Steel med helm

This article is about the melee armour. For other uses, see Steel helm (disambiguation).

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

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Steel med helm
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 med helm.
Options
Backpack																				Wear
Values
Value																				334 coins
High alch																				200 coins
Low alch																				133 coins
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.01 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				3,920 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
Volume																				13
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Advanced data
Item ID																				45459
Links																				MRID • recipe

A steel med helm is tier 20 melee head armour. It requires level 20 Defence to wear.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 2 steel bars, requiring 600 progress to complete, granting a total of 150 Smithing experience. It can be upgraded to a steel med helm + 1 with another 2 bars.

When dropped by a monster, it will be treated like tiny 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 -50 -94 -94 Defensive attributes  Armour 63.2 Reduction  LP 200 PvM 0.4%  Prayer 0 PvP 0.75%

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			Varies
Tool			Hammer (tb)
Facility			Anvil
Skill			Level	Experience
Smithing			20 (b)	150
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Steel bar		2	3,640
Total cost				3,640
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Steel med helm		1	3,920
Profit				280

Upgrades

Item	Tier	Armour	Bars	Cumulative bars	Cumulative Xp
Steel med helm	20	63.2	2	2	150
Steel med helm + 1	21	65.8	2	4	300

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Steel med helm + 1		Hammer(tb), Anvil	20	150	2 ×  Steel bar 1 ×  Steel med helm	3,314

Drop sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Brokeface	7	1	1/8
Ork	95	1	5/128
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	3,340	100
Horvik Shop: Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	10	3,340	100
Peksa Shop: Peksa's Helmet Shop	Gunnarsgrunn	10	3,340	100
Saro Shop: Quality Armour Shop	Keldagrim	10	3,340	100
Anton Shop: Warriors' Guild Armoury	1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Warriors' Guild	10	3,340	100

Disassembly

Steel med helm
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					8
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 helm base
Item level (for junk chance)					20
Estimated cost
Parsed					3920
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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Steel med helm after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 17 July 2007 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 31 January 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Steel med helm after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 17 July 2007 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 31 January 2012 (update)

Equipped

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MaleFemale

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  Steel med helm after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 31 January 2012 (update)

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  Steel med helm after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 31 January 2012 (update)

Chathead

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  Steel med helm after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 1 July 2008 (update)
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  Steel med helm after 31 January 2012 (update)

Update history

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• 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 200 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.