Bronze platebody

Bronze platebody is a tier 5 free-to-play item worn in the body slot for melee, with a high alchemy value of 250 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Bronze platebody is to buy it: Corporal Boothe's Armoury in Burthorpe sells it for 160 coins, and 3 other shops stock it too.

“Provides excellent protection.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 250 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Smithing and gives 75 Smithing XP, using 5 × Bronze bar. Other sources include Animated Bronze Armour, Damaged armour, New Varrock guard captain and Zombie (New Varrock). Where the materials come from: Bronze bar (sold by Drogo's Mining Emporium for 46 coins). Making ten takes 50 × Bronze bar and gives 750 Smithing XP. It is worn in the body slot at tier 5 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Body list. Bronze platebody is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 250 coins, 90 more than the shop price, before the cost of the nature rune.