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

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
| Recipe | Machine | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Internal Springs | 3D Printer | 2 |
| Red Dot Sight | 3D Printer | 3 |
| Laser Sight | 3D Printer | 2 |
| Suppressor | 3D Printer | 5 |
| 10mm Magazine | 3D Printer | 3 |
| High Capacity 10mm Magazine | 3D Printer | 2 |
| Extended 10mm Magazine | 3D Printer | 3 |
| Ironcraft 10 Frame | 3D Printer | 1 |
| Box Cutter | 3D Printer | 2 |
| Kitchen Knife | 3D Printer | 3 |
| Hatchet | 3D Printer | 4 |
| Meat Cleaver | 3D Printer | 5 |
| Makeshift Suppressor | By hand | 1 |
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.



