Hand-picked resource
Scattered Metal Rock
Pick up Scattered Metal Rock by hand in Rust for 50 Metal Ore. No tool needed.
Where it lives
on a 4,000 m mapEach count is shared with Scattered Sulfur Rock, Scattered Stone Rock and other pickups: one population picks between them. Every 60 seconds the game adds back what is missing from each spawn group, up to 100 per group, at new random spots in its biomes. How respawns work.
Hand-picked yield
no tool needed
A seed lets you farm it. See Farming & Crops.
Methodology
Tested in game on our own server: the number the game aims for in each population on a 4,000 m map. A server can change the settings. Tested on the current version of Rust.
Scattered Metal Rock: common questions
Where does the Scattered Metal Rock spawn in Rust?
On a 4,000 m map, Arid, Temperate, Tundra and Jungle: 160 per km² (2,560 in all, shared with Scattered Sulfur Rock, Scattered Stone Rock and other pickups). Every 60 seconds the game adds back what is missing from each spawn group, up to 100 per group, at new random spots in its biomes.
What does a Scattered Metal Rock give?
50 Metal Ore, picked by hand.