

Metal Fragments
Metal Fragments. Smelted from Metal Ore, used in lots of different crafting recipes.
Harvested from
| Source | Amount |
|---|---|
| 800 | |
| 510 | |
| 500 |
| Item |
|---|
Excavator
| Source | Amount per full run |
|---|---|
| 5,000 |
Buy
2 shops| Shop | Price |
|---|---|
Outpost: Resource ExchangeOutpostBase price50 right after a wipe12 to 50 with demand | |
Travelling VendorStocks 7 of 16 offersUsually 20 to 30 |
Looted from
| Container | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 28% | 25-147 | |
| 25% | 10-14 | |
| 22% | 25-98 | |
| 15% | 30-49 |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 3 Mining Crate | |
| 6.5 | 1 Mining Crate | |
| 6.5 | 1 Mining Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Seasonal events
Seasonal| Source | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 13% | 25-49 | |
| 11.1% | 25-49 |
| Ground | Chance per dig spot | Amount per find |
|---|---|---|
| 52.6% | 20-25 | |
| 35.1% | 20-25 | |
| 30.3% | 20-25 | |
| 30.3% | 20-25 | |
| 22.7% | 20-25 | |
| 20.4% | 20-25 |
Recycle from
| Item | Yield |
|---|---|
| 900 | |
| 600 | |
| 600 | |
| 600 | |
| 600 | |
| 600 |
Best items to recycle to get Metal Fragments (highest yield first).
Shredder
Junkyard| Vehicle | Metal Fragments |
|---|---|
| 50 |
Sell or trade in
1 shop| Shop | Trade |
|---|---|
Bandit Camp: Scrap 4 SaleBandit CampBase rate1 right after a wipe1 to 2 with demand |
Methodology
Best places to find it. Worked out from loot tables tested in game. A crate that has not been tested yet is left out, so a monument can give more than shown.
Build with it
Cost of one block in Metal Fragments, by shape. Open a block for its HP and raid cost.
Mixed into (7)
| Makes | Needs |
|---|---|
Used In Crafting
306 recipes
| Item | Needs | Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Weapons 27 | ||
| 20 | Level 1 | |
| 25 | Level 1 | |
| 75 | Level 1 | |
| 75 | Level 1 | |
| 175 | Level 1 | |
| 30 | None | |
| 25 | Level 2 | |
| 50 | Level 2 | |
| 200 | Level 1 | |
| 100 | Level 2 | |
| 50 | Level 1 | |
| 40 | None | |
| 150 | Level 1 | |
| 75 | Level 1 | |
| 15 | None | |
| 50 | None | |
| 125 | Level 1 | |
| 50 | Level 1 | |
| 15 | Level 1 | |
| 450 | Level 2 | |
| 75 | Level 1 | |
| 200 | Level 3 | |
| 40 | Level 1 | |
| 75 | Level 1 | |
How many Metal Fragments one craft takes, and the workbench level it needs.
Farming & fishing
Wearing it
Survival
Repair
Electrical & stations
Vehicles & mounts
Details
Metal Fragments: common questions
- Where do you find Metal Fragments?
- Gather it from Satellite Remains (800 each), Monument Blocker (Collapse) (510 each) and Monument Blocker (7 kinds) (500 each). Smelted from Empty Can Of Beans, Empty Tuna Can and Metal Ore. The Giant Excavator makes it, up to 5,000 per full run. Buy it at Outpost: Resource Exchange (base price 25 Scrap for 250) and Travelling Vendor (20 to 30 Scrap for 250). It drops from Small Trash Pile (25%) and Mine Cart (15%). The most from one full clear: Airfield (19), Giant Excavator Pit (6.5) and Oxum's Gas Station (6.5).
- What does Metal Fragments craft into?
- Metal Fragments is used to craft 12 Gauge Buckshot, 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell, 12 Gauge Slug, 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Above Ground Pool, AND Switch, plus 300 more.