Steel platebody

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

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
Actions
Backpack	Wear
Values
Value	834 coins
High alch	500 coins
Low alch	333 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.025 kg
Examine
A steel platebody.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	4,156 coins (info)
Buy limit	100
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Advanced data
Item ID	45462
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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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.

Upgrades

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

Combat stats

Requirements						Tier			Type
20						20			Tank armour
Class			Slot			Attributes
Melee						Armour				72.6
						Life points				0
Weapons		Main		Off		Prayer				0
Damage		-		-		Damage reduction
Accuracy		-		-		PvM: 0.4%			PvP: 1.2%
Style		-				Style bonuses
Range		-				0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Creation

Steel platebody

	-
375 XP	-	Varies		4,156
Requirements
Smithing level				20
You must use a normal Anvil or Forge
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Steel bar	5	1,279	6,395
Profit				−2,239

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Gnome platebody	48	1 × Steel platebody	N/A
Steel ingot	20	1 × Steel platebody	5,476
Steel platebody + 1	20	5 × Steel bar 1 × Steel platebody	10,894

Locations

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For a full list, see here. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Armour Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	8,340	Coins	10
Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	8,340	Coins	10
Zenesha's Platebody Shop	East Ardougne	8,340	Coins	10

Item spawns

• In the Lava Maze in Wilderness

Drop sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Animated Steel Armour	39	1	Always
Mystery box	N/A	1	Uncommon

Disassembly

Steel platebody
Disassembly category	Melee armour
Disassembly XP	6.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	20
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
Common materials
Cover parts	35/100
Plated parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rare materials
Strong components	3/100
Protective components	2/100

Graphical updates

• 

  Steel platebody after 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

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