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Metal is one of the most important resources in Ark Valguero. Various tools and structures can be crafted with it, but most require refined ingots. Various types of rocks are used for mining metal.

Metal is required to produce and function some of the important supplies of Ark The Center. Getting this resource requires you to farm metal rocks that are soft and shiny compared to regular rocks.