Clothing
Hot Air Balloon Armor
hab.armor
Armor for the Hot Air Balloon
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×200 |
Workbench Lvl 1Craft time: 15s
Blueprint
30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
60
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×80 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×120 |
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
| Metal Fragments | ×40 |
Condition lost per repair: 20%Blueprint required: Yes
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Underwater Advanced CrateWagon - Normal CrateNormal CrateUnderwater Lab - Normal Crate 2Abandoned Military Base ScientistAirfield ScientistArctic Research Base ScientistBradley ScientistCargo Ship ScientistDeep Sea Ghost Ship ScientistDeep Sea Island ScientistExcavator Scientist
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