Metal Shin Armor is a protective gear item in Project Zomboid. It gives 60 bite and 80 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Protective Gear Clothing & armour
It gives 60 bite and 80 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.9.
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.Greave_Left | Protective Gear |
Base.Greave_Right | Protective Gear |
2 versions share the name Metal Shin Armor, usually different colours, sizes or states.
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 Shin Armor Forge | 3 × any charcoal; Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Leather Strips; 2 × Buckle; any heavy thread | any smithing hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs; any sewing needle; any awl | Blacksmithing 4, Tailoring 2. Read: Armor in the Iron Age or reach Blacksmithing 6 |
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Smelt Small Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item, Weld Spikes On Metal Armor.
Base.Greave_Left, Base.Greave_Right (variants share the name).
Bite defence 60 and scratch defence 80.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.