Characteristics
- Category
- Attire
- Stack size
- 1
- Durability
- 800
- Craftable
- No
- Researchable
- No
- Bullet protection
- 60%
- Explosion protection
- 80%
Overview
Ballistic helmet with superior protection.
Late-wipe fights mostly end with a headshot, and you wear this so the next one is not yours. The game promises superior protection, and the 800 durability in its row means it outlasts several firefights at Oil Rig or a contested Launch Site instead of one.
Ignore the recipe on this page. It lists thirty high quality metal at a Level 3 workbench, but the game files settle it: the helmet cannot be crafted or researched at all, and every one in the game comes from loot, recycling or trade. So the comparison with the metal facemask is not about cost. The facemask is something you can learn and rebuild, at 320 durability; the helmet is something you find and try not to lose.
That changes how you wear it. Keep it for the fights that matter, not for a farm run where a stray shot from a roof hands it to whoever loots your body.
Tip
Take a scratched helmet to a repair bench instead of wearing it until it snaps. You cannot craft a new one, so every repair is a helmet you keep.
Protection
-
Bullet
60% -
Arrow
70% -
Stab
70% -
Slash
80% -
Blunt
80% -
Explosion
80% -
Cold exposure
-15% -
Bite
60%
- Head
Recycling
At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.
