Refined Metal Helm

Details

At 12 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 36,020 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.

Refined Metal Helm Crafting Recipe

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What it really costs, once every sub-recipe is expanded

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Crafting it takes 64 materials across 3 types.

Where to Find Refined Metal Helm

The recipe is not on the Technology tree — it is locked behind a schematic you have to find first. The best single source is treasure map digs (tier 2) at 2.6% per container, and the table below lists every tier and where each one drops.

Every Tier of Refined Metal Helm

The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: defense runs 100 to 160, a 1.6x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.

Schematics That Unlock Refined Metal Helm

The Technology tree hands you the plain Refined Metal Helm at level 37 for 3 Technology points, but nothing above that base version — the rarer builds are schematic-only. One schematic grants the recipe, and they are world loot — chests, boss Pals and the late-game pools — rather than anything you research. Higher-rarity copies of the same schematic raise the quality of what you end up crafting.

Fastest route. The fastest route is treasure map digs (tier 2), and the reason is the ladder rather than the top rung: that pool stocks every tier, so the common copies it hands you fuse upward into the one you want. Counting them, a top-tier Refined Metal Helm schematic works out at roughly 56 containers against the 97 the 4★ drop rate alone suggests. Spare low tiers are progress, not clutter. Schematics fuse five-to-one, so a lower tier with better odds can beat the top tier outright. Counts are containers of that source, not time.

Schematic	Rarity	Where it comes from
Refined Metal Helm Schematic 3	3★	Treasure map digs (tier 2), Desert sea base camp stashes, Mount Obsidian sea base camp stashes +14 more — best 2.6% (grade 3/5/6) · Supply drops in the Desert (0.42%)

Alternatives and Upgrades

Step up from here and you get Hallowed Mask at 154 defense; step down and it is Pal Metal Helm at 150. How far apart those two sit tells you whether to spend now or keep what you have.

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Other head pieces at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:

Hallowed HeadgearHallowed HelmetHallowed HoodHallowed MaskDepresso HelmetMetal HelmPal Metal HelmBowler HatDazzi HatExplorer CapFarming HatGolden Crown