Nuxt/docs/content/2.guide/3.directory-structure/12.public.md

icon	title	head.title
IconDirectory	public	Public directory

Public directory

The public/ directory is directly served at the server root and contains public files that have to keep their names (e.g. robots.txt) or likely won't change (e.g. favicon.ico).

::alert{icon=💡} This is known as the static/ directory in Nuxt 2. ::