Chop Chop Inc Metal Wood Location Guide
Find Metal Wood in Chop Chop Inc with the community-documented lava route, Heat Resistant Wooden Shoes prerequisite, Metal Tree landmarks, and Metal Ingot use.
Metal Wood is a later resource, not a tree hidden beside the early forests. Current release-build community coverage places the first Metal Trees beyond the lava route. The practical sequence is: unlock the traversal upgrade, cross the lava branch, find the darker rocky resource area, then establish a Metal Wood supply for the upgrades and machines that actually need it.
What is verified
The official Steam store describes advanced tree types and progression-gated exploration, but it does not publish map coordinates. A current community guide with release-build screenshots documents the Metal Wood route through the lava area and the resource's conversion into Metal Ingots. Treat the broad progression as release-build coverage; exact landmarks beyond the route described below remain community-observed.
Metal Wood route
- Prepare Heat Resistant Wooden Shoes. The community guide shows 6 Nails + 2 Aluminum Foil for the upgrade. Check the current in-game UI before collecting or buying materials.
- Cross the lava route. The shoes are the traversal gate; a stronger axe alone is not presented as the route requirement.
- Keep following the accessible branch into the darker rocky area. The guide's discovery landmark is Metal Trees. If you only see Stone Trees, continue along the open lava-route branch rather than returning to the normal forests.
- Harvest only what your active progression needs. The source describes the area as repeatable, but precise respawn behaviour and the best farming circuit are community-observed rather than official map data.
Turn Metal Wood into Metal Ingots
The current community guide shows Metal Wood being processed into Metal Ingots at the Furnace. Keep a reserve of raw Metal Wood instead of converting every piece immediately: the current in-game recipe UI is the authority for whether a build wants the wood or the ingot.
Hotfix #4 also reduced the Metal Ingot cost from two Metal Wood to one Metal Wood. That patch is an official balance change, but it does not replace the current in-game UI as the final recipe check.
What remains community-observed
The lava-route direction, darker-rock landmark, shoe materials, and farming habits on this page come from release-build community documentation. They are useful route evidence, but they are not developer-published coordinates. Do not infer that Metal Wood unlocks every later system automatically; follow the requirement in the specific quest, machine, or crafting menu you are currently using.
Sources
- Chop Chop Inc Special Wood guide — release-build community route coverage, shoe requirement, Metal Tree discovery, and Metal Ingot processing.
- Official Steam news and Hotfix #4 — Metal Ingot balance change.
Related guides
- Electric Wood Location — the next advanced-resource branch and its Battery caveat.
- Battery and Light Bulb Recipe — why an Electric Wood reserve is not the same thing as unlocking Battery production.
- Automation Guide — use advanced materials when a real production bottleneck appears.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common Chop Chop Inc questions.
Where do you find Metal Wood in Chop Chop Inc?
A release-build community guide places the first Metal Trees beyond the lava route. Prepare Heat Resistant Wooden Shoes, cross the lava branch, and look for the darker rocky resource area.
What do Heat Resistant Wooden Shoes need?
The current community guide shows 6 Nails and 2 Aluminum Foil. Check your own shoe-upgrade UI before buying materials because exact costs can change between builds.
What is Metal Wood used for?
Metal Wood can be processed into Metal Ingots at the Furnace. Keep some raw wood until your current recipe or upgrade tells you which form it needs.