Metal Scraps cannot be crafted
Worth stating up front, because it changes how you plan: there is no recipe for Metal Scraps. They come only from looting — capsules, boxes, barrels, carts, destroyed metal objects, and enemy corpses.
That means farming them is a route you run, not something you can top up at a station. Establish a loop early and you will never be short.
The no-fight route: Cinder Vault capsules
This is the easiest farm in the game, and almost nobody uses it.
- Fast travel to the Cinder Vault altar.
- Climb the stairs and go through the round doors into the chamber where you started the game.
- Break the urns and metal capsules with a pickaxe.
- Come back in about 45 minutes.
Why it works:
- No enemies. Nothing will interrupt you.
- Up to 5 scraps per capsule.
- Respawn is roughly 45 minutes, and it does not reset by logging out — so you cannot shortcut it by quitting to menu.
- The same capsules also appear at survivor rescue vaults and at the Blacksmith’s vault.
Use the pickaxe, not the axe. The axe does less damage to metal objects, which makes this loop slower than it needs to be.
If you are waiting on the timer, rotate to a Scavenger camp and return.
The best Scavenger camps
Combat is the higher-volume method, and Rookmore is the best early camp.
| Location | Region | Best for | Rough clear time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookmore | Springlands | Early game | 5–8 minutes |
| North of Braelyn Bridge | Springlands | Early game | 3–5 minutes |
| Revelwood camps | Revelwood | Mid-game | 5–10 minutes |
| Nomad Highlands camps | Nomad Highlands | Mid-game | 6–12 minutes |
| Kindlewastes camps | Kindlewastes | Late game | 8–15 minutes |
Clear times are planning estimates rather than measured averages, so treat them as a rough guide.
The Rookmore route: from Braelyn Bridge, drop down into the Shroud and head north-west to Rookmore, the ruined village in the Springlands. Clear the patrolling Scavengers, then loot the tables, chests and breakable objects on the same pass. The reason Rookmore is the best early spot is that enemy drops and environmental looting happen in one visit.
It also scales: once you have better weapons, Rookmore gets faster rather than obsolete, because the enemies are low level.
Chain it. Rookmore and the camps north of Braelyn Bridge are close enough to run as a single circuit, which saves waiting on respawns at either one.
Longkeep, west of the start, and the Scavengers in front of the Blacksmith’s vault, are the other early options.
What actually drops them
Sources disagree here, so both figures are given.
| Source | wiki.gg drop table | Other 1.0 sources |
|---|---|---|
| Scavenger Berserker | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Scavenger Scalper | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Scavenger Scrapgun | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Scavenger Wolf | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Hollow Reaper | 0–3 | — |
| Hollow Soldier | 0–1 | — |
The practical takeaway is the same either way: drops are randomised and not guaranteed. Expect to clear several enemies to fund a big crafting project.
Also worth breaking as you go: boxes, barrels, carts and braziers. Metal-looking objects give scrap more often, and Kindlewastes and Albaneve have far more of these than the Springlands — so if you are short late in the game, break furniture in a high-level region rather than going back to Rookmore.
What to spend them on
Early progression gear:
| Item | Metal Scraps |
|---|---|
| Lockpick | 1 |
| Seedbed | 2 |
| Scrappy Sword | 3 |
| Scrappy Axe | 4 |
| Grappling Hook | 4 |
| Fur Armour (per piece) | 5 |
| Scrappy Pickaxe | 8 (+1 Shroud Wood) |
| Forge | 10 |
Make the Scrappy Axe first. It is the tool that breaks Shroud Roots, and several quests require those — so it gates progression, not just convenience.
Base and furniture recipes:
| Item | Metal Scraps |
|---|---|
| Cooking Station | 2 |
| Carved Wooden Door | 2 |
| Advanced Rake | 2 (+1 Rake, 1 Charcoal) |
| Copper Door | 3 |
| Bird Feeder | 4 |
| Crude Wooden Closet | 5 |
| Chandelier | 6 |
| Brazier | 7 |
| Crypt Brazier | 10 |
Collector crypt decorations all cost scrap too — Crypt Candle (1), Crypt Wall Skull Torch (1), Crypt Wall Torch (2), Crypt Standing Skull Torch (4), Crypt Standing Torch (5), Crypt Chandelier (5).
Habits that keep you supplied
- Run the Cinder Vault loop once per session. It is free, safe and 45 minutes is shorter than you think.
- Break everything metal on the way past. Capsules, barrels, carts, braziers.
- Use the pickaxe for metal objects.
- Keep a dedicated stack at base rather than farming on demand.
- Do not bother fighting high-level camps for scrap alone. If scrap is your only objective, an easier camp cleared faster yields more per minute.