. The Taego examples therefore should not be treated as a full list for every map.

4. Keep the key rule separate

Update 35.2 said Secret Room Keys spawn only in Normal Match. That statement appeared under the destructible-pots heading, but the notes did not explicitly say that keys can be found inside pots.

For a player looking for a room key, the mode restriction is the part to remember. Breaking a pot and finding a key are not established as the same step by those notes. You can still inspect pot contents for supplies, but do not count on a key being there.

For more on the wider key system, read PUBG Secret Room Keys: How They Work on Each Map. It is a useful companion when your aim is to understand keys across maps rather than just check pot loot.

A closer look at removed pot drops

Update 35.2 removed the Self-AED and Traditional Hanbok Hat from destructible-pot drops. That is a specific change to remember if you come across an older description of pot contents: those two items were taken out of the pot drop pool by that update.

A removal is not the same as a list of replacements. The note identifies what stopped spawning from pots, while the Taego examples from PC Update 14.1 identify some of the supplies that earlier notes listed. Read each detail alongside its update number rather than combining them into a single guaranteed set of contents.

Breakable-pot checklist

• Check your map against the six named in the update notes.
• For Vikendi, Deston and Miramar, note that pots were added in Normal Match and Ranked.
• For Rondo, note that the Update 38.2 world changes also covered Custom Match.
• On Taego, consider the noise before punching or shooting a pot.
• Look through the contents without expecting a particular item.
• Remember that Update 35.2 placed the Secret Room Key spawn restriction under the destructible-pots heading, without explicitly confirming keys as pot drops.
• Leave the Self-AED and Traditional Hanbok Hat off a pot-loot shopping list: Update 35.2 removed both from pot drops.

Related reads

Browse Secret Room Maps for the site’s map guides, or explore Secret Room Keys for more guides on keys. For more on supplies and changes, see Loot & Rewards and Updates & History.