Bucket Helmet
A cheap metal bucket worn as a helmet for early-game head protection.
Crafting one takes 20× Metal Fragments at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments. 6 skins exist for it, topped by Green Riveted Bucket Helmet.
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Metal Fragments | ×8 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×12 |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
| Metal Fragments | ×7 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Bucket Helmet Skins
All skins →6 skins are listed, from $0.37 to $7.41, with a median of $0.97. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-07.
| Skin | CS.Deals | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | DMarket | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Secret Recipe Bucket Helmet | $0.37 | $0.38 | $0.38 | $0.41 | $0.37 |
 Graffiti Bucket Helmet | $0.85 | $0.83 | $0.84 | $0.96 | $0.83 |
 Sunrise Bucket Helmet | $1.24 | $0.97 | $0.98 | $1.00 | $0.97 |
 Roasted Bucket Helmet | $2.86 | $2.72 | $2.73 | $2.67 | $2.67 |
 Rusty Bucket Helmet | $4.81 | $5.68 | $5.69 | $6.90 | $4.81 |
| Green Riveted Bucket Helmet | $9.82 | $13.50 | $13.51 | $7.41 | $7.41 |
Change History
Datamined from the game files on each Rust build — including changes the patch notes never mention. See every change on the Rust changes explorer.
| 2026-08-26 | protection.Bullet | 0.2 | 0.25 |
| 2026-08-26 | protection.Bite | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 2026-08-26 | ingredients[metal.fragments].amount | 35 | 20 |
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