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Patch 1.0.0.12

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Scrap Metal

In-game text: Can be smelted into Metal Ore. With limited resources available on the Station, salvage and recycling are important habits. It is an input for 13 recipes and is itself made by one recipe.

Base value
10 credits
Type
Material, Basic Material, Junk
Legal status
Legal
Version
1.0.0.12 (6 November 2026) and hotfix 100-Rev13
Furnace window with scrap metal in the input and one metal ingot in the output.
Furnace, where it is made. Official screenshot, cropped.

Where to get it

  • The Junk Processing module turns 6 Junk into 4 Scrap Metal, and a Plasma Cutter salvages it from broken machines
  • Dumping Grounds scavenging
  • Scavenger customers (50%)
  • Salvage Ship Pilot customers
  • Revolution Quartermaster customers
  • Lower Levels traders selling off material surplus (50%)
  • Dumping Grounds scavenging
  • Aquafarmer starting scenario

Craft it: Scrap Metal (Furnace).

Recipes that use it

RecipeMachineAmount
Improved Internal Springs3D Printer2
Red Dot Sight3D Printer3
Laser Sight3D Printer2
Suppressor3D Printer5
10mm Magazine3D Printer3
High Capacity 10mm Magazine3D Printer2
Extended 10mm Magazine3D Printer3
Ironcraft 10 Frame3D Printer1
Box Cutter3D Printer2
Kitchen Knife3D Printer3
Hatchet3D Printer4
Meat Cleaver3D Printer5
Makeshift SuppressorBy hand1

Other uses

  • Smelt 2 in the Furnace to make a Metal Ingot (Low Purity)
  • Used by the 3D Printer for sights, suppressors, knives and more
  • Fuel for the Makeshift Micro Nuclear Reactor: restores 60 integrity
  • Sells to material buyers brought in by your Display Case

Source: Probably Stolen Wiki, Scrap Metal (revision of 11 November 2026). Reviewed 12 November 2026.

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