Metal Blade

Crafting
Workbench level 2
Research
30 Scrap

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Craft time
1s
Research
Tech tree
Available from the startScrap cost not listed

Ingredients

  • 30
  • 10

How to get

Loot 12 sources

Chance of at least one.

6 more loot sources
How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one Metal Blade. Container chances are before inventory limits: a full crate can discard rolled items, while bonus scrap drops beside it.

Other sources

  • Bought from a vendor

    1 vendor offer

    VendorPriceAmount received
    Components (Outpost)Can vary1

Recycling

Recycling

Per item at full condition. Green’s 60% boost needs 4 heavy fuses at the Power Plant; red requires maximum power (18 fuses).

Returns
50% efficiency · 5s per cycle
60% efficiency · 5s per cycle 4.5s at maximum power
40% efficiency · 8s per cycle
75% efficiency · 4s per cycle
15181222 to 23
22 to 31 to 23
How returns work

Component fractions are random rolls; Scrap fractions carry over between cycles. Worn items return less.

Stats

Gameplay details

Stack size
20
Despawns after
20 min
Technical details
Category
Component
Item id
1,882,709,339
Shortname
metalblade
Has skins
No
In-game description

A Metal Blade for making melee weapons.

Used to craft

Game data: build 25083359, captured 4 Sept 2026. Sources and dates.

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