Carrying and bags

Bags, rigs and belts

What each bag, chest rig and belt adds. You wear one on your back, one on your chest and one on your belt. The largest size is the biggest kind of item that fits inside it.

Item	Worn on	Slots	Holds	Largest size it takes	Limits
Sling Bag	Back	4	8.8 lb	Bulky (M)
Daypack	Back	8	22 lb	Bulky (M)
Field Backpack	Back	14	39.7 lb	Large (L)
Hiking Pack	Back	20	57.3 lb	Large (L)
Military Rucksack	Back	26	77.2 lb	Large (L)
Fishing Vest	Chest	4	6.6 lb	Pocket-sized (S)
Carrier Chest Rig	Chest	5	11 lb	Pocket-sized (S)
Tactical Vest	Chest	6	13.2 lb	Pocket-sized (S)
Scavenger's Rig	Chest	8	17.6 lb	Pocket-sized (S)
Belt Pouch	Belt	2	3.3 lb	Pocket-sized (S)
Bandolier	Belt	3	5.5 lb	Pocket-sized (S)	Ammunition only
Utility Belt	Belt	4	6.6 lb	Pocket-sized (S)

Take a bag off full and everything stays inside it.

Pockets and hands

What you can carry with no bag at all, and how heavy things are moved.

Rule	How it works
Pockets	8 slots and 22 lb, for pocket-sized things only. A slung or holstered weapon uses a slot but not the weight.
Hands	One thing at a time. You can lift 110.2 lb alone, and up to 66.1 lb more as your lifting improves.
Two-handed carry	Anything large, hands-only, or 17.6 lb and over is carried in both arms: you walk, and you cannot sprint, jump, climb, use a weapon or get into a vehicle.
Heavy items	Anything over 55.1 lb never goes in a bag. Carry it in your hands, or put it in a vehicle, a stash or on the ground.
Hand Truck	Carries up to 551.2 lb. You feel 15% of the load. Hold it, then put the heavy item in your hands to load it.

Size classes

Every item has a size, shown on its page. The size decides what it can go into. Weapons, ammunition, magazines, worn gear, tools, clothing, armor and medicine are never limited by size.

Size	What it is	Where it goes	Items
Pocket-sized (S)	Small things: tools, food, medicine, ammunition, most gear.	Pockets, rigs, belts and every bag
Bulky (M)	Bulky things: sacks, firewood, stone, bricks, hides, fuel cans.	Any bag, never a pocket	79
Large (L)	Large things: logs, a full jerry can, planks, small kits.	Only the bigger packs:Field BackpackHiking PackMilitary Rucksack	60
Hands only (XL)	Too big for any bag: vehicle parts, generators, the big building kits.	Hands, a vehicle, a stash or the ground	216

What a load does to you

Your load is everything on you, measured against your comfortable load (100%). The heavier you are, the slower, louder and more tired you get.

Swimming costs stamina above 60% load, and above 100% a swimmer who runs out of stamina is dragged under.

You can never pick up more than 150% of your comfortable load into bags and pockets.

Your comfortable load

What you carry comfortably depends on your build: 25% of your body weight, and never less than 30.9 lb. The clothes on your back count as 4.4 lb.