Bronze platebody

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Bronze platebody
Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Lendable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				Provides excellent protection.
Options
Backpack																				Wear
Values
Value																				418 coins
High alch																				250 coins
Low alch																				167 coins
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.025 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				2,674 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
Volume																				705
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1117
Links																				MRID • recipe

A bronze platebody is tier 1 melee body armour. It requires level 1 Defence to wear.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 5 bronze bars, requiring 500 progress to complete, granting a total of 75 Smithing experience.

Combat stats

Requirements None Class Melee Slot Tier Type Level 5 Tank armour Armour 5 Damage None Style attributes   Damage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accuracy 0 -27 -51 -51 Defensive attributes  Armour 34.5 Reduction  LP 75 PvM 0.1%  Prayer 0 PvP 0.3%

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			Varies
Tool			Hammer (tb)
Facility			Anvil
Skill			Level	Experience
Smithing			1	75
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Bronze bar		5	11,335
Total cost				11,335
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Bronze platebody		1	2,674
Profit				−8,661

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Bronze armour set (lg)		Grand Exchange clerk	None	None	1 ×  Bronze full helm 1 ×  Bronze platebody 1 ×  Bronze platelegs 1 ×  Bronze kiteshield	18,120
	1 × Bronze armour set (sk)		Grand Exchange clerk	None	None	1 ×  Bronze full helm 1 ×  Bronze platebody 1 ×  Bronze plateskirt 1 ×  Bronze kiteshield	12,312

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Animated Bronze Armour	11	1	Common
Damaged armour	1	1	25/100
Bronze armour set (lg)	N/A	1	Always
Bronze armour set (sk)	N/A	1	Always
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Rare
Zombie (New Varrock) Pickpocketing	1	1	Unknown

Shop locations

† Denotes discontinued or seasonal shops that stocked Bronze platebody. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Corporal Boothe Shop: Corporal Boothe's Armoury †	Burthorpe	10	160	48
Gnome Shopkeeper Shop: Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury †	Burthorpe	10	4,180	125
Horvik Shop: Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	10	4,180	125
Zenesha Shop: Zenesha's Platebody Shop	East Ardougne	10	4,180	125

Disassembly

Bronze platebody
Disassembly category					Melee armour
Disassembly XP					0.3
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0% 2 49 96.0% 3 64 94.0% 4 69 92.0% 5 78 90.0% 6 83 87.1% 7 91 85.1% 8 95 82.1% 9 105 79.2%
Material count					20
Cover parts					35/100
Deflecting parts					30/100
Plated parts					30/100
Strong components					3/100
Protective components					2/100
Advanced data
Raw category					melee body base
Item level (for junk chance)					1
Estimated cost
Parsed					2674
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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Bronze platebody after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 7 March 2005 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Bronze platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 7 March 2005 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Equipped

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  Bronze platebody after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 31 January 2012 (update)

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  Bronze platebody after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Bronze platebody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Update history

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• update 16 March 2026 (Update):
  • Equipment life point values of crafted armour are no longer offset, and now correctly match the tier of armour
    • Life points bonus: 15 → 75

• patch 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Given a 15 life points bonus.

• update 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch

• patch 26 November 2018 (Update):
  • Added geometry to the back of the chestplate.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.