
Clothing
Heavy Plate Pants
heavy.plate.pants
Offers superior protection at the cost of reduced movement speed.
Crafting
Sheet Metal | ×1 |
High Quality Metal | ×4 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 45s
Blueprint
60
Research (scrap)
60
Tech tree node (scrap)
195
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
High Quality Metal | ×1 |
Sheet Metal | ×1(40%) |
High Quality Metal | ×1(60%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
High Quality Metal | ×2 |
Sheet Metal | ×1(60%) |
High Quality Metal | ×1(40%) |
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
buildRepair Bench
High Quality Metal | ×1 |
| ×40 |
Condition lost per repair: 20%Blueprint required: Yes
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Treasure Mission BoxLocked CrateLocked Crate - GhostshipLocked Crate - OilrigElite CrateUnderwater Lab - Elite CrateScientist PT Boat DryboxWagon - Military CrateGingerbread Mine PresentMilitary CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 1Missile Silo Inside Scientist
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