Metal Wire spawn locations on Sakhal
Metal Wire (Tools › Base building) spawns on Sakhal: the economy keeps about 24 on the map at a time. It can lie in 3,736 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Boat fishing, Police car and Boat military.
On other maps: Chernarus+, Nasdara, Livonia, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire station | Firefighter | 2 | 9 % |
| Office building, 2 floors | Residential | 2 | 7 % |
| Police station | Police | 2 | 4 % |
| Airfield HQ | Military | 2 | 4 % |
| Office building, 5 floors | Residential | 6 | 4 % |
| Factory | Industrial | 9 | 4 % |
| Shop | Hunting | 10 | 4 % |
| Garage office | Industrial | 10 | 3 % |
| Garages | Industrial | 49 | 3 % |
| Industrial building | Military | 7 | 3 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Boat fishing | 8 | 1 % |
 Police car | 9 | 0.9 % |
 Boat military | 1 | 1 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Severomorsk | 3.3 | 96 % |
| Nogovo | 2.7 | 93 % |
| Rudnogorsk | 2.3 | 90 % |
| Aniva | 1.9 | 85 % |
| Bolotnoye | 1.1 | 68 % |
| Tikhoye | 0.9 | 57 % |
| Yuzhnoye | 0.7 | 52 % |
| Dudino | 0.7 | 50 % |
| Vysokoye | 0.7 | 48 % |
| Baykovo | 0.6 | 48 % |
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.