High Quality Metal Ore
A rock containing High Quality Metal. Can be smelted in a furnace.
Smelting High Quality Metal Ore in a furnace turns each one into 1 × High Quality Metal. Mining gives it from HQM Ore (12 each).
About the High Quality Metal Ore
At an oven's base speed each one takes 20 seconds. Picking it up off the ground gives it from High Quality Metal Ore (5 each). The last hit on a node adds a bonus: HQM Ore (8) and Metal Ore (2).
Stablehand pays it out: 10 to 50 for an animal and 2 to 40 for a lot of wool. It stacks to 100 in one inventory slot.
Turns into
Result HowAmountWhen
High Quality Metal Cooking×120s to cook Gathered from
HQM OreResource×8for the finishing hit
Metal OreResource×2for the finishing hitAmounts are for clearing the whole thing. A range means the variants or the offers differ.
Shops that hand it out
StablehandShop×10–50paid for an animal, more for a better oneStablehandShop×2–40paid for a wool lot, more for a better lotStats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
