Make Wooden Body Armor is a tailoring crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Wooden Body Armor x1. It needs Tailoring level 5 and Carving level 5.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Wooden Rod | Used up |
| 4 | Leather Strips | Used up |
| 1 | any sharpknife | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 5 | Twine | Used up |
| 1 | any saw or any smallsaw or any crudesaw | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any awl | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wooden Body Armor |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Wooden Body Armor recipe (Tailoring category). You need Wooden Rod, Leather Strips, Twine and these tools: any sharpknife, any saw or any smallsaw or any crudesaw, any awl.
It needs Tailoring level 5 and Carving level 5.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Tailoring 7 and Carving 6. Reading Magazine: Early Indigenous Armor - An In-Depth Study teaches it. You can also research it from Bone Body Armor, Bone Pectoral.
It gives 45 XP in Tailoring, 50 XP in Carving per craft.
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