How much protection does Hide Boots give?

Hide Boots blocks 5% of bullet damage and 10% of melee damage on the areas it covers.

What does Hide Boots cost to craft?

Hide Boots crafts for 10 Leather.

What does Hide Boots recycle for?

Recycling Hide Boots at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 6 Leather. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.

Hide Boots: Protection & Craft Cost

Protection

Damage	Stopped
Bullet and arrow	5%
Slash	10%
Blunt	10%
Stab	5%
Bite	20%
Radiation	2%
Warmth	30%

The share of damage stopped with only this piece worn, on the leg and foot.

Fit

Slot: FeetBoth layers
Can't wear with: Arctic Scientist Suit
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Details

Best in slot: Feet

Outer layer

#	Piece	Bullet	Melee	Explosion
1	Boots	10% (best)	15% (best)	0%
2	Hide BootsThis piece	5%	10%	0%
2	Burlap Shoes	5%	5%	0%

This piece is #2 of 3 for bullet protection. The share of damage each piece stops on your feet 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.

Makes	Ingredients	Time	Workbench
Hide Boots	×10	15s	None

Blueprint	What it takes	Scrap
Known by default: every player can craft it from the start.

Recycling

Recycler	Always	Chance of one more
Power Plant75%	×7	50%
Monument (powered)60%	×6	None
Monument50%	×5	None
Safe zone40%	×4	None

One item at full condition. Scrap is an average: the part after the point carries over to the next item.

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Hide Boots: common questions

How much protection does Hide Boots give?: Hide Boots blocks 5% of bullet damage and 10% of melee damage on the areas it covers.
What does Hide Boots cost to craft?: Hide Boots crafts for 10 Leather.
What does Hide Boots recycle for?: Recycling Hide Boots at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 6 Leather. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.