Sheet Metal spawn locations on Sakhal
Sheet Metal (Tools › Base building) spawns on Sakhal: the economy keeps about 45 on the map at a time. It can lie in 4,581 buildings. Most of them are Industrial buildings. It also spawns at events: Boat military and Police car.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory | Industrial | 19 | 6 % |
| Unfinished building | Industrial | 1 | 6 % |
| Fire station | Firefighter | 3 | 5 % |
| Hangar | Industrial | 3 | 5 % |
| Office building, 2 floors | Residential | 2 | 5 % |
| Airfield HQ | Military | 3 | 4 % |
| Wreck | Industrial | 3 | 4 % |
| Airfield building | Military | 1 | 4 % |
| Industrial building | Military | 7 | 4 % |
| Police station | Police | 2 | 4 % |
Event spawns
| Event | Sites | Chance at one |
|---|---|---|
 Boat military | 2 | 2 % |
 Police car | 9 | 2 % |
Best areas
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Petropavlovsk-Sakhalskiy | 8 | >99 % |
| Nogovo | 5.9 | >99 % |
| Severomorsk | 3.7 | 98 % |
| Rudnogorsk | 3.1 | 95 % |
| Aniva | 2.3 | 90 % |
| Bolotnoye | 1.7 | 82 % |
| Cherny Mys | 1.4 | 74 % |
| Burukan | 1.3 | 72 % |
| Dudino | 1.2 | 69 % |
| Tikhoye | 1.1 | 67 % |
Underground
| Area | Copies expected | Chance to find one |
|---|---|---|
| Underground | <0.1 | 3 % |
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.