How much protection does Hide Pants give?

Hide Pants blocks 10% of bullet damage and 15% of melee damage on the areas it covers.

What does Hide Pants cost to craft?

Hide Pants crafts for 10 Leather.

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

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

Base layer

#	Piece	Bullet	Melee	Explosion
1	BDU pants	20% (best)	25% (best)	0%
2	Pants	15%	20%	0%
3	Hide PantsThis piece	10%	15%	0%
3	Burlap Trousers	10%	10%	0%
3	Hide Skirt	10%	10%	0%

This piece is #3 of 6 for bullet protection. The share of damage each piece stops on your legs, worn alone. Skins are left out.

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.

Makes	Ingredients	Time	Workbench
Hide Pants	×10	15s	None

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

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

How much protection does Hide Pants give?: Hide Pants blocks 10% of bullet damage and 15% of melee damage on the areas it covers.
What does Hide Pants cost to craft?: Hide Pants crafts for 10 Leather.
What does Hide Pants recycle for?: Recycling Hide Pants at a powered monument recycler (60%) returns 6 Leather. Safe-zone recyclers pay 40%; the Power Plant red recycler pays 75%.