Iron Helmet

Iron Helmet
Category	Armor
Effect	2% damage reduction, 2,500 durability
Cost / Recipe
How to get	Crafted by Kaziir the Armoursmith in The Dunes

Iron Helmet is a first-tier armor piece that protects your head and reduces the damage you take. It has the lowest Smithing requirement of any armor piece and requires Combat 15 to equip.

All armor is crafted by Kaziir the Armoursmith in The Dunes through Smithing and uses ingots plus desert materials from Emberstone.

How to get

Craft at Kaziir the Armoursmith's house in The Dunes. Grimjaw's anvil in Frostmere and Harun the Forgewright's forge in Dunes West handle repairs only — Kaziir sells plate, he does not take it back.

Requirement	Details
Smithing level	14
Combat to wear	15
Ingredients	40 Iron Ingot + 40 Molten Rock + 5 Brute Horn
Crafting time	~30 seconds (25-second cooldown between crafts)
Durability	2,500 hits taken

Stats

Stat	Value
Damage reduction	2%
Durability per hit	1 point per hit taken
Repair cost	60% of the full forging cost (ingots, Molten Rock and Brute Horn), scaled by durability loss (minimum 1 of each material)

Damage Reduction

Iron Helmet reduces the damage you take from mobs and other players by 2%. Armor no longer widens the shield pool; it reduces damage instead:

• Shield pool: fixed at 100 points regardless of armor; restore it with Shield Potions
• Full iron set: 10% damage reduction (4 pieces)
• Full silver set: 15% damage reduction (4 pieces)

Wearing no armor at all is risky: King Scorpia, the Venomweaver cave hazards, Giant Scorpions and Magma Brutes all deal 1.5× damage to unarmored players. Wearing any armor piece removes that penalty and applies your damage reduction instead.

Armor Set

Iron Helmet is one of four armor slots in the iron tier:

Piece	Smithing req	Damage reduction	Cost
Iron Helmet	14	2%	40 iron ingot + 40 molten rock + 5 brute horn
Iron Body Armor	20	4%	50 iron ingot + 50 molten rock + 10 brute horn
Iron Legguards	18	3%	50 iron ingot + 50 molten rock + 10 brute horn
Iron Boots	16	1%	25 iron ingot + 25 molten rock + 2 brute horn

Wearing multiple pieces adds their reductions. A full iron set (all 4 pieces) gives 10% damage reduction total.

Durability & Repair

Iron Helmet has 2,500 durability. Every hit you take (while wearing it) costs 1 durability point. Every worn piece loses a point on the same hit, so a set wears down together — wearing more pieces never makes any single piece break sooner. A piece that reaches 0 durability breaks and is destroyed, so repair it before then. Worn armor is also lost on death: it drops into your tombstone in the Wilderness, Emberstone or the Dunes, and is destroyed outright in the Glade Cave.

Repair at Grimjaw in Frostmere or Harun the Forgewright in Dunes West:

• Repair cost: 60% of the full forging bill (ingots, Molten Rock and Brute Horn), scaled to durability lost, each material rounded up (minimum 1 per repair)
• Example: At 50% durability loss, repair costs about 12 iron ingots + 12 Molten Rock + 2 Brute Horns

Armor Tiers

Iron is the first armor tier. Silver is higher:

Tier	Pieces	Damage reduction (full set)	Combat req	Smithing req (helmet)
Iron	Head, body, legs, feet	10%	15	14
Silver	Head, body, legs, feet	15%	25	24

Silver armor gives 1.5× the damage reduction but requires higher progression.

Crafting Materials

Material	Amount	Source
Iron Ingot	40	Smelt 6 Iron Ore + 6 Coal per ingot at Grimjaw's or Harun's forge
Molten Rock	40	Lava fishing at Emberstone with the Fire-Resistant Fishing Rod (one per catch)
Brute Horn	5	Kill Magma Brute at Emberstone (1 in 5 drop rate)

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Armor	Armor system overview.
Kaziir the Armoursmith	NPC who forges all armor in his Dunes house.
Iron Body Armor, Iron Legguards, Iron Boots	Other iron armor pieces.
Silver Helmet	Higher-tier helmet.
Smithing	Skill used to craft armor.
Shield Potion	Restores shield points.
Qadim the Relicweaver	Can weave a Relic onto armor pieces.
Iron Ingot	Primary crafting material.
Molten Rock	Secondary material from Emberstone fishing.
Brute Horn	Tertiary material from Magma Brutes.
Combat	Skill that gates armor wearing.
Frostmere	Repair location (Grimjaw).
Dunes West	Repair location (Harun).