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Metal Wire

A roll of strong metal wire. Has many uses, from conductors, to trap crafting, to makeshift handcuffs, a metal wire can do it all, and more.

Metal Wire

Classname

MetalWire

Weight

170 g

Category
Crafting & farming
Weight
170 g
Size
2×3 (6 slots)
Slot
MetalWire
Durability
500

Where to find it on Nasdara

Where you find it
Industrial, Farm
Spread
Scattered across the whole mapShow on the map

Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.

ChernarusLivoniaSakhalNasdara
Nominal (target on the map)70402846
Min (respawns below this)50302033
Lifetime (untouched)4 h4 h4 h4 h
Restock (wait before respawn)0000
Quantity when spawned––––
PlacesIndustrial, FarmIndustrial, FarmIndustrial, FarmIndustrial, Farm
Tiers––Tier1, Tier2–
Spots––––
Countedon the groundon the groundon the groundon the ground

Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.

Fits on

Repaired with

How to craft it

Combine one item from each side, in your hands or inventory.

Used for crafting

Recipes that take this item as one of their two ingredients.

Sell it in your server's trader shop

With dzbot, players on your Nitrado DayZ server — PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch 2 — buy items like this one with your server currency on your server website, and the order spawns at their chosen spot after the next restart.

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Data from the game files: DayZ 1.30 (Experimental server, 2026-10-16), DayZ-Central-Economy f220b29 (Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal), Nasdara from the 1.30 server. Updated 2026-10-17.

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