Weapon crate

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Weapon crates are interactable objects in Just Cause 2, Just Cause 3 and Just Cause 4. These objects aren't really officially named in the games, so the article name here is just for convenience.

As seen in JC3.

As seen in JC4.

Description (JC2)

They are dark plastic crates for most weapons (a twice as long crate for two-handed weapons), or a wooden box for grenades/triggered explosives. The lid of the nearest crate (or two at a time) will open automatically when Rico stands close enough.

Locations (JC2)

• Most military bases in Panau have clusters of 3 crates, containing a pistol, a Submachine Gun, and up to 5 grenades. In a few bases though, the three crates are separate.
• During Welcome to Panau, Kem Gunung Dataran Tinggi has a crate of Triggered Explosives behind the SAM launcher, two Submachine Gun ammo crates, one grenade ammo crate, and one pistol ammo crate. These only spawn during the mission.
• Nearly every faction mission has the faction owner giving Rico a weapon, be it weapon or explosive. These are often seen being kicked off the back of the faction leader's vehicle. Most missions provide a submachine gun. In some side-missions where the faction leader arrives by boat, a faction member is seen carrying the crate from the provided boat onto shore, then leaving it there.

Gallery (JC2)

A usual cluster of 3 weapon crates, as seen at any base.

2 of the nearest are open and the player is prompted to optionally replace Ricos weapons.

Longer crate for a 2-handed weapon. This one being at the Reapers HQ.

Description (JC3)

It is a blue metal crate with white flotation foam attached around the edges, making it able to float on water. The inside has dark foam that protects the content. If the crate is ordered from the Rebel drop, once the cargo container opens it will remain closed for a while before bursting upon in an explosion of confetti.

Locations (JC3)

• All weapons ordered from the Rebel drop arrive in a crate.
• A few missions have these to provide the player with weapons.

Description (JC4)

They are dark blue metal boxes with two red arrows pointing in the opening direction of the crate. The crate can be opened with the interact button (E on PC). Opening a crate makes Rico kick the edge of a crate. This seems to release some sort of lock that in turn flips the top of the crate off on two sides and raises an internal platform up. The crates can float on water and have lights to illuminate the content at night.

A single crate normally has three random weapons. There can even be two of the same weapon. Very few crates have a distinct content set that's always the same.

In crates with random weapons, the usual Black Hand small-arms are the most common: SW9 Assault Rifle, SMG-2, CC10 Shotgun and 21-J Smart-Rifle. The Defender Machine Gun and LRD-3 Sniper are the second most common weapons. Next in likelyness is the Black Hand's explosive arsenal, consisting of the PGL-6 Grenade Launcher and the AT7 RPG. Even rarer are Black Hand weapons that are not used by the Black Hand, including the AT3-X RPG, PBX Auto-Slug 4, PBX Mine Launcher 2A7 and PBX Super-Sniper 4. The least common weapons that spawn in a random content crate are "experimental" weapons, the PWC V4.2 Wind Gun, RG-PBA 9 Railgun and DA 9.3 Lightning Gun.

If the Los Demonios DLC is installed, Demon Crossbows might show up in weapon crates around Infestations.

According to a loading screen, weapons unlocked in supply drop have a higher chance of spawning in weapon crates found all over the game (paraphrased).

The Agency versions (added by the Danger Rising expansion) look and function the same, except that theirs are orange and have an Agency logo. On Agency submarines, they mainly spawn Agency weapons, but Black Hand weaponry can occasionally also be found.

Locations (JC4)

• At all military bases and outposts.
  • There are six weapon crates in the main Illapa facility with randomized spawns, but the base also has some crates that permanently spawn the same weapons. See the below section for reference.
• Some in towns.
• At the top of each lighthouse.
• Around the front.
• Weapons ordered from the supply drop arrive in weapon crates.
• Danger Rising DLC:
  • Inside and at the tops of the towers of the Agency submarines.
  • One on a floating platform north of USS Watchdog will always have a Sequoia 370 Mag-Slug. This is a mission objective.
  • It needs confirmation if this is random, but one of the crates in the USS Conquest computer room has Black Hand weapons in it.
  • At least one of the crates at the USS Whitefeather always has a PWC V4.2 Wind Gun in it. It's on a smaller platform to the north of the submarine.
• Los Demonios DLC:
  • At Black Hand positions at every infestation site.
  • At Black Hand positions on Isla de los Annilos during the mission Extermination.
  • On a small island near Isla de los Annilos at the beginning of the mission Extermination.
• At the Descansito airfield.

Guaranteed content

The following crates are known to always have the same content:

• One of the weapons crates in the mission Training: Bridge Defense will always have a LRD-3 Sniper and another one will always have a Bárbaro Machine Gun. This mission is the only known instance of weapons in Army of Chaos faction colors being found in a crate.
• Casquillos Vacíos contains six weapon crates with contents that never change. These consist of two crates with 1 Defender Machine Gun, two crates with 1 SMG-2 and 1 AT7 RPG, and two crates with 1 SW9 Assault Rifle, 1 CC10 Shotgun, and 1 21-J Smart-Rifle.
• The Pachakawri crater contains 13 weapon crates that each carry 1 RG-PBA 9 Railgun. However, if Rico fast travels there, there is a chance only seven of those crates might spawn, leaving six railguns lying out in the open.
• Illapa:
  • The section of the base where Rico has to hold out contains three weapon crates which spawn an AT7 RPG and a PGL-6 Grenade Launcher each.
  • The small section with the helipad where Rico first encounters the Black Hand in Solís contains one weapon crate with a SW9 Assault Rifle and CC10 Shotgun. It is likely that this place is where the article gets its name, as Rico remarks "Crate full of weapons?" if you press the key to open the crate.
  • The area where Rico starts out the game has another weapon crate which spawns another SW9 Assault Rifle and CC10 Shotgun.
  • A little further back of where Rico starts out the game is a small outpost that contains another weapon crate with a Defender Machine Gun and PGL-6 Grenade Launcher. If Rico goes here during Operation Whiteout, Rico will say "Found a small outpost." Mira will say "Illapa is the other way, Rico."
• The place where Garland King's New Star starts out contains a weapon crate with a Defender Machine Gun.
• Towards the end of the mission Jungla Scatter, where Rico has to protect the hacker, there is one weapon crate which seems to always spawn a Defender Machine Gun and 2 other randomized Black Hand weapons.
• Every Agency supply crate contains a Yellowstone Auto Sniper, Sequoia 370 Mag-Slug, and Niagara 9mm Bullpup. There are a few exceptions though.
  • The area with crates featured in Old Friends and New Enemies has one that is guaranteed to spawn just a Sequoia 370 Mag-Slug with no other weapons.
  • One of the weapon crates on the USS Whitefeather contains a PWC V4.2 Wind Gun and a randomized Agency weapon.

Gallery (JC4)

Closed weapon crate.

Opened weapon crate.

Weapons crate at the top of a lighthouse at Encanto.

Provided weapon crates near the starting point of Extermination.

At Black Hand positions on Isla de los Annilos during the mission Extermination.

Cluster Bomb Launcher from a supply drop.

This crate in the mission Old Friends and New Enemies only spawns a Sequoia 370 Mag-Slug with no other weapons. Usually Agency weapon crates also contain a Niagara 9mm Bullpup and Yellowstone Auto Sniper.

Closed Agency crate.

Open Agency crate, showing the mechanics of the backside.

One of the crates in Training: Bridge Defense.

Trivia

• Real militaries have traditionally transported small arms in crates. The purpose is to facilitate reasonably easy transport and storage.
• In reality, weapons are never left loaded when in storage and ammunition is always in separate crates. That's to make transport and storage safer from theft and to reduce the need for constant armed guards.
• In reality, smaller and lighter weapons (grenades, pistols, SMGs and anything similar) would rarely, if ever, be in their individual crates. Normally such crates contain as many as a person, or two people can carry. Only heavier weapons, such as RPGs and bigger machine guns, would be in their individual crates.