Make Wooden Shoulder Armor is a tailoring crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Wooden Shoulder Armor x1. It needs Tailoring level 4 and Carving level 3.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Wooden Rod | Used up |
| 2 | Leather Strips | Used up |
| 1 | any sharpknife | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any saw or any smallsaw or any crudesaw | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | Twine | Used up |
| 1 | any awl | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wooden Shoulder Armor |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Wooden Shoulder 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 4 and Carving level 3.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Tailoring 6 and Carving 4. Reading Magazine: Early Indigenous Armor - An In-Depth Study teaches it. You can also research it from Bone Shoulder Armor, Bone Shoulder Armor, Wooden Shin Armor, Wooden Shin Armor, Wooden Thigh Armor, Wooden Thigh Armor, Wooden Body Armor, Wooden Shoulder Armor.
It gives 30 XP in Tailoring, 30 XP in Carving per craft.
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