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Nomad Drive Items

Reports on tools, cooking equipment, radiator supplies, treasure chests, tool racks, and item locations found during demo runs.

Item locations are often affected by generated loot and player reports. Use these pages to learn the reported search pattern, what an item is used for, and which claims remain unconfirmed.

Item Reports

Coolant Location: What Players Actually Use

The demo asks you to fill the radiator with coolant. Playthroughs show water works instead, and why a fixed coolant spot is hard to pin down.

Crowbar: What’s Confirmed So Far

As of 2026-10-16 the Steam page for Nomad Drive does not mention a crowbar; here is what the game's own listing says about tools and scavenging.

Metal Detector: What It Does and How to Use It

A player-reported look at the metal detector in Nomad Drive's demo: what it's used for, where it turns up, and how digging treasure works.

Pan Location: Where to Find a Cooking Pan

The cooking pan in Nomad Drive is procedural world loot, not a fixed spawn. Where demo players found one, and how to use it for the cooking objective.

Rare Chest: What’s Inside and How to Open It

In the Nomad Drive demo, the rare chest is a buried objective: find a rare key, dig with the shovel, and open it for randomized loot.

Tool Rack: What Attaches and What Doesn’t

Players report Nomad Drive tool racks accept grinders and polishers through placement mode, while shovels, metal detectors and crowbars won't attach.

where is the shovel: Check the Attic

One player found the Nomad Drive shovel in the starter house attic after missing it for several runs. Where to look and how to dig up chests.