Now on single player you are a the only one which means that you will have to sit and wait and the timer will reset on log off and back in and if you leave the area but that % and time stays the same way in terms of how it works online In official if any one is in the area that the metal falls it will start a timer at that point you have % chance metal will fall in 30 minutes if it doesn’t the % of fall will increase in the next timers and so on which means if someone else was in the area the timer was already started thus it’s shorter time means easier to get