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High Quality Metal (HQM) smelts from High Quality Metal Ore for 93 recipes (30 weapons), and recyclers yield it from 134 items.
What turns into High Quality Metal in each oven, and how long one item takes
| From | In | You get | Time per item, one stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Quality Metal Ore | Large Furnace | 1 | 1.33s |
| High Quality Metal Ore | Electric Furnace | 1 | 4s |
| High Quality Metal Ore | Furnace | 1 | 6.67s |
Times are for one stack. Spread the same items over more slots and each stack slows down, while the oven keeps the same total pace.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop High Quality Metal, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Supply Drop | 55.6% | 32 to 78 |
 Satellite Crate | 45.7% | 50 to 100 |
 Locked Crate | 41.1% | 15 to 63 |
 Underwater Lab Tech Crate | 30.6% | 15 to 48 |
 Elite Crate | 27.7% | 15 to 72 |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 26% | 15 to 72 |
 Sunken Chest | 25% | 15 to 24 |
 Military Crate | 16.7% | 15 to 24 |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 16.7% | 15 to 24 |
 Wagon Military Crate | 16.7% | 15 to 24 |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 11.7% | 15 to 24 |
 Mine Crate and Minecart | 7.7% | 1 |
Scientist | 2.9% | 15 to 24 |
Heavy Scientist | 2.4% | 15 to 24 |
 Santa's Supply Drop, Christmas event only | 55.6% | 32 to 78 |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 42.1% | 15 to 72 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 16.7% | 15 to 24 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
134 items give back High Quality Metal in a recycler
| Item | Red recycler | Green recycler (powered) | Green recycler | Yellow recycler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Battering Ram | 75 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
 Workbench Level 3 | 75 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
 Variable Zoom Scope | 60 | 48 | 40 | 32 |
 8x Zoom Scope | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 Assault Rifle | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 Ballistic leg armour | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 Ballistic vest | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 M39 Rifle | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 Minigun | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 SAM Site | 37 + 50% | 30 | 25 | 20 |
 L96 Rifle | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
 LR-300 Assault Rifle | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
 M16A2 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
 M249 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
 Rocket Launcher | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
 Armored Ladder Hatch | 26 + 25% | 21 | 17 + 50% | 14 |
 Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch | 26 + 25% | 21 | 17 + 50% | 14 |
 Military Flame Thrower | 26 + 25% | 21 | 17 + 50% | 14 |
 Ballistic helmet | 22 + 50% | 18 | 15 | 12 |
 HMLMG | 22 + 50% | 18 | 15 | 12 |
 Armored Double Door | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 Auto Turret | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 M92 Pistol | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 Multiple Grenade Launcher | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 Snowball Gun | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 Test Generator | 18 + 75% | 15 | 12 + 50% | 10 |
 Armored Door | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Bolt Action Rifle | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Catapult | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Homing Missile Launcher | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 M4 Shotgun | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Spas-12 Shotgun | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Vending Machine | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Workbench Level 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
 Metal Chest Plate | 13 + 50% | 10 + 80% | 9 | 7 + 20% |
 Flame Thrower | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 Metal Facemask | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 Military Silencer | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 Mortar | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 MP5A4 | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 Pump Shotgun | 11 + 25% | 9 | 7 + 50% | 6 |
 Double Diving Tank | 9 | 7 + 20% | 6 | 4 + 80% |
 Holosight | 9 | 7 + 20% | 6 | 4 + 80% |
 SKS | 9 | 7 + 20% | 6 | 4 + 80% |
 Burst Module | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Cable Tunnel | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Chippy Arcade Game | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Extended Magazine | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Gas Compression Overdrive | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Large Rechargeable Battery | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Muzzle Boost | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Night Vision Goggles | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Oil Filter Silencer | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Python Revolver | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Targeting Attachment | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Thompson | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Wind Turbine | 7 + 50% | 6 | 5 | 4 |
 Arctic Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Bandit Guard Gear | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Custom SMG | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Heavy Plate Helmet | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
| Heavy Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Muzzle Brake | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Naval Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
| NVGM Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Outbreak Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
| Scientist Suit | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Scientist Suit (Peacekeeper) | 6 | 4 + 80% | 4 | 3 + 20% |
 Hazmat Suit | 5 + 25% | 4 + 20% | 3 + 50% | 2 + 80% |
 Diving Tank | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 High Caliber Revolver | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 Semi-Automatic Pistol | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 Simple Handmade Sight | 4 + 50% | 3 + 60% | 3 | 2 + 40% |
 Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Armored Passenger Vehicle Module | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Chainsaw | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Computer Station | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Electric Furnace | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Hammerhead Bolt | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Handmade SMG | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Large Animated Neon Sign | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Large Solar Panel | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Medium Rechargeable Battery | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Metal Armor Insert | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Metal Detector | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Modular Car Lift | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Piercer Bolt | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Small Boat Engine | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Small Generator | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Small Rechargeable Battery | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Taxi Vehicle Module | 3 + 75% | 3 | 2 + 50% | 2 |
 Heavy Plate Jacket | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Heavy Plate Pants | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 High Quality Horse Shoes | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Large Backpack | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Lead Armor Insert | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Prototype 17 | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Reinforced Glass Window | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 Semi-Automatic Rifle | 3 | 2 + 40% | 2 | 1 + 60% |
 CCTV Camera | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Elevator | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Engine Vehicle Module | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Industrial Crafter | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Rifle Body | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Seismic Sensor | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Semi Automatic Body | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Smart Alarm | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Smart Switch | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 SMG Body | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Storage Monitor | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Tesla Coil | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Weapon flashlight | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Weapon Lasersight | 2 + 25% | 1 + 80% | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% |
 Hose Tool | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Medium Animated Neon Sign | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Metal Pipe | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Metal Spring | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Pipe Tool | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Road Signs | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Amethyst | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Blue | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Cerulean | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Green | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Ivory | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Purple | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - Red | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Rustigé Egg - White | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Sheet Metal | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Strobe Light | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Targeting Computer | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Tech Trash | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Wire Tool | 1 + 50% | 1 + 20% | 1 | 80% |
 Combat Knife | 75% | 60% | 50% | 40% |
What one of each item gives back in High Quality Metal, in perfect condition, most first by the green recycler’s figure. “37 + 50%” means 37 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
8x Zoom Scope 50
Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module 5
Armored Door 20
Armored Double Door 25
Armored Ladder Hatch 35
Armored Passenger Vehicle Module 5
Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch 35
Assault Rifle 50
Auto Turret 25
Battering Ram 100
Bolt Action Rifle 20
Catapult 20
Chainsaw 5
Chippy Arcade Game 10
Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module 5
Combat Knife 1
Computer Station 5
Custom SMG 8
Electric Furnace 5
Elevator 3
Engine Vehicle Module 3
Extended Magazine 10
Flame Thrower 15
Gas Compression Overdrive 10
Hammerhead Bolt 5
Handmade SMG 5
Hazmat Suit 7
Heavy Plate Helmet 8
Heavy Plate Jacket 4
Heavy Plate Pants 4
High Caliber Revolver 6
High Quality Horse Shoes 4
HMLMG 30
Holosight 12
Homing Missile Launcher 20
Hose Tool 2
Industrial Crafter 3
Large Animated Neon Sign 5
Large Rechargeable Battery 10
Large Solar Panel 5
Lead Armor Insert 4
Medium Animated Neon Sign 2
Medium Rechargeable Battery 5
Metal Chest Plate 18
Metal Detector 5
Metal Facemask 15
Metal Pipe 2
Metal Spring 2
Modular Car Lift 5
Mortar 15
MP5A4 15
Muzzle Boost 10
Muzzle Brake 8
Night Vision Goggles 10
Oil Filter Silencer 10
Piercer Bolt 5
Pipe Tool 2
Pump Shotgun 15
Python Revolver 10
Reinforced Glass Window 4
Road Signs 2
Rocket Launcher 40
Rustigé Egg - Amethyst 2
Rustigé Egg - Blue 2
Rustigé Egg - Cerulean 2
Rustigé Egg - Green 2
Rustigé Egg - Ivory 2
Rustigé Egg - Purple 2
Rustigé Egg - Red 2
Rustigé Egg - White 2
Seismic Sensor 3
Semi-Automatic Pistol 6
Semi-Automatic Rifle 4
Simple Handmade Sight 6
SKS 12
Small Boat Engine 5
Small Generator 5
Small Rechargeable Battery 5
Smart Alarm 3
Smart Switch 3
Storage Monitor 3
Strobe Light 2
Targeting Attachment 10
Taxi Vehicle Module 5
Tesla Coil 3
Thompson 10
Vending Machine 20
Weapon flashlight 3
Weapon Lasersight 3
Wind Turbine 10
Wire Tool 2
Workbench Level 2 20
Workbench Level 3 100In Rust, High Quality Metal (HQM) is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #317398316, console shortname metal.refined). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 100 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 40 minutes.
High quality metal suitable for armor and weapons construction.
In Rust, High Quality Metal has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on 14 world loot tables read from the Rust game files. Monument recyclers do not break this item down into raw components, while 93 downstream crafting recipes use it. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
Most resources stack to 1,000; High Quality Metal stacks to 100.
When comparing High Quality Metal against related resources in Rust, prioritize farming its highest-probability monument containers or recycling surplus components at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base yield, versus forty percent at safe-zone yellow units) because this item cannot be crafted at a player workbench.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Quality Metal | Resources | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Metal Ore | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Metal Fragments | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Stones | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare High Quality Metal with closely related resource sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare High Quality Metal against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
In Rust, High Quality Metal belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID 317398316 (shortname metal.refined) and stacks to 100 units per slot. It goes into 93 recipes, 30 of them weapons, such as the Battering Ram, the 8x Zoom Scope and the Assault Rifle.
High Quality Metal is smelted from High Quality Metal Ore in Rust. It comes back from 134 items in a recycler. It sits in the Resources catalog with item ID 317398316 alongside 35 related resources across 36 published Resources entries (3 with crafting blueprints).
Dropped on the ground in Rust, High Quality Metal despawns after 40 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
High Quality Metal stacks to 100 per slot in Rust. Players can split a pile in half with middle-click drag or move a custom quantity with Shift-click drag across inventory slots, storage boxes, and the Tool Cupboard, while dropped copies despawn after 40 minutes under the Resources category (item ID 317398316).
High Quality Metal has 32-bit signed item ID 317398316 and shortname metal.refined in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Resources category (stack limit 100 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn High Quality Metal in the F1 developer console with inventory.give metal.refined 100 or inventory.giveid 317398316 100 for 100 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.