Steel platebody

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

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Steel 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																				A steel platebody.
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																				4,661 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
Volume																				211
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Advanced data
Item ID																				45462
Links																				MRID • recipe

A steel platebody 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 platebody + 1 with another 5 bars.

When dropped by a monster, it will be treated like huge 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 platebody		1	4,661
Profit				−4,439

Upgrades

Item	Tier	Armour	Bars	Cumulative bars
Steel platebody	20	72.6	5	5
Steel platebody + 1	21	75.6	5	10

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Gnome platebody		Anvil (Doric's hut)	48	50	1 ×  Steel platebody	N/A
	1 × Steel armour set (lg)		Grand Exchange clerk	None	None	1 ×  Steel full helm 1 ×  Steel platebody 1 ×  Steel platelegs 1 ×  Steel kiteshield	22,032
	1 × Steel armour set (sk)		Grand Exchange clerk	None	None	1 ×  Steel full helm 1 ×  Steel platebody 1 ×  Steel plateskirt 1 ×  Steel kiteshield	19,086
	1 × Steel ingot		Furnace	20	5	1 ×  Steel platebody	7,467
	1 × Steel platebody + 1		Hammer(tb), Anvil	20	375	5 ×  Steel bar 1 ×  Steel platebody	11,332

Item sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Animated Steel Armour	39	1	Always
Damaged armour	1	1	10/100
Steel armour set (lg)	N/A	1	Always
Steel armour set (sk)	N/A	1	Always
Brokeface	7	1	1/8

Show historical/unavailable sources →

⌛ Denotes a source that may not be currently available in-game.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Mystery box (random events) ⌛	N/A	1	Uncommon

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
Zenesha Shop: Zenesha's Platebody Shop	East Ardougne	10	8,340	250

Spawns

• In the Lava Maze in Wilderness

Disassembly

Steel platebody
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					4661
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Graphical updates

Inventory

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

Detailed

• 
  Steel platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
• 
  Steel platebody after 7 March 2005 (update)
• 
  Steel platebody after 1 July 2008 (update)
• 
  Steel platebody after 6 March 2012 (update)

Equipped

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MaleFemale

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

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  Steel platebody after 4 January 2001 (update)
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  Steel platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)
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  Steel platebody 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 300 life points bonus.

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

• patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
  • Steel and iron platebodies can be smelted into ingots.

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

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