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Metal Ore smelts into Metal Fragments at 0.67 seconds per unit in the Large Furnace, fastest of three ovens.
Metal Ore from one ore node, tool by tool
| Node | Pickaxe +4, keeps 100% | Stone Pickaxe +1, keeps 77% | Salvaged Hammer, keeps 71% | Bone Club +1, keeps 56% | Rock +2, keeps 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal ore | 600 | 485 | 358 | 286 | 250 |
| HQM ore | 400 | 325 | 291 | 240 | 200 |
What a full node, tree or animal leaves in your inventory, finish bonus included when the tool earns it. Rougher tools destroy part of what they hit, which is why the numbers fall from left to right.
Pickaxe column: also Jackhammer, Salvaged Icepick, Prototype Pickaxe and Abyss Metal Pickaxe.
Stone Pickaxe column: also Concrete Pickaxe.
Bone Club column: also Candy Cane Club.
Rock column: also Skull and Jungle Rock.
Metal Ore lying on the ground, ready to pick up
| Name | You get |
|---|---|
| Metal Ore | 50 |
| Metal Ore, Halloween event | 75 |
In Rust, Metal Ore is a resource in the Resources category (item ID #-4031221, console shortname metal.ore). In active play, it follows standard server rules for resource gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage stacks up to 1,000 units per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 20 minutes.
A naturally occurring rock containing metal and metal compounds. You can extract this metal using a furnace.
In Rust, Metal Ore has no player crafting recipe; acquisition relies on map collection, smelting, or vendor trades read from the Rust game files. Monument recyclers do not break this item down into raw components, while it serves its dedicated role inside the Resources catalog. Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
When comparing Metal Ore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Ore | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Sulfur Ore | Resources | 1,000 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| High Quality Metal Ore | Resources | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| High Quality Metal | Resources | 100 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
Compare Metal Ore with closely related resource sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Metal Ore against every item in its inventory category, browse All 36 items in Resources.
On the map, Metal Ore is mined from HQM ore and Metal ore nodes and picked up off the ground in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -4031221 across 36 resources across 36 published Resources entries (3 with crafting blueprints).
Metal Ore turns into Metal Fragments at one unit every 0.67 seconds in the Large Furnace, or every 2 seconds in the Electric Furnace, or every 3.33 seconds in the Furnace in Rust. It belongs to the Resources category under numeric ID -4031221 across 36 resources.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, Metal Ore despawns after 20 minutes by default. Moving it into a storage box, locker, or player inventory immediately cancels the ground despawn countdown, which the server assigns by item rarity tier to prevent dropped loot from lagging active worlds.
Metal Ore stacks to 1,000 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 20 minutes under the Resources category (item ID -4031221).
Metal Ore has 32-bit signed item ID -4031221 and shortname metal.ore 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 1,000 units per slot).
Server administrators in Rust spawn Metal Ore in the F1 developer console with inventory.give metal.ore 1,000 or inventory.giveid -4031221 1,000 for 1,000 units. Both console spawn commands work only on dedicated or local worlds where your Steam account holds administrator or moderator privileges.