Clothing
Improvised Balaclava (Balaclava)
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A makeshift balaclava. Cost effective protection from the cold, but unremarkable at preventing melee and projectile damage.
Crafting one takes 15× Cloth, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Cloth. 14 skins exist for it — see every Improvised Balaclava skin with live prices, topped by Santa Balaclava.
Crafting
 Cloth | ×15 |
Hand craftCraft time: 30s
Blueprint
15
Research (scrap)
15
Tech tree node (scrap)
45
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 1
Requires
Recycling
Looted From
Basic CrateGingerbreadScarecrowTunnel DwellerUnderwater Lab DwellerYellow Loot Barrel Blue Loot Barrel
Popular Improvised Balaclava Skins
All skins →| Skin | csdeals | Skinport | Steam Market | DMarket | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Forest Camo Balaclava | $0.10 | $0.13 | $0.16 | $0.12 | $0.10 |
 Desert Camo Balaclava | $0.10 | $0.41 | $0.15 | $0.12 | $0.10 |
 Red Check Balaclava | $0.45 | $0.39 | $0.54 | $0.39 | $0.36 |
 Murica Balaclava | $0.56 | $0.55 | $0.70 | $0.59 | $0.45 |
 Skin Balaclava | $1.99 | $0.60 | $0.70 | $0.52 | $0.46 |
 Skeleton Costume Balaclava | $0.53 | $0.65 | $0.87 | $0.58 | $0.53 |
 Nightmare Clown Balaclava | $0.58 | $0.70 | $0.98 | $0.75 | $0.58 |
 Carrot Balaclava | $0.78 | $0.77 | $1.11 | $0.74 | $0.70 |
 Knitted Balaclava | $2.48 | $1.26 | $1.80 | $2.52 | $1.26 |
 Nightmare Balaclava | $1.42 | $2.06 | $2.30 | $2.29 | $1.42 |
 Double Yellow Balaclava | $1.91 | $1.68 | $2.48 | $1.88 | $1.48 |
 Valentine Balaclava | $3.93 | $4.87 | $5.79 | $4.40 | $3.93 |
 Burlap Brains Balaclava | $19.92 | $5.78 | $4.34 | — | $4.34 |
 Santa Balaclava | $48.48 | $51.50 | $71.78 | $56.99 | $48.48 |
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