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Attire

Gas Mask

A face mask for short trips into light radiation. You cannot craft it, and against bullets it does far less than real head armour.

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Characteristics

Category
Attire
Stack size
1
Durability
200
Craftable
No
Researchable
No
Bullet protection
25%
Explosion protection
50%

Overview

In-game description
A Gas Mask

The row lists twenty metal fragments at a Level 1 workbench, but you will never craft one: the game files say the gas mask cannot be crafted or researched at all, so every one comes from loot or a trade. Its game text is just its name. Most players know it as face cover with a bit of radiation resistance, the thing you grab for a quick run through a mildly hot spot long before a hazmat suit fits your budget.

It is not armour, though. On your face it takes the place a metal facemask would fill, and against bullets it does far less. Wear it for that one job and swap it out before the walk home, when roamers are the bigger risk.

Tip

Select it in your inventory and read its protection values before you trust it. Those are the current numbers, whatever an old guide says.

Protection

  • Bullet 25%
  • Arrow 20%
  • Stab 50%
  • Slash 50%
  • Blunt 50%
  • Explosion 50%
  • Cold exposure 35%
  • Radiation exposure 4%
  • Bite 80%
Covers
  • Head

Recycling

Recycler

At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.

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