Make Scrap Metal Helmet is a metalworking crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Scrap Metal Helmet x1. It needs Welding level 5 and Tailoring level 1.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Welding Torch | Used up |
| 1 | any weldingmask | Tool, kept |
| 2 | Steel Sheet | Used up |
| 1 | Nuts and Bolts | Used up |
| 1 | any wrench | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any sheetmetalsnips or any metalsaw | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any metalworkingpunch or any drillmetal | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any hammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Scrap Metal Helmet |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Scrap Metal Helmet recipe (Metalworking category). You need Welding Torch, Steel Sheet, Nuts and Bolts and these tools: any weldingmask, any wrench, any sheetmetalsnips or any metalsaw, any metalworkingpunch or any drillmetal, any hammer.
It needs Welding level 5 and Tailoring level 1.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Welding 7. Reading Magazine: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws teaches it. You can also research it from Crude Metal Helmet, Scrap Metal Mask, Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor, Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor, Spiked Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor, Spiked Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor.
It gives 10 XP in Welding, 5 XP in Tailoring per craft.
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