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Project Zomboid Map Items

Metal Body Armor

Protective Gear

Item IDs Base.Cuirass_Metal

Encumbrance4
Condition5
Worn onCuirass
Wind resistance80%

Stats

Encumbrance: 4
Condition: 5
Worn on: Cuirass
Wind resistance: 80%
Scratch Defense: 90
Bite Defense: 80
Bullet Defense: 20
Run speed modifier: x0.9
Combat speed modifier: x0.95
Discomfort: 20%

How to craft

Forge Metal Body Armor

Requires Forge Armor Must be learned first

Needs

One of
charcoal
Steel Sheet - Small x8
Leather Strips x6
Buckle x4
One of
- Ball-peen Hammer
ballpeenhammerKeep
One of
- Tongs
tongsKeep
One of
1 more
- Forged Needle
sewingneedleKeep
One of
4 more
awlKeep
One of
heavythread

Makes

Metal Body Armor

Skill Blacksmithing 6, Tailoring 3
XP Blacksmithing 50, Tailoring 10
Learned from Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age
Researched from Coat of Plates Body Armor, Scrap Metal Body Armor
Known automatically at Blacksmithing 9

Used to craft

Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item as smeltablesteellarge Requires Advanced furnace
- Steel Chunk x4
Smelt Large Steel Item as smeltablesteellarge Requires Furnace
- One of
  - Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel
  - Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel

Where to find

Most likely places, from the game loot tables.

Survivor safehouses