Armor
Metal Body Armor
Crafting Yield: 1 • Requires Simple Forge
Quick answer
Craft at Simple Forge. For one Metal Body Armor in Project Zomboid, collect 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron, 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel, 18× Limestone, 40× Log, 1× Premium Fishing Line, and 108× Rope.
Recipe totals expand every ingredient into gatherable raw materials. Required tools are not consumed. Figures are verified against game data on the date shown on each page. Last verified .
Ingredients
Requires tools
Requires skills: Blacksmithing 6+Tailoring 3+
Unlocks: Requires item: magazine_armor_in_the_iron_age; Skills: blacksmithing 9; Research: coat_of_plates_body_armor; Research: metal_body_armor; Research: scrap_metal_body_armor
Dependency Crafting Chain
Project Zomboid database synchronized. Last verified 2026-09-12.
Used to craft
Other recipes that use Metal Body Armor as an ingredient.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you craft Metal Body Armor in Project Zomboid?
- Craft at Simple Forge. For one Metal Body Armor in Project Zomboid, collect 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron, 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel, 18× Limestone, 40× Log, 1× Premium Fishing Line, and 108× Rope.
- What raw materials do you need for Metal Body Armor in Project Zomboid?
- You need 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron, 2× Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel, 18× Limestone, 40× Log, 1× Premium Fishing Line, and 108× Rope for one Metal Body Armor (default recipe, quality 1).
- Where do you craft Metal Body Armor in Project Zomboid?
- Use Simple Forge.
- What is Metal Body Armor used for in Project Zomboid?
- Metal Body Armor is used to craft items including Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel.