Metal Chest Plate
Heavy torso armour providing the best body protection in the game.
Crafting one takes 50× Leather, 18× High Quality Metal, 8× Sewing Kit at a Workbench Lvl 3. A recycler breaks one down into Leather, High Quality Metal. 134 skins exist for it — see every Metal Chest Plate skin with live prices, topped by Desert Raiders Chest Plate.
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Leather | ×20 |
 High Quality Metal | ×7 |
 Sewing Kit | ×3 |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(20%) |
| Sewing Kit | ×1(20%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Leather | ×30 |
| High Quality Metal | ×10 |
| Sewing Kit | ×4 |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(80%) |
| Sewing Kit | ×1(80%) |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
| Leather | ×10 |
| High Quality Metal | ×4 |
 Cloth | ×32 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Metal Chest Plate Skins
All skins →134 skins are listed, from $0.32 to $42.99, with a median of $0.76. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-13.
| Skin | CS.Deals | DMarket | Steam Market | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wrapped Chest Plate | $0.34 | $0.45 | $0.51 | $0.32 | $0.32 |
 Scrapper Chestplate | $0.35 | $0.34 | $0.54 | $0.35 | $0.34 |
 Troll Daddy Chest Plate | $0.36 | $0.35 | $0.51 | $0.34 | $0.34 |
 Uproar Chestplate | $0.37 | $0.40 | $0.54 | $0.35 | $0.35 |
 The Tiger Chestplate | $0.38 | $0.41 | $0.50 | $0.36 | $0.36 |
 Dead Pumpkin Chestplate | $0.38 | $0.43 | $0.53 | $0.36 | $0.36 |
 Zombie Chestplate | $0.44 | $0.39 | $0.57 | $0.37 | $0.37 |
 Nuclear Fanatic Chest Plate | $0.38 | $0.42 | $0.51 | $0.39 | $0.38 |
 Legendary Chestplate | $0.38 | $0.48 | $0.59 | $0.40 | $0.38 |
 Evil Snowman Chestplate | $0.38 | $0.46 | $0.54 | $0.41 | $0.38 |
 Dr. Brainus Chestplate | $0.41 | $0.56 | $0.60 | $0.40 | $0.40 |
 Norseman Chestplate | $0.40 | $0.41 | $0.61 | $0.41 | $0.40 |
 Santa Chest Plate | $0.42 | $0.40 | $0.51 | $0.40 | $0.40 |
 Shattered Mirror Chestplate | $0.41 | $0.44 | $0.59 | $0.41 | $0.41 |
 Guardian of Easter Chest Plate | $0.41 | $0.45 | $0.60 | $0.46 | $0.41 |
 Serious Santa Chestplate | $0.45 | $0.41 | $0.57 | $0.41 | $0.41 |
 Cock Chestplate | $0.47 | $0.41 | $0.64 | $0.41 | $0.41 |
 Vandal Chest Plate | $0.42 | $0.41 | $0.57 | $0.41 | $0.41 |
 Northwind Chestplate | $1.59 | $0.50 | $0.65 | $0.42 | $0.42 |
 Kraken Shell Chestplate | $0.45 | $0.48 | $0.63 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
 Horror Chest Plate | $0.44 | $0.45 | $0.65 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
 Pizza Chest Plate | $0.44 | $0.50 | $0.63 | $0.45 | $0.44 |
 Shogun Chestplate | $0.66 | $0.45 | $0.59 | $0.56 | $0.45 |
 Psycho Chest Plate | $0.56 | $0.46 | $0.65 | $0.47 | $0.46 |
 HQM Chestplate | $0.46 | $0.55 | $0.70 | $0.47 | $0.46 |
 The Awakened Chestplate | $0.51 | $0.50 | $0.66 | $0.47 | $0.47 |
 Emperor Metal Chest Plate | $1.02 | $0.47 | $0.72 | $0.48 | $0.47 |
 Berserk Chest Plate | $0.47 | $0.58 | $0.60 | $0.50 | $0.47 |
 RaidBot Chest Plate | $0.47 | $0.57 | $0.62 | — | $0.47 |
 Opulent Chest Plate | $0.48 | $0.57 | $0.61 | $0.48 | $0.48 |
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