Heavy Plate Jacket
Offers superior protection at the cost of aiming down sights and reduced movement speed.
Protection
| Damage | Stopped |
|---|---|
| Bullet and arrow | 75% |
| Melee | 70% |
| Bite | 70% |
| Explosion | 100% |
| Heat | -100% |
| Radiation | 7% |
| Warmth | -100% |
The share of damage stopped with only this piece worn, on the chest, stomach, arm and hand. A negative number makes it worse.
- Aiming
- Blocks ADS
Fit
- Slot
- Chest, HandsBoth layers
- Speed
- Slows you by 36%Swim 20% slower
- Riding
- Too heavy to ride a horse
- Can't wear with
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Speed is for this piece worn alone. Every piece you wear adds to your speed loss, and on land the total counts twice.
Survival
Farming & fishing
Repair
| Bench | Max repair cost | Condition loss | Blueprint needed | Repairs until destroyed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | Yes | 24 |
A half-worn item costs about half and loses half as much.
Electrical & stations
Vehicles & mounts
Details
Best in slot: Chest, Hands
Outer layer| # | Piece | Bullet | Melee | Explosion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75% (best) | 70% (best) | 100% (best) | |
| 2 | 30% | 30% | 100% (best) |
This piece is #1 of 2 for bullet protection. The share of damage each piece stops on your chest at its best: with a metal insert in every slot it can roll, and the best base piece that fits under it. Skins are left out.
Methodology
Tested on the current version of Rust.
Protection was tested in game on the current version of Rust, with only the piece worn. Every body part a piece covers stops the same share.
Two pieces clash when they take the same slot in the same layer.
Pieces that take the same body parts in the same layer are ranked together, on the hit area named above. The best figure in each column is bold.
Protection adds up over everything you wear and every insert in it. A piece that also takes the base layer leaves no room under it, so it counts alone.
Craft
| Workbench | Craft time | Blueprint |
|---|---|---|
 Level 2 | 25s | 60 scrap to research |
Ingredients and the blueprint steps are on the Craft tab.
Looted from
| Container | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3% | 1-2 | |
| 0.8% | 1-3 | |
| 0.4% | 1 | |
| 0.4% | 1 | |
| 0.4% | 1 | |
| 0.3% | 1 | |
Deep Sea ScientistSame loot in: Oil Rig Scientist | 0.074% | 1 |
ScientistSame loot in: Bradley Scientist | 0.074% | 1 |
| Monument | Per full clear | Crates |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 19 Military Crate4 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 8 Military Crate1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)2 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 5 Military Crate1 Locked Crate (Oil Rig)1 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 7 Military Crate2 Elite Crate | |
| under 0.1 | 8 Military Crate1 Elite Crate |
What opening every crate and barrel there once gives, on average.
Missions
1 mission| Mission | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6% | 1-2 |
Methodology
Best places to find it. Worked out from loot tables tested in game. A crate that has not been tested yet is left out, so a monument can give more than shown.
Crafting
| Blueprint | What it takes | Scrap |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | ||
| Unlocks nexton the tech tree | ||
Recycling
| Recycler | Always | Chance of one more |
|---|---|---|
 Power Plant75% | ||
 Monument (powered)60% | ||
| Monument50% | None | |
 Safe zone40% |
One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.
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Loading skinsHeavy Plate Jacket: common questions
- How much protection does Heavy Plate Jacket give?
- Heavy Plate Jacket blocks 75% of bullet damage and 70% of melee damage on the areas it covers.
- Where do you find Heavy Plate Jacket?
- Craft it at workbench level 2. It drops from Locked Crate (1.3%), Elite Crate (0.8%) and Military Crate (0.4%), plus 6 more. The most from one full clear: Missile Silo (0.1), Large Oil Rig (under 0.1) and Oil Rig (under 0.1). Mission box: Treasure box (1.6%).
- What does Heavy Plate Jacket cost to craft?
- Heavy Plate Jacket crafts for 2 Sheet Metal, 4 High Quality Metal.
- What does Heavy Plate Jacket recycle for?
- Recycling Heavy Plate Jacket at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns Sheet Metal, 2 High Quality Metal, Sheet Metal (20%), High Quality Metal (40%). Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.