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Metal Shield

Metal Shield: weight 45, stack limit 1, engram learn level 39. Material records retain their source conditions.

Weight: 45 weight units
Stack size: 1
Engram learn level: 39
Source-listed crafting XP: 11.5 XP

Level to learn the item engram; not a universal requirement to use the item, ride a creature, or craft from a blueprint.

Quick info

Observed in the linked public reference; not independently tested in-game.

Item type: Equipment
Equipment type: Shield
Tek: No
Variable quality: Yes
Blueprint available: Yes
Consumable: No
Source-listed craft time: 5 s
Maximum durability: 1,250

Blueprints & commands

GFI item (1, primitive)

cheat gfi PrimalItemArmor_MetalShield_C 1 0 0

Blueprint reference

/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Shields/PrimalItemArmor_MetalShield.PrimalItemArmor_MetalShield

Source-listed material requirements3

Engram requirements1

Source-listed creatures1

Used as taming food1

Source material records

Smithy / Tek Replicator / Argentavis / VR Argentavis / X-Argentavis / Castoroides / Rift Castoroides / Exo-Mek / Thorny Dragon

Unclassified source material record

Unclassified source material record. It may describe crafting, conversion or inherited parameters; direct method and output are not confirmed. Do not interpret it as a verified craftable recipe.

×80Metal Ingot

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×20Cementing Paste

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Source record

Consult the linked source for context. Server settings and game updates can affect the values shown here.

Wikily — Metal Shield ↗Reported version: Wikily public snapshot observed 2026-10-23 (game patch not specified)

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