Metal Ore
A naturally occurring rock containing metal and metal compounds. You can extract this metal using a furnace.
Smelting Metal Ore in a furnace turns each one into 1 × Metal Fragments. Mining gives it from Metal Ore (500 each) and HQM Ore (400 each).
About the Metal Ore
At an oven's base speed each one takes 10 seconds. Picking it up off the ground gives it from Halloween Metal Ore (75 each) and Metal Ore (50 each). The last hit on a node adds a bonus: Metal Ore (100). It stacks to 1,000 in one inventory slot.
Turns into
Result HowAmountWhen
Metal Fragments Cooking×110s to cook Gathered from
HQM OreResource×400
Metal OreResource×100for the finishing hitAmounts are for clearing the whole thing. A range means the variants or the offers differ.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 12 November 2026.
