Spike Soft Armor is a tailoring crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Spiked Football Shoulderpad - Left or Spiked Football Shoulderpad - Right or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard (or 4 more) x1. It needs Tailoring level 5 and Maintenance level 1.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Football Shoulderpad - Left or Football Shoulderpad - Right or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard (or 4 more) | Used up |
| 1 | any scissors or any sharpknife | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any sewingneedle | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any awl | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any leathercrudetannedsmall | Used up |
| 2 | any heavythread | Used up |
| 1 | any hammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 3 | Nails | Used up |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spiked Football Shoulderpad - Left or Spiked Football Shoulderpad - Right or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard or Spiked Shin Guard (or 4 more) |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Spike Soft Armor recipe (Tailoring category). You need Football Shoulderpad - Left or Football Shoulderpad - Right or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard or Shin Guard (or 4 more), any leathercrudetannedsmall, any heavythread, Nails and these tools: any scissors or any sharpknife, any sewingneedle, any awl, any hammer.
It needs Tailoring level 5 and Maintenance level 1.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Tailoring 7 and Maintenance 2. Reading Magazine: Outfit Apocalypse, Magazine: Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting teaches it. You can also research it from Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard, Shin Guard.
It gives 45 XP in Tailoring, 10 XP in Maintenance per craft.
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