Metal armor (Fallout 76)

Metal armor is an armor set

Characteristics
Metal armor consists of a helmet and five separate body pieces in three distinct sections: chest, arms and legs. As with all other armor pieces, each can be worn under clothing. The metal helmet appears as a simple metal helmet with no inside lining and an adjustable leather strap around the brim.

Armor parts
 IDs

Stats 

Modifications
Mods can be unlocked by scrapping any metal armor body part or by reading the right plan. It's not possible to unlock mods for any metal armor part by scrapping metal helmet. Mods can also be applied by attaching the loose mod found in the world.

Helmet
Metal helmet has only appearance slot. In addition to paints that can be applied to all other armor parts, the helmet can be also modded with material paints. They don't offer any defence bonuses.

Appearance
Paints can be applied to all armor parts.

Variant

 * Trail Warden

Legendary effects

 * Metal armor body pieces can be obtained with legendary effects.
 * Legendary light metal armor starts to drop at level 10, sturdy at level 20 and heavy at level 30.
 * Legendary armor pieces can be bought with legendary scrip from Purveyor Murmrgh or can be awarded as drop from events or legendary enemies.
 * Metal armor effects can be re-rolled using legendary crafting feature.

Plans

 * Plan: Light metal torso is a guaranteed reward after completing Bureau of Tourism main quest.
 * Plan: Light metal arms is a guaranteed reward after completing Falsely Accused side quest.
 * Plan: Light metal legs is a guaranteed reward after completing Cold Case side quest.
 * Plan: Sturdy metal torso, Plan: Sturdy metal arms. Plan: Sturdy metal legs, Plan: Heavy metal torso, Plan: Heavy metal arms and Plan: Heavy metal legs have a chance to be awarded from:
 * Seasonal content
 * 2019 Holiday Gifts
 * ATLAS donor's provisions
 * Personal Matters
 * Daily and repeatable quests and events in the Ash Heap, Toxic Valley and Savage Divide regions.

Locations

 * Metal armor pieces can be crafted at armor workbench.
 * Three random metal armor pieces are sold by Cunningham.
 * One chest piece and both legs can be found at Poseidon Energy Plant WV-06.
 * One random light metal piece is awarded after completing "Discover the Toxic Valley Region" lifetime challenge.
 * Metal chest piece and metal helmet can be found at WV Lumber Co.
 * A metal helmet can be found on a skeleton to the south of Riverside Manor, propped against a motorcycle on the side of the road. There are two mannequins on the opposite side of the road.
 * Metal armor pieces can be awarded for completing events.

Bugs

 * Sturdy metal right arm, chest and left leg with brawling modification are using wrong material file. There is no model for sturdy metal right leg with brawling modification.
 * Once metal armor legs or chest are modified with any material modification, it's not possible to mod them back to standard modification.
 * The metal armor shadowed arm mod box can be used to paint metal armor with Vault-Tec paint without using other components.