Ballistic vest
A standard issue military ballstic vest. Worn, used, and dirty, but highly protective.
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How to get it
- Found in loot
Protection
| Damage type | Reduced by |
|---|---|
| Bullet | 35% |
| Arrow | 34% |
| Slash | 30% |
| Blunt | 40% |
| Stab | 20% |
| Explosion | 20% |
| Bite | 20% |
| Cold | -20% |
A negative figure means this makes you worse off, not better. Heavy metal gear is warmer to carry and colder to stand around in.
Repair
At a repair bench, fully worn: 20 Cloth, 10 High Quality Metal. A half worn one costs half as much.
- Condition lost per repair
- 20% of maximum
- Blueprint needed
- No
Rust stores no repair cost. The bench builds one from the crafting recipe: components are swapped for the first ingredient of their own recipe, then everything is charged at 20% and rounded up.
Recycling
| Recycler | Returns | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Recycler50% back | 25 High Quality Metal, 2 to 3 Sewing Kit | 5s |
| Barrel recycler40% back | 20 High Quality Metal, 2 Sewing Kit | 8s |
| Powered recycler75% back | 37 to 38 High Quality Metal, 3 to 4 Sewing Kit | 4s |
A range means the last unit is a coin flip rather than a guarantee: half the recipe rarely divides evenly, and the recycler rolls for the remainder.
Stats
- Category
- Attire
- Stack size
- 1
- Durability
- 300
- Repairable
- Yes
- Despawns after
- 1 hour
- Item id
- -1780402255
- Has skins
- No
The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, gives you at least one Ballistic vest. Best chance first.
| Source | Chance of at least one | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Locked CrateContainer | 16.7% | 1 |
| Supply DropContainer | 8.33% | 1 |
| Elite CrateContainer | 3.33% | 1 |
Values read from the Rust dedicated server files, build 24613624.