All Will Fall How To Get Metal
Early on it really does feel like the game is trolling you. Every research path asks for metal, every building that looks useful needs metal, and nothing explains how you’re supposed to get the first bit. It looks like a loop with no entry point, but there are a few specific ways the game lets you break that wall without already having any.
How To Get Metal Early In All Will Fall
You can get your first metal by using the Metal Crane research, placing a Metal Gathering Hut, or blowing up broken concrete walls, all without needing metal upfront.
Once you know those exist, the early game stops feeling locked.
Metal Crane Is The Real Starting Point
If you’re trying to follow the tech tree normally, this is where things finally open up. The Metal Crane is one of the only research options that doesn’t ask for metal, and unlocking it immediately leads into the rest of the metal systems like collection boats and better gathering structures.
What you’ll notice is the game goes from “everything is blocked” to “okay I can actually progress now” the moment this is done. Until then, you’re just staring at requirements you can’t meet.
Metal Gathering Hut Gets You Your First Supply
There’s also a more direct way to start generating metal that doesn’t rely on waiting for later systems.
The Metal Gathering Hut can be researched and built without metal, and once it’s down, workers will start pulling metal from nearby objects and debris as long as they can reach it. The range is big enough that you don’t need to place it perfectly, you just need it somewhere that actually has scrap around.
This is usually the first time you see your metal count move, and it’s what gets you out of that early deadlock if you missed the research path.
Explosives Give You A Quick Boost
If you’re completely stuck and just need a small amount to get going, explosives work as a shortcut.
Blowing up broken concrete walls gives you metal instantly. It’s not something you’re going to rely on long term, but early on it can be enough to push you into your first unlocks or get a key building placed.
You’ll feel the difference right after, because even a small amount of metal is enough to open up more options.
The Boat Option Starts Scaling It
There’s also a boat you can unlock that doesn’t require metal to research, and it starts bringing in metal from outside your immediate area.
This doesn’t replace the earlier methods, but it builds on them. Once it’s running, you’re not just scraping nearby debris anymore, you’re actually bringing in a steady supply, which is where metal stops feeling limited and starts feeling manageable.
Why The Game Makes It Feel Locked
The reason this confuses so many people is because most of the tech tree shows metal requirements right away, so it looks like you’re missing something obvious.
What’s actually happening is the starting options are just buried:
Metal Crane research
Metal Gathering Hut
Explosives on concrete walls
Early boat research
If you don’t hit one of those, it really does feel like there’s no way forward.
What Changes Once You Get Even A Little Metal
The moment you have even a small amount, everything starts opening up. You can research proper collection systems, expand your production, and move into things like smelting without feeling blocked at every step.
That early phase is the only time metal feels restrictive. After that, it becomes just another resource you’re managing instead of something stopping your run entirely.
Final Blurb
Getting metal early isn’t about grinding or missing some hidden mechanic, it’s just about using the few options that don’t require it in the first place. Once you hit one of those, the whole system starts working the way you expected it to from the beginning.
Before that, it just feels like the game forgot to give you a starting point.
