Metal Wire spawn locations on Nasdara (Badlands)
Metal Wire (Tools › Base building) spawns on Nasdara (Badlands): the economy keeps about 39 on the map at a time. It can lie in 6,198 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Water truck and Military convoy.
On other maps: Chernarus+, Livonia, Sakhal, Namalsk, Raman, DeerIsle Experimental
It lies on the ground for about 4 h before the game removes it.
Best building types
The chance to find at least one in a single building of that type, on a visit to a full server.
| Building | Loot Type | How many | Chance in one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinished building | Industrial | 3 | 6 % |
| Factory | Industrial | 7 | 4 % |
| Garages | Industrial | 108 | 3 % |
| Garage office | Industrial | 23 | 3 % |
| Gas station | Industrial | 16 | 3 % |
| Kiln | Industrial | 4 | 3 % |
| Damaged villa | Military | 3 | 2 % |
| Factory hall | Industrial | 10 | 2 % |
| Warehouse | Industrial | 80 | 2 % |
| Hangar | Industrial | 3 | 2 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Water truck | 66 | 0.4 % |
 Military convoy | 3 | 0.7 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Dashtabad | 2.2 | 89 % |
| Pesh Kuh | 1.9 | 84 % |
| Kamar Zir | 1 | 64 % |
| Nasdar-Beton factory | 1 | 63 % |
| Registan District | 0.9 | 61 % |
| Ziarat District | 0.9 | 60 % |
| Suvin Shahr | 0.8 | 57 % |
| Pesh Dasht | 0.8 | 57 % |
| Dar-e Ardis | 0.8 | 56 % |
| Dahana | 0.8 | 53 % |
Underground
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Underground · −1 · 30 m down | 0.1 | 7 % |
| Underground · −1 · 26 m down | <0.1 | 5 % |
| Tunnelshelter dam outter | <0.1 | 4 % |
| T 12a 1194 merged 12 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel eastsection utilitytunnels inner 2 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel southwestentrance outter | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel westentrance tunnel outter | <0.1 | 2 % |
| Hwtunnel westsection inner Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 1 % |
| Hwtunnel eastsection utilitytunnels inner Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.6 % |
| T 36b 1577 merged 4 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.6 % |
| Hwtunnel westentrance tunnel outter 2 | <0.1 | 0.6 % |
| Hwtunnel westsection outter 2 | <0.1 | 0.6 % |
| Bunker basement inner 0005 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.6 % |
| Tla 1497 merged 2 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.4 % |
| Tdb 1505 merged 2 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.3 % |
| Bunker basement inner 0025 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.3 % |
| T 12b 0035 merged 3 Dark: bring a light | <0.1 | 0.2 % |
More Base building
These are estimates for a full server from the game's loot files, as the Map's Item Filter shows them: each item's count on the map spread over every building and event site that can hold it. A looted server has less.