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Metalworking Pliers (Alicates de metalurgia)

Metalworking Pliers is a Tool item that weighs 0.5 kg. Most likely found in: glassmaking workshop, jewelry store, jewelry store storage. Used in 105 recipes. It can be crafted.

Data taken from the game files: Project Zomboid 42.21.0 · updated on

IDBase.MetalworkingPliers
English nameMetalworking Pliers
Spanish nameAlicates de metalurgia
Portuguese nameAlicate para Metalurgia
CategoryTool
Weight0.5 kg

Tips

  • Best place to look: glassmaking workshop (counter).
  • Can be melted down in a forge to recover iron (smelting recipes below).
  • It is a tool in 102 recipes: it is not consumed when crafting, though it can wear down.
  • Researching it (right-click → Research) teaches you: Forge Tongs, Forge Heading Tool.

Where to find it

PlaceContainerChanceLoot table
glassmaking workshopcountercommonGlassWorkshopTools
jewelry storecounteruncommonJewelerTools
jewelry store storagedeskuncommonJewelerTools
blacksmithmetal shelvesuncommonBlacksmithTools
blacksmith (western town)counteruncommonWildWestBlacksmith
garagecrateuncommonCrateBlacksmithing
hardware store (western town)counteruncommonWildWestBlacksmith
storage unitotheruncommonCrateBlacksmithing
catwalkotherrareRailYardTools
factorycounterrareToolFactoryTools
golf club factorymetal shelvesrareGolfFactoryTools
hardware storeshelvesrareToolStoreMetalwork
hardware storeotherrareToolStoreMetalwork
hardware store storageotherrareToolStoreMetalwork
knife factorytool cabinetrareKnifeFactoryTools

And 70 more places with lower odds.

What it is for: recipes that use it

RecipeAsResult
Forge 2 Spoons
must be learned
tool2× Forged Spoon
Forge Key Ringtool1× Key Ring - Forged
Forge Simple Bladetool1× Simple Metal Blade
Gather Gunpowdertool1× Gunpowder
Make Barbed Wire from Wire
taught by Magazine: The Farmers Guide
tool1× Barbed Wire
Make Gas Mask Filter
taught by Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare, Magazine: No Man's Land
tool1× Gas Mask Filter - Crafted
Make Wire from Barbed Wiretool1× Wire
Scrap Gold Jewellerytool1× Gold Fragments
Scrap Gold Objecttool10× Gold Fragments
Scrap Jewellerytool–
Scrap Silver Jewellerytool1× Silver Fragments
Scrap Silver Objecttool10× Silver Fragments
Scrap Small Gold Objecttool5× Gold Fragments
Scrap Small Silver Objecttool5× Silver Fragments
Scrap Smaller Gold Objecttool2× Gold Fragments
Scrap Smaller Silver Objecttool2× Silver Fragments
Scrap Smallest Gold Objecttool1× Gold Fragments
Scrap Smallest Silver Objecttool1× Silver Fragments
Smelt Iron From Small Itemingredient1× Iron Chunk
Smelt Small Iron Itemingredient1× Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron
Smelt Steel From Small Iron Itemingredient1× Steel Chunk
Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor
Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4
taught by Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era
tool1× Articulated Metal Shin Armor
Assemble Articulated Metal Thigh Armor
Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4
taught by Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era
tool1× Articulated Metal Thigh Armor
Assemble Forearm Armor
Blacksmithing 4, Tailoring 2
taught by Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age
tool1× Metal Forearm Armor
Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor
Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4
taught by Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era
tool1× Full Metal Forearm Armor
Assemble Metal Shoulder Armor
Blacksmithing 4, Tailoring 2
taught by Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age
tool1× Metal Shoulder Armor
Assemble Metal Thigh Armor
Blacksmithing 4, Tailoring 2
taught by Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age
tool1× Metal Thigh Armor
Assemble Shin Armor
Blacksmithing 4, Tailoring 2
taught by Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age
tool1× Metal Shin Armor
Assemble Shoulder Armor - Left
Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4
must be learned
tool1× Articulated Metal Shoulder Armor - Left
Assemble Shoulder Armor - Right
Blacksmithing 8, Tailoring 4
must be learned
tool1× Articulated Metal Shoulder Armor - Right
Barbed-Wire Wrap Weapon
Maintenance 1
taught by Magazine: Bloody Japanese Wrestling Deathmatch!
tool1× Broom with Barbed-Wire
Bind Spear Head With Wire
Maintenance 1
must be learned
tool1× Spear with Kitchen Knife
Forge 10 Nails
Blacksmithing 1
taught by Magazine: Everyday Smithing - June 1993
tool10× Nails
Forge 4 Fishing Hooks
Blacksmithing 3
taught by Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing
tool4× Forged Fishing Hook
Forge Baking Pan
Blacksmithing 2
taught by Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993
tool1× Baking Pan
Forge Baking Tray
Blacksmithing 2
taught by Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993
tool1× Baking Tray
Forge Buckle
Blacksmithing 4
taught by Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing, Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era
tool1× Buckle
Forge Coins
Blacksmithing 1
tool10× Silver Coin
Forge Cooking Pot
Blacksmithing 3
taught by Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993
tool1× Cooking Pot
Forge Copper Sheet
Blacksmithing 0
tool1× Copper Sheet

And 65 more recipes.

How to craft it

RecipeYou need
Forge Metalworking Pliers
Blacksmithing 4
taught by Magazine: Everyday Smithing - June 1993
3× Charcoal or other
2× Iron Bar Quarter or other
1× Ball-peen Hammer or other (tool)
1× Metalworking Pliers or other (tool)
1× Metalworking Punch or other (tool)
1× Metalworking Chisel (tool)
1× Heading Tool (tool)

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