Small mineable piles of stone and the small round boulders around rivers and beach shores tend to yield more metal than regular stone nodes.The eastern side of the mountain is easy to climb and scattered with more metal bearing rocks, and the area itself is fairly benign, hosting mostly low level herbivores with the occasional Raptor or Carno. Low level characters can go to a small mountain in the Southern Islets at around 76 latitude and 44 longitude which has a decent number of metal bearing rocks (100+ units with a metal pick) at its summit, along with a small supply of crystal.However caution is advised while attempting to descend the mountain, as it is extremely steep and quite easy to fall. The Frozen Tooth at 35 latitude and 55 longitude has extremely high quantities of metal rocks at and around the summit.The following creatures reduce the weight of Metal by the listed amount while it is in their inventory: This other Ankylosaurus can be a low level so if it somehow clips and falls, you will not have to worry about losing it. Carrying the opposite gender Ankylosaurus provides a mate boost to the one you're gathering metal with, providing a 33% bonus in damage, and thus increasing the yield of metal.This strategy allows for higher mobility and higher carry weight since a Quetzal can carry much more than an Ankylosaurus.

They simply then fly you next to metal rocks on a mountain, and you can harvest them without even touching the ground. If you have another player with you, they can pick you and your Ankylosaurus up using a Quetzal or Argentavis.When at mastercraft or ascendant tier, the metal pick is reported to gather just as much metal per metal spawn as the Ankylosaurus.īelow is a list of creatures and tools that can be used to gather metal. Metal can be gathered most efficiently using an Ankylosaurus, which also offers a 85% weight reduction of metal when in its inventory, or by using a metal pick. Metal is also needed to craft the following items: Two pieces of Metal Ore are needed to make one Metal Ingot, taking 20 seconds in the Refining Forge and 1 second in the Industrial Forge. Metal is smelted using a Refining Forge, Magmasaur, Phoenix, or Industrial Forge into Metal Ingot, which are an essential crafting ingredient. Standard metal rocks take ~1 hour to respawn after being mined. The general mechanics for resource harvesting are presented in Renewable resources. The rocks are mined with either a pickaxe, preferably a Metal Pick as it yields a lot more metal per rock, a mining drill, or the most efficient way, with an Ankylosaurus with its Melee Damage boosted, which also makes carrying the mined ore easier. In Aberration the golden colored metal rocks can be found, but blue veined black rocks (found in the Luminous Region) also yield large amounts of metal. Generally, metal rock density is higher in areas that are dangerous or hard to reach, such as mountain tops, caves, rivers, coves and deep water sources. These metal rocks usually look smoother and more golden than usual rocks. Certain rocks hold substantially larger amounts of metal. It is possible to obtain it from normal rocks, but these rocks have a very low yield of metal.

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