Clatter Helmet
Special helmet for players who own Clatter and have played for at least 30 minutes, replaces the bucket helmet.
Crafting one takes 35× Metal Fragments, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments.
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×35 |
Blueprint
Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.
Recycling
| Metal Fragments | ×14 |
| Metal Fragments | ×21 |
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.
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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