Stack size
1,000
per slot
Excavator
5,000
per run
Mixed into (7)
Explosives 
HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo 
HV Pistol Ammo 
Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo 
Incendiary Pistol Bullet 
Pistol Bullet Used In Crafting
Recipes that use Metal Fragments as an ingredient — i.e. what it crafts into. Showing the first 60 of 442 recipes.
| Item | Amount Needed | Workbench |
|---|---|---|
 12 Gauge Buckshot | ×5 | Workbench level 2 |
 12 Gauge Incendiary Shell | ×5 | Workbench level 2 |
 12 Gauge Slug | ×5 | Workbench level 2 |
 2 Module Car | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 2 Module Car Chassis | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 3 Module Car | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 3 Module Car Chassis | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 4 Module Car | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 4 Module Car Chassis | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 40mm Shotgun Round | ×4 | Workbench level 3 |
 5.56 Rifle Ammo | ×10 | Workbench level 2 |
 Above Ground Pool | ×200 | Workbench level 1 |
 Abyss Horizontal Storage Tank | ×75 | No workbench |
 Abyss Metal Hatchet | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Abyss Metal Pickaxe | ×125 | Workbench level 1 |
 Abyss Vertical Storage Tank | ×75 | No workbench |
 Ammo Storage Box | ×50 | No workbench |
 AND Switch | ×100 | Workbench level 2 |
 Armor Storage Box | ×50 | No workbench |
 Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module | ×150 | Workbench level 3 |
 Armored Passenger Vehicle Module | ×150 | Workbench level 3 |
 Asbestos Armor Insert | ×50 | Workbench level 2 |
 Attack Helicopter | ×1000 | No workbench |
 Audio Alarm | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Ballista | ×250 | Workbench level 2 |
 Bamboo Barrel | ×75 | No workbench |
 Bamboo Salvaged Shelves | ×50 | No workbench |
 Barbed Wooden Barricade | ×50 | Workbench level 1 |
 Barbeque | ×40 | No workbench |
 Baseball Bat | ×50 | Workbench level 1 |
 Basic Horse Shoes | ×50 | Workbench level 1 |
 Bath Tub Planter | ×100 | No workbench |
 Beach Chair | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Beach Parasol | ×75 | No workbench |
 Beancan Grenade | ×20 | Workbench level 1 |
 Bed | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 Bicycle | ×50 | Workbench level 1 |
 Binoculars | ×40 | No workbench |
 Blocker | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Blue Boomer | ×25 | No workbench |
 Blue Industrial Wall Light | ×30 | Workbench level 1 |
 Blue Roman Candle | ×25 | No workbench |
 Blunderbuss | ×175 | Workbench level 1 |
 Boogie Board | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Boom Box | ×100 | Workbench level 1 |
 Boots | ×15 | Workbench level 2 |
 Bowless Crossbow | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Bucket Helmet | ×35 | Workbench level 1 |
 Bulb String Lights | ×50 | No workbench |
 Butcher Knife | ×50 | No workbench |
 Button | ×75 | Workbench level 1 |
 Caboose | ×200 | Workbench level 1 |
 Camper Vehicle Module | ×175 | Workbench level 2 |
 Canbourine | ×25 | No workbench |
 Cannon | ×200 | Workbench level 1 |
 Cannonball | ×50 | Workbench level 1 |
 Car Radio | ×120 | Workbench level 1 |
 Card Table | ×400 | No workbench |
 Cassette - Long | ×100 | No workbench |
 Cassette - Medium | ×75 | No workbench |
Looted From
| Container | Condition | Amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining Crate | 100 % | 30-50 | 15% |
| Mine Crate | - | 30-50 | 15 % |
| Minecart | - | 30-50 | 15 % |
| Small Stocking | 100 % | 25-50 | 12% |
| Large Stocking | 100 % | 25-50 | 10% |
Sell to vendor:20× →1 scrap
Empty Can Of Beans
Empty Tuna Can
Metal OreMined in bulk
Produced by the Giant Excavator monument — up to 5,000 per full run.
Recycle From
Best items to recycle to get Metal Fragments (highest yield first).
| Item | Yield | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Scrap Transport Helicopter | 900 | 100 % |
| Attack Helicopter | 600 | 100 % |
 Horse | 600 | 100 % |
 Minicopter | 600 | 100 % |
 Sedan | 600 | 100 % |
 Soccer Ball | 600 | 100 % |
 Workbench Level 3 | 600 | 100 % |
 Minicopter | 300 | 100 % |
 Small Oil Refinery | 300 | 100 % |
 Workbench Level 2 | 300 | 100 % |
 Semi-Automatic Rifle | 270 | 100 % |
| Card Table | 240 | 100 % |
Used to craft (442)
12 Gauge Buckshot ×512 Gauge Incendiary Shell ×512 Gauge Slug ×52 Module Car ×1002 Module Car Chassis ×1003 Module Car ×1003 Module Car Chassis ×1004 Module Car ×1004 Module Car Chassis ×10040mm Shotgun Round ×45.56 Rifle Ammo ×10Above Ground Pool ×200Abyss Horizontal Storage Tank ×75Abyss Metal Hatchet ×75Abyss Metal Pickaxe ×125Abyss Vertical Storage Tank ×75Ammo Storage Box ×50AND Switch ×100Armor Storage Box ×50Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module ×150Armored Passenger Vehicle Module ×150Asbestos Armor Insert ×50Attack Helicopter ×1000Audio Alarm ×75+418 more Recycled from (442)
12 Gauge Buckshot12 Gauge Incendiary Shell12 Gauge Slug2 Module Car2 Module Car Chassis3 Module Car3 Module Car Chassis4 Module Car4 Module Car Chassis40mm Shotgun Round5.56 Rifle AmmoAbove Ground PoolAbyss Horizontal Storage TankAbyss Metal HatchetAbyss Metal PickaxeAbyss Vertical Storage TankAmmo Storage BoxAND SwitchArmor Storage BoxArmored Cockpit Vehicle ModuleArmored Passenger Vehicle ModuleAsbestos Armor InsertAttack HelicopterAudio Alarm+418 moreRelationship Map
Every way Metal Fragments connects to the rest of the game.
Metal FragmentsUsed in crafting60
Recycled from12
Smelted from3