Metal Shoulder Armor gives 60 bite and 80 scratch defence. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Metal Shoulder Armor gives 60 bite and 80 scratch defence.
Forged (Blacksmithing).
Town by town: loot locations.
Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
The Metal Shoulder Armor gives 60 bite defence and 80 scratch defence where it covers you. Every point matters: see how protection works.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Slot | ShoulderPad L/R |
| Bite defence | 60 |
| Scratch defence | 80 |
| Notes | The articulated version gives 100 bite, 100 scratch and 20 bullet defence |
Metal Shoulder 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 Metal Shoulder Armor Forge | 3 × any charcoal; Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Leather Strips; 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.
Forged (Blacksmithing).
Metal Shoulder Armor gives 60 bite and 80 scratch defence. Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
Bite defence 60 and scratch defence 80.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.