Leather and sewing kits hold this mask back, not the HQM. Leather comes from hunting, so hunt while the group is still farming for the Level 3 bench, and box every hide. A bear on the way home from a sulfur run is already part of a mask.
The kits are the slower half. Learn the sewing kit blueprint in the same research trip as the mask: at Level 3 it costs little, and without it every mask waits on kits from road barrels and recycled clothes. Then count rope. The kits for one mask take 18 ropes, and no bench makes rope. The unfolded calculator prices it in cloth, but every coil really comes from barrels, crates and the recycler.
Watch out
Before Level 3, don't spend looted kits on hoodies and boots. Every kit sewn into cloth gear is a mask that waits longer.
Until then, the coffee can helmet is the head armour your bench can actually make.
Questions
Metal Facemask ×10: how many resources?
High Quality Metal ×150, Leather ×500, Sewing Kit ×60.
Which workbench does Metal Facemask need?
Workbench level 3.
How long does Metal Facemask take to craft?
35 s for one, every step included.
How much scrap does researching Metal Facemask take?
