How to get
the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic.

“When in inventory, unlocks recipe for Metal Armor (Legendary). Can be crafted at High-Quality Workbench.”

1 source best: ×1 at 3%

1 pal drops the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic in Palworld 1.0. No ordinary wild pal drops it. The one row on the table is Kingpaca, and only its alpha pays. One source, one rate, and it is the rate the game rolls.

What drops Legendary Metal Armor Schematic in Palworld

Exactly one pal drops the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic in Palworld 1.0: Kingpaca, ×1 per kill on a 3% roll. There is no second source anywhere on the drop table, so that fight is the item.

The Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is the legendary blueprint for the Metal Armor. Kingpaca is Neutral-type with 85 attack, wild between level 23-80, and 187 parent pairs breed one if hatching it beats hunting it. No ordinary Kingpaca row carries it at all: the alpha row is the only one that does.

Every source of Legendary Metal Armor Schematic, with drop rates

The one dropper, with the per-kill amount, the roll chance where the drop is not guaranteed, and the wild level band each pal spawns in. Alpha-only rows are flagged, and a normal wild pal of that species pays nothing.

PalPer killFound
Kingpaca ×1 · 3% chance wild Lv 23-80 · alpha only

Amounts are per kill or capture. Open any pal's page for its spawn zones and level bands.

Where Legendary Metal Armor Schematic actually comes from

Every row on the drop table is an alpha row. A regular wild pal of the same species drops nothing at all, so the only way to get the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is to fight the fixed alpha.

Kingpaca drops 3 other things on the same kill: Glistening Ancient Relic at ×1, Glowing Ancient Relic at ×2-3, Decayed Ancient Relic at ×30-50. Worth knowing before you decide the trip is only about the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic. Killing pals is not the only route: the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is in the syndicate camp loot pool at about 0.59% per chest, and the treasure map loot pool at about 0.26% per dig, and the field chest loot pool at about 0.09% per chest.

Hold it in your inventory and the legendary Metal Armor recipe unlocks at the High-Quality Workbench. It is a permanent unlock rather than a consumable, so one copy is the whole errand and a second does nothing for you.

Legendary Metal Armor Schematic vs the lower Metal Armor tiers

The Metal Armor has 4 schematics in Palworld 1.0, and the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is the fourth of them. Metal Armor Schematic 1 unlocks the Uncommon Metal Armor, Metal Armor Schematic 2 unlocks the Rare Metal Armor, Metal Armor Schematic 3 unlocks the Epic Metal Armor, and the fourth unlocks the Legendary Metal Armor. Each is a separate item with a separate roll, so a Metal Armor schematic in your bag is only worth what its own tier says it is.

Metal Armor Schematic 1, Metal Armor Schematic 2, Metal Armor Schematic 3 are absent from the game's pal drop table altogether, so no amount of hunting produces a lower Metal Armor schematic. Chests and containers are where those three come from, and the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is the only one of the four a kill will ever hand you. Holding the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic does not retire the lower ones, so what you can build is whichever Metal Armor tier you are carrying at the time.

Legendary Metal Armor Schematic farming FAQ

What drops Legendary Metal Armor Schematic in Palworld?
One pal, and only one: Kingpaca drops the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic at ×1 per kill, on a 3% roll. The drop table holds no second source for it in Palworld 1.0, so there is no easier alternative to find and nothing to compare the rate against.
What is Legendary Metal Armor Schematic used for in Palworld?
The Legendary Metal Armor Schematic is for unlocking the legendary Metal Armor recipe. It is the legendary blueprint for the Metal Armor, which is worth knowing before you commit to the farm: only Kingpaca rolls it, at ×1 per kill, on a 3% roll.
How do you farm Legendary Metal Armor Schematic fast in Palworld?
Repeat the one fight. Kingpaca is the only pal that drops the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic, at ×1 a time, on a 3% roll, so throughput is entirely about how quickly you can reset and kill it. Capturing pays the same as killing, so a sphere is not a wasted attempt.
Do alpha pals drop Legendary Metal Armor Schematic?
Yes, and only an alpha does. The single row on the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic's drop table is the alpha Kingpaca, flagged "alpha only" on this page, so a regular wild one of that species drops nothing however many you kill. The fixed alpha fight is the entire supply.
How rare is the Legendary Metal Armor Schematic?
The roll is 3% per kill, off Kingpaca. It is the legendary tier of the Metal Armor, which is the top of that weapon's four schematic tiers. The number here is the game's own rather than a community estimate.

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