Steel chainbody

For this item's upgraded variants, see +1.

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Steel chainbody
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																				A steel chainbody.
Options
Backpack																				Wear
Values
Value																				834 coins
High alch																				500 coins
Low alch																				333 coins
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.025 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				4,407 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
Volume																				3
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Advanced data
Item ID																				45463
Links																				MRID • recipe

A steel chainbody is tier 20 melee body armour. It requires level 20 Defence to wear.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 5 steel bars, requiring 1,500 progress to complete, granting a total of 375 Smithing experience. It can be upgraded to a steel chainbody + 1 with another 5 bars.

When dropped by a monster, it will be treated like medium plated steel salvage by the spring cleaner.

Combat stats

Requirements 20 Class Melee Slot Tier Type Level 20 Tank armour Armour 20 Damage None Style attributes   Damage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accuracy 0 -58 -108 -108 Defensive attributes  Armour 72.6 Reduction  LP 300 PvM 0.4%  Prayer 0 PvP 1.2%

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			Varies
Tool			Hammer (tb)
Facility			Anvil
Skill			Level	Experience
Smithing			20 (b)	375
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Steel bar		5	9,100
Total cost				9,100
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Steel chainbody		1	4,407
Profit				−4,693

Upgrades

Item	Tier	Armour	Bars	Cumulative bars	Cumulative Xp
Steel chainbody	20	72.6	5	5	375
Steel chainbody + 1	21	75.6	5	10	750

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Steel chainbody + 1		Hammer(tb), Anvil	20	375	5 ×  Steel bar 1 ×  Steel chainbody	11,775

Drop sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Brokeface	7	1	3/8
Cyclops (God Wars Dungeon)	91	1	2/100

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Armour store assistant Shop: Armour Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	10	8,340	250
Horvik Shop: Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	10	8,340	250
Saro Shop: Quality Armour Shop	Keldagrim	10	8,340	250
Anton Shop: Warriors' Guild Armoury	1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Warriors' Guild	10	8,340	250
Wayne Shop: Wayne's Chains - Chainmail Specialist	Falador	10	8,340	250

Disassembly

Steel chainbody
Disassembly category					Melee armour
Disassembly XP					6.0
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  78.0% 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 78.0% 1 34 77.3% 2 49 75.7% 3 64 74.1% 4 69 72.6% 5 78 71.0% 6 83 68.7% 7 91 67.1% 8 95 64.8% 9 105 62.4%
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)					20
Estimated cost
Parsed					4407
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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Steel chainbody after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Steel chainbody after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 17 November - 24 November 2004
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  Steel chainbody after 10 April 2006 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Detailed

• 
  Steel chainbody after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 17 November - 24 November 2004
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  Steel chainbody after 10 April 2006 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 1 July 2008 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Equipped

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MaleFemale

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  Steel chainbody after 4 January 2001 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 10 April 2006 (update)
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  Steel chainbody after 1 July 2008 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 31 January 2012 (update)

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  Steel chainbody after 4 January 2001 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 10 April 2006 (update)
• 
  Steel chainbody after 31 January 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• update 16 February 2026 (Update):
  • A number of early-game mobs will once again drop actual armour, weapons, ores, and bars.

• patch 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Given a 300 life points bonus.

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

• update 8 December 2001 (Update):
  • Added 5 defence as a requirement to wield the item.

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

Trivia

• A number of guard NPCs wear steel chainbodies (e.g. Soldier (Yanille), Tower guard) but theirs have not been graphically updated when the chainbodies were in 2012.