Wood Chestplate

Bullet
10%
Radiation
5%
Research
10 Scrap

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Not needed
Craft time
30s
Blueprint
Known by default
Research

Ingredients

How to get

Loot 2 sources

Chance of at least one.

How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one Wood Chestplate. Container chances are before inventory limits: a full crate can discard rolled items, while bonus scrap drops beside it.

Recycling

Recycling

Per item at full condition. Green’s 60% boost needs 4 heavy fuses at the Power Plant; red requires maximum power (18 fuses).

Returns
50% efficiency · 5s per cycle
60% efficiency · 5s per cycle 4.5s at maximum power
40% efficiency · 8s per cycle
75% efficiency · 4s per cycle
1012815
125150100187 to 188
How returns work

Component fractions are random rolls; Scrap fractions carry over between cycles. Worn items return less.

Stats

Protection

Damage typeReduced by
Bullet10%
Arrow10%
Slash40%
Blunt40%
Stab40%
Explosion30%
Bite30%
Radiation5%
Fire-100%

Negative values increase the damage taken.

Gameplay details

Stack size
1
Durability
75
Repairable
No
Despawns after
20 min
Technical details
Category
Attire
Item id
418,081,930
Shortname
wood.armor.jacket
Has skins
Yes
In-game description

A shoddy piece of body armor made from simple materials, provides some basic protection from melee and ranged attacks.

Skin variants

Separate items that work like Wood Chestplate.

Workshop skins

Most traded first.

Game data: build 25083359, captured 4 Sept 2026. Skins are captured separately. Sources and dates.

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