High Quality Metal
High quality metal suitable for armor and weapons construction.
In Rust, 93 crafting recipes call for High Quality Metal, and the Battering Ram (100), Workbench Level 3 (100) and 8x Zoom Scope (50) take the most per craft. Each High Quality Metal Ore you smelt or cook gives 1 of it. Mining gives it from Satellite Remains (60 each).
About the High Quality Metal
The last hit on a node adds a bonus: Barrels Blocker (10), Barricades Blocker (10), Desks Blocker (10) and 3 more. Satellite Crate gives the biggest single find, 50 at a time. Opening Large Present (60) can give it as well.
One shop buys it: Scrap 4 Sale, 1 for 2 scrap. It stacks to 100 in one inventory slot.
Only one vendor sells it: the Travelling Vendor for 100 to 120 scrap. In all, 37 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
At a glance
What you can craft with High Quality Metal
By workbench, 9 need none, 13 need a Level 1, 52 need a Level 2 and 19 need a Level 3. By the number of recipes that take it, it ranks 4th of the 58 crafting ingredients in the game.
8x Zoom Scope Level 3×50
Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module Level 3×5
Armored Door Level 3×20
Armored Double Door Level 3×25
Armored Ladder Hatch Level 3×35
Armored Passenger Vehicle Module Level 3×5
Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch Level 3×35
Assault Rifle Level 3×50
Auto Turret Level 2×25
Battering Ram Level 2×100
Bolt Action Rifle Level 3×20
Catapult Level 2×20
Chainsaw Level 2×5
Chippy Arcade Game Level 1×10
Cockpit With Engine Vehicle Module Level 2×5
Combat Knife Level 1×1
Computer Station Level 2×5
Custom SMG Level 2×8
Electric Furnace Level 2×5
Elevator Level 2×3
Engine Vehicle Module Level 2×3
Extended Magazine Level 2×10
Flame Thrower Level 2×15
Gas Compression Overdrive Level 2×10 Needs is how many of this item one craft takes, at the workbench the recipe asks for.
What to recycle for High Quality Metal
A green recycler gives back the most from the Battering Ram Head (62), Battering Ram (50), Workbench Level 3 (50) and 169 more. It comes back from 3 more items only by chance.
8x Zoom Scope ×20×25×30×37 +50%
Abyss Assault Rifle ×20×25×30×37 +50%
Abyss Hazmat ×2 +80%×3 +50%×4 +20%×5 +25%
Arctic Scientist Suit ×3 +20%×4×4 +80%×6
Arctic Suit ×2 +80%×3 +50%×4 +20%×5 +25%
Armored Cockpit Vehicle Module ×2×2 +50%×3×3 +75%
Armored Door ×8×10×12×15
Armored Double Door ×10×12 +50%×15×18 +75%
Armored Ladder Hatch ×14×17 +50%×21×26 +25%
Armored Passenger Vehicle Module ×2×2 +50%×3×3 +75%
Armored Triangle Ladder Hatch ×14×17 +50%×21×26 +25%
Assault Rifle ×20×25×30×37 +50%
Auto Turret ×10×12 +50%×15×18 +75%
Ballistic helmet ×12×15×18×22 +50%
Ballistic leg armour ×20×25×30×37 +50%
Ballistic vest ×20×25×30×37 +50%
Bandit Guard Gear ×3 +20%×4×4 +80%×6
Battering Ram ×40×50×60×75 Battering Ram Head ×50×62 +50%×75×93 +75%
Bolt Action Rifle ×8×10×12×15
Burst Module ×4×5×6×7 +50%
CCTV Camera ×1 +20%×1 +50%×1 +80%×2 +25%
Cable Tunnel ×4×5×6×7 +50%
Catapult ×8×10×12×15 What one of each item gives at each recycler: the guaranteed count, and after the + the chance of one more.
Large Present 13.3%×60 The chance is for a single roll of what the item gives when opened.
Where to find the High Quality Metal
Present Drop has the best chance at 56%, followed by Supply Drop at 56% and Satellite Crate at 46%.
Metal Detector (deep sea) — 20.4% ×5–8
Metal Detector — 5.4% ×3–5 Gathered from
Barrels Blocker (100x300)Resource×10for the finishing hit
Barrels Blocker (100x450)Resource×10for the finishing hit
Barricades BlockerResource×10for the finishing hit
Desks BlockerResource×10for the finishing hit
Lockers BlockerResource×10for the finishing hit
Terminals BlockerResource×10for the finishing hit
Trolley BlockerResource×10for the finishing hitAmounts are for clearing the whole thing. A range means the variants or the offers differ.
Shops that hand it out
Travelling VendorShop×50for100–120
ScrapShops that buy it
Scrap 4 SaleShop×1pays2 (1–4)
ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
