Articulated Metal Shin Armor is a protective gear item in Project Zomboid. It gives 80 bite and 90 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Protective Gear Clothing & armour
It gives 80 bite and 90 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.85. It weighs 2.
Clothing only protects the body parts it covers. Bite and scratch defence stop wounds, insulation keeps you warm, and wind and water resistance matter in storms. Heavy or bulky pieces can slow your running.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.ShinKneeGuard_L_Metal | Protective Gear |
Base.ShinKneeGuard_R_Metal | Protective Gear |
2 versions share the name Articulated Metal Shin Armor, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Articulated Metal Shin Armor is on 1 loot table in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safehouse Armor Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | under 0.1% | 3 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor Forge | 7 × any charcoal; 3 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Leather Strips; 2 × Buckle; any heavy thread | a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs; any sewing needle; any awl | Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4. Read: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era or reach Blacksmithing 9 |
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Smelt Medium Plus Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Medium Plus Steel Item, Weld Spikes On Metal Armor.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.ShinKneeGuard_L_Metal, Base.ShinKneeGuard_R_Metal (variants share the name).
Bite defence 80 and scratch defence 90.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.