Coat of Plates Body Armor is a protective gear item in Project Zomboid. It gives 80 bite and 90 scratch defence where it covers you. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Protective Gear Clothing & armour
It gives 80 bite and 90 scratch defence where it covers you. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.95. It weighs 4.
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.Cuirass_CoatOfPlates | Protective Gear |
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Coat of Plates Body Armor Forge | 25 × any charcoal; 12 × Steel Sheet - Small; 6 × Leather Strips; 4 × Buckle; any heavy thread | a ball-peen hammer; any tongs; any sewing needle; any awl | Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4. Read: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era or reach Blacksmithing 10 |
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Smelt Large Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item.
Made with:
Used in 2 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Counts as: any ignorezombiedensity, any hasmetal, any smeltablesteellarge.
It weighs 4 in Build 42.
Base.Cuirass_CoatOfPlates.
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.